Undated (ca. 1881) Pynchon House medal by J.A. Bolen. Musante JAB-39. Copper. MS-66 RB (PCGS).

25.3 mm. 119.9 grains. A very attractive example of this popular architectural type. Generous rosy red is intermingled with soft pastel blue, violet, and greenish gold mottling, while some original red remains. Sharp and prooflike with virtually no handling worthy of mention. A small striking flaw is noted just right of the building and is as made. Bolen's own reference specimen was in the Musante Collection, sold by us in February 2014. It bore the customary "B" edge mark. As with the silver one offered in the last lot, this one must have been added to Bolen's boards to fill the hole where his original specimen once resided. One of 95 reported by Bolen to have been struck in copper. Board Position: B 2/4

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.