(c.1867 Medal JAB-27 Brass Jackson-Old Soldier MS(PCGS#612699)
(c.1867 Medal JAB-27 Brass Jackson-Old Soldier MS (PCGS#612699)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10222
- 等级
- MS65
- 价格
- 9,174
- 详细说明
- Bolen's Stern Old Soldier in Brass Possibly Unique Undated (ca. 1867) Jackson / The Stern Old Soldier medal by J.A. Bolen. Musante JAB-27. Brass. Marked “B” on edge. MS-65 (PCGS). 25.3 mm. 148.3 grains. Medium to light golden brass with soft golden brown toning on both sides. Sharply struck on a medium-thick planchet with prooflike fields. Little handling is noted, though there is one tiny spot and a small planchet flaw noted on the obverse near 3:00. None of these details are of much significance, however, as the eye appeal is quite excellent. This composition was not included in the January 2011 offering of the Q. David Bowers Collection, and Musante was missing the type completely. Neither is too surprising as our archives include more gold impressions from these dies than brass ones-one in the first case, zero in the second. Though this is not marked as unique on the edge, as Bolen did for some others, the mintage given in the June 1868 AJN listing in brass was just one. Johnson reported 14, the same number he reported in copper, but based on the specimens appearing in the marketplace, this has to be an error. This specimen might well be unique in this composition. Board Position: D 3/4 Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the personal reference collection of John Adams Bolen.