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Browse Catalogue of Stack's January 2005 Auction Limited to: The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana Page 2 of 4  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → U. S. Mint Medals → Life Saving Medals, Julian Ls- Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2379 Philadelphia Medal to Captains Creighton, Low and Stouffer, 1854 CH AU $110.00 Copper bronzed, 74.9mm. By T.B. Welsh. LS-12. Choice About Uncirculated. Obv. Philadelphia Arms. Rev. 14-line tributes to Captains helping in rescue of S.S. San Francisco victims, January 1854. Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → U. S. Mint Medals → Unclassified Medal, Julian Un- Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2380 Corcoran Gallery of Art Medal, 1884 BU $100.00 Copper bronzed, 52.2mm. By Henry Mitchell. UN-11. Brilliant Uncirculated. Obv. William Wilson Corcoran head l. THE BEGINNING DETERMINES THE END. Rev. Award inscription, GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN DRAWING FROM CASTS. Julian writes ''Engraver unknown,'' but Mitchell's name appears boldly below the head. Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → Washingtoniana Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2381 1783 (i.e., ca. 1820) Small Military Bust. Baker 4A. EF to AU $375.00 Copper. Plain edge. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. T.W.I, E.S. in exergue under seated Liberty. Pleasing light reddish-brown surfaces show some light hairlines. 2382 1783 Washington Large Military Bust VG / F $160.00 Very Good/Fine. Some traces of silvering are apparent. Laureate uniformed bust on the obverse. Seated Liberty on the reverse; 1789 Mott Token. Good. Thick planchet shows some edge roughness. There is an ancient toned over scratch. 2 pieces. 2383 1791 Washington Large Eagle Cent EF $550.00 Extremely Fine. Chocolate brown surfaces are smooth and glossy. Wear is found only at the highest points of the design elements. A few small toning spots and a rim bump at the final '1' of the date hardly distract from the overall appeal of this coin. 2384 1791 Washington Small Eagle Cent EF $550.00 Extremely Fine. Smooth hard surfaces are a deep mahogany brown. A pleasing coin with no distractions worthy of mention. 2385 American Eagle Medal, 1834 EF / CH EF $400.00 White Metal, 49.4mm. By John H. Henning. Baker 55. Extremely Fine/Choice Extremely Fine. Obv. Military bust l., some surface deterioration. Rev. Spread eagle over shield, Constitution, smooth field displays bold lustre. Relatively fine condition for an issue usually found with a variety of problems. 2386 Washington of Virginia Medal, 1883 BU $375.00 Brass, 34.4mm, 5.1mm thick. By Selig Baumgarten for Dr. George Massamore. Baker 64C. Brilliant Uncirculated. Obv. Military bust r. in archaic style. Rev. Cannonballs, crossed sabers. One of 21 struck; Washington Temperance Society Medal, Ca. 1840. White Metal, 41.6mm. Baker 328D. By Robert Lovett Sr. About Extremely Fine. Obv. Bust r. Rev. Clasped hands, Pledge. Some lustre. 2 pieces. 2387 Presidency Relinquish'd Medal, 1797 (1859) AU $250.00 Copper bronzed, 40.6mm. By John Reich, originally for Sansom. Julian PR-1, Baker 71A. About Uncirculated. Obv. Civil bust r. in broad rim. Rev. Fasces, sword on pedestal. Mahogany red patina. 308 struck from copy dies by Philadelphia Mint. 2388 Voltaire Medal, ca. 1778. Silver CH EF $4,750.00 40.1mm, 3.36mm thick at rim, 551.8 grains (35.76 grams). Baker 78, Betts 544. Choice Extremely Fine or better. Obv. Distinctive head r., enigmatic title WASHINGTON ER. GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN AMERICA. The enigmatic abbreviation ''ER.'' has been suggested as Esquire, but has never been fully defined, as this cataloguer noted in his 1999 presentation before the Washingtoniana-theme A.N.S. 1999 Conference...  more 2389 Voltaire Medal Electrotype, 1778 CH EF $110.00 Copper shells lead-filled, 40.25mm, 5.17mm thick at rim, 43.87 grams. Choice Extremely Fine. Types as above, an old collectors' copy and a curious study item relating to this famous medal. 2390 Eccleston Medal, 1805 CH AU $600.00 Bronze, 75.8mm, 4.5mm at rims. Baker 85. By Thomas Webb for Daniel Eccleston. Choice About Uncirculated on the cusp of Mint State. Obv. Large armored Washington bust r., spot in the right field. Rev. Legend in four concentric lines lauding Washington and lamenting loss of Indians' land, combining two of Quaker eccentric Eccleston's fervent interests. Light reflective brown with much...  more 2391 Washington Funeral Urn Medal, 1800. Silver AU $3,000.00 29.4mm. 150.0 grains. About Uncirculated. Baker 166A. Plain edge. A nicely toned example, rich coin silver gray in the fields with some tinges of delicate russet and pale blue, principally on the reverse. Very neatly holed at the top for suspension. The fields are bright, reflective and semi-prooflike. NGC AU50. 