August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Description
1875 United States Assay Commission Medal. JK AC-14. Rarity-5. Copper, Bronzed. Specimen-66 BN (PCGS).
33 mm. Premium Gem Mint State quality for this enigmatic issue. Satiny surfaces are smartly impressed with warm, even toning in light mahogany-brown. Nearly pristine in hand, and not all that far from an even higher numeric grade. The history of this issue is shrouded in mystery. The Julian-Keusch reference mentions a single official notation for the 1875 Assay Commission medal that reports Director Henry R. Linderman receiving two copper impressions for the Mint Cabinet on March 2 of that year. This is the only metallic composition known for the issue. This piece, the example that sold as lot 179 in our March 2020 Auction, and the specimen from our March 2021 Auction, lot 1149, are the only three examples of JK AC-14 to appear in our auctions in recent years.
From Presidential Coin & Antique Co. Inc.'s Sale #34, May 1983, lot 232; our (Stack's) sale of the Ernest E. Keusch Collection of United States Assay Medals, 1860-1977, November 2008, lot 5248.
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| Price realized | 900 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 750 USD |
