1889 AE Medal GW-1087A, Brooklyn Bridge SP(PCGS#759504)
1889 AE Medal GW-1087A, Brooklyn Bridge SP (PCGS#759504)
Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2201
- 等级
- SP64
- 价格
- 3,559
- 详细说明
- 1889 Brooklyn Bridge Medal by George H. Lovett. Musante GW-1087A, Baker-Unlisted, Douglas-7. Bronze. SP-64 (PCGS). 50.9 mm. 1164.7 grains. A delightful example of this medal in bronze, the scarcest and most desirable of the compositions by a wide margin. Deep chocolate and mahogany brown with prooflike character in the fields and subtle satiny texture on the devices. Faint accents of blue iridescence in the fields add to the visual appeal. Only minimal handling marks are noted, mostly on the reverse. The most serious of these is a very faint scratch right of the sun rays that is barely noticed without magnification. Though the design type is fairly available, nearly all appearances are in white metal, and they are frequently marred. As noted, bronzes are quite scarce. Just three appearances are in our online archives compared to nearly 20 in white metal. This is among those bronzes, having last appeared in our September 2011 sale. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our sale of September 2011, lot 241. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.