2392 Washington Funeral Urn Medal, 1800 VF $600.00 White Metal, 29mm, 7.43 grams. By Jacob Perkins. Baker 166C. Very Fine or better. Obv. Small bust in wreath. Rev. Funeral urn. Dark fields contrast with partial lustre at rims, holed and plugged at 11:30. 2393 Washington, Kosciusko and Lafayette Medal, ca. 1835 EF $400.00 Bronze, 51.2mm. By Emile Rogat. Baker 196. Extremely Fine. Obv. Conjoined busts l. Friends of the Peoples Liberty. Rev. Names, vital dates between oak crowns, CERCLE BRITANNIQUE, RUE NEUVE ST. AUGUSTINE, Paris. Deep chocolate brown, one of the scarcest Washington medals of its era. 2395 Liberty & Independence Medal, ca. 1858. Silver BU $1,000.00 33.9mm, 17.54 grams. By Joseph Davis of Birmingham. Brilliant Uncirculated. Obv. Half-length bust ¾ l. Rev. Liberty and eagle copied from the American Institute medals. Splendid strike joins prooflike surfaces. 2396 Crutchett Washington Print, 1859 AU $110.00 Black imprint in round Brass case with domed glass, 63.5mm. Baker R-128. About Uncirculated. Roundel bust supported by Liberty, Mount Vernon behind. Engraved by American Bank Note Company, sold in wooden wall hanging made in Crutchett's Mount Vernon Factory. 2397 Avoid Extremes of Party Spirit Medal, 1862 BU $170.00 Oreide, 27.8mm. By John A. Bolen. Baker 258A, Musante JAB-06. Brilliant Uncirculated. Obv. Small high relief civil bust l. Rev. Washington's warning against party spirit on oak. One of 75 struck in this copper alloy. Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → Washingtoniana → Washington Inaugural Buttons Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2398 Eagle & Star Inaugural Button, ca. 1789 VF to EF $1,600.00 Brass, 34.3mm, with shank. B.1009, Cobb 17g, Alpert 18. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Drop-wing eagle with large U.S. shield below 6-pointed star with rays in angles. Shank is original and unbent. Light coppery red surfaces highlight a bold example of this design. 2399 Eagle-Memorable Fourth March Inaugural Button, ca. 1798 VF $2,200.00 Brass, 35.2mm, with shank. B.1010, C.4, A.2. Very Fine or finer. Eagle somewhat similar to preceding, incuse legend MEMORABLE FRA MARCH THE FOURTH 1789. Yellow Brass, glorious detail, shank appears original and undamaged. 2400 Undated Washington Inaugural Button. B.1017 EF $2,200.00 Brass. Extremely Fine. Good, deep golden brown color. Original shank. Some reverse verdigris. From an old Henry Christensen sale described as ''Illus. in Kaufmann's Early American Copper, Tin and Brass''. 2401 Small Laurel Wreath EF $3,100.00 Cobb 13a, Washington Historical Buttons 14, Baker 1020. Extremely Fine. Original shank. Nice, deep brown in color. Rare: we estimate about 15 of these known. 2402 Small Laurel Wreath EF $3,600.00 C.13a, WHB.14, B.1020. A second. Extremely Fine. Original shank. Nice, deep brown in color. Rare: we estimate about 15 of these known. 2403 Small Laurel Wreath EF $3,000.00 C.13a, WHB.14, B.1020. A third. Extremely Fine. Original shank. Nice, deep brown in color. Rare: we estimate about 15 of these known. 2404 Small Laurel Wreath EF $3,000.00 C.13a, WHB.14, B.1020. A fourth. Extremely Fine. Original shank. Nice, deep brown in color. Rare: we estimate about 15 of these known. 2405 Small Laurel Wreath EF $3,500.00 C.13a, WHB.14, B.1020. The last. Extremely Fine. Original shank. Nice, deep brown in color. Rare: we estimate about 15 of these known. Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Americana, Florida Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2406 Amelia Island Green Cross of Florida Medal, 1817 CH EF $2,000.00 Bronze, 33.1mm, 16.88 grams. Rulau Fla 10 (R-6), Gillingham, Ephemeral Decorations, pp. 6-10. Choice Extremely Fine. Obv. Laurel encloses Green Cross of Florida with notched arms, Latin legend announces Liberty of the Floridas, MacGregor Leading. Rev. Date 29 June 1817 in wreath, Latin AMALIA, VENI VIDI VICI, I Came, Saw, Conquered. Medium brown patina shows four areas of old encrustation...  more Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Animal Medal Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2407 South Carolina Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Medal, ca. 1905 BU $100.00 Bronze, 38mm. Prooflike Brilliant Uncirculated. Obv. Angel stops beating of fallen horse. Rev. Serpentine lines, uninscribed field. Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Aviation & Military Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2408 Jean-Marie le Brix Atlantic Flight Medal, 1928 CH EF $160.00 Bronze, 50mm. By Marcel Damman. Choice Extremely Fine. Obv. Maiden tying wings to feet. Rev. Incuse French tribute of Diplomatic Corps of the Three Americas to le Brix in golden age of aviation. Struck by Paris Mint. 2409 Chateau Thierry Battle Monument Medal, 1935 UNC $65.00 Bronze, 50mm. By A. d. Possesse. Uncirculated. Obv. Façade of American monument. Rev. AISNE-MARNE, incuse TIME WILL NOT DIM THE GLORY OF THEIR DEEDS. Struck by Arthus-Bertrand, Paris. Page 2 of 4  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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