(c.1876) Medal GW-896 Bronze, 2nd Obv Lake Champlain MS(PCGS#897277)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1072

Grade

MS63

Prix

576

Description du lot

1876 Lovett's Battle Series Medal -- No. 5, Lake Champlain. Second Obverse. Musante GW-896, Baker-448A-5, HK-Unlisted, Unlisted SCD-13. Bronze. MS-63 (PCGS). 35.4 mm. 338.1 grains. Deep and uniform mahogany bronze surfaces. Satiny and exhibiting little handling save for traces of light surface debris. A very rare issue. According to W. Elliot Woodward, writing in his November 1878 Henry Holland sale, just 10 sets were struck in bronze. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.