August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
1869 United States Assay Commission Medal. JK AC-6. Rarity-6. With Stars. Silver. Specimen-64 (PCGS).
33.4 mm. Flashing prooflike fields show hints of peach amidst rich olive-gray patina. The short, yet bold die crack (as made) from the obverse rim to star 5 is the cause of this die's early demise and the Mint's adoption of the No Stars replacement (JK AC-5) for most of the Assay Commission medals produced in 1869. In fact, all known examples of JK AC-6 display this die break. While silver impressions of the 1869 AC-5 No Stars are the medals that were actually distributed to most commissioners in 1869, the Julian-Keusch reference suggests that some silver strikings of the earlier AC-6 pairing may have also have been used for this purpose. Aluminum/white metal strikings of both types, on the other hand, were prepared in small numbers expressly for distribution to contemporary collectors.
From Presidential Coin & Antique Co., Inc.'s Sale #43, December 1987, lot 379; our (Stack's) sale of the Ernest E. Keusch Collection of United States Assay Medals, 1860-1977, November 2008, lot 5230.
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| Price realized | 3'200 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 1'000 USD |
