Stack's Bowers Galleries

Spring 2023 Auction  –  20 - 25 March 2023

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Spring 2023 Auction

Live Sessions: U.S. Coins and Currency

Part 1: Mo, 20.03.2023, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 2: Tu, 21.03.2023, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 3: Tu, 21.03.2023, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 4: We, 22.03.2023, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 5: We, 22.03.2023, from 9:00 PM CET
Part 6: Th, 23.03.2023, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 7: Th, 23.03.2023, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 8: Fr, 24.03.2023, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 9: Fr, 24.03.2023, from 10:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

1972 United States Assay Commission Medal. By Frank Gasparro and Sherl J. Winter. JK-AC-116. Rarity-7. Bronze. MS-65 (NGC).
57 mm. Darker golden-bronze patina. On the obverse is a portrait of Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, while the reverse displays the U.S. Treasury building. Connally was in the open car with John F. Kennedy when the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Later his fortunes declined drastically after the Internal Revenue Service seized his assets for forced sale at public auction. The 1972 Assay Commission included such numismatists as Sol Kaplan, Richard B. Dusterberg and Col. Robert J. Kriz.
From our Baltimore Auction of March 2016, lot 12060.

Estimate: $1500

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Price realized 340 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 1'500 USD
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