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
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Description
1881 United States Assay Commission Medal. JK AC-24a. Rarity-5. Silver. Specimen-63 (PCGS).
33 mm. An attractively original piece with to dominant antique steel and pewter gray patina. The reverse design of this issue includes the Latin legend NE QUID DETRIMENTI RESPUBLICA CAPIAT, or "Let Not the State Receive Any Harm," which is attributed to the Roman orator Cicero during the Cataline conspiracy. The authors of the Julian-Keusch reference describe this reverse as "an artistic work of note." They also report that it comes in two varieties, the second (JK AC-24b) with the letter B at the lower left. JK AC-24a without the letter B, as here, is known in both silver and copper, but AC-24b comes only in copper.
From Presidential Coin & Antique Co., Inc.'s Sale #34, May 1983, lot 233; our (Stack's) sale of the Ernest E. Keusch Collection of United States Assay Medals, 1860-1977, November 2008, lot 5258.
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| Price realized | 900 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 1'000 USD |
