(1790s) AE Medal Washington-Success Large, Plain Edge MS(PCGS#779)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1285

Grade

XF40

Price

720

Lot Description

25.9 mm. 81.6 grains. Fairly even brown surfaces are slightly granular up close and retain a bit of natural debris in the obverse recesses. Reasonably well struck with good obverse detail and the usual softness at the reverse center. A late die state example with a prominent obverse crack crossing Washington's nose, extending from the rim over the G of WASHINGTON to the rim over his head, at 11 o'clock.