1943 AE Medal JK-AC-88, Lincoln MS(PCGS#972660)

June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

93

等级

MS63

价格

14,409

详细说明

Handsome Choice Uncirculated 1943 Assay Commission Medal Rare Wartime Issue 1943 United States Assay Commission Medal. Bronze. 51 mm. By George T. Morgan. JK AC-88a. Rarity-7. Edge Incuse DR. HENRY W. BEARCE. MS-63 (NGC). The original golden-brown finish remains bright despite light speckling of flint gray. Both sides are fully defined throughout the design, and the surfaces offer solid Choice quality. The bust of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse follows that of Morgan's Presidential medal of 1886. The reverse design, first used for the 1922 Assay Commission medal, exhibits a defiant eagle on oak and laurel with the Treasury Seal behind. The Mint produced only 24 medals for the 1943 Assay Commission meeting at the height of World War II. Survivors are rare; this is only our second offering for the issue in recent years. Finer than the more extensively toned specimen in the Keusch Collection offered in our (Stack's) November 2008 sale. Originally presented to Dr. Henry W. Bearcat, who is mentioned as the chief of the Division of Metrology (formerly Weights and Measures) for the National Bureau of Standards in its Annual Report of 1946. Provenance: From the Richard Jewell Collection. Acquired from Stephen L. Tanenbaum at the August 2010 Boston ANA Convention. Earlier from Joe Levine's Auction #79, June 2009, lot 361. Collector tag with provenance notation included. Click here for certification details from NGC.