Stack's Bowers Galleries

Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction  –  4 - 8 April 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction

US Coins and Currency

Part 1: Mo, 04.04.2022, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 05.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 05.04.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 4: Tu, 05.04.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 06.04.2022, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 07.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Fr, 08.04.2022, from 12:00 AM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

"1797" (ca. 1879) Sansom Medal. Large Format. GW-60A, Baker-73B. White Metal. MS-62 (PCGS).

45.5 mm. 519.4 grains. An exceptionally attractive example of the large Sansom medal in this composition. Deeply prooflike fields nicely accentuate the heavily frosted devices. Some minor hairlines in the fields seem unavoidable on large white metal pieces of this vintage, but they are not terribly distracting. The eye appeal is about as nice as one could expect. Slight natural planchet striations on the highest points of Washington's portrait reveal where the design did not completely execute, but this is a minor technical detail.

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.

Estimate: $ 350

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Price realized 400 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 350 USD
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