1796 Repub. Ameri. Medal. Musante GW-61, Baker-68. Copper. Plain edge. MS-64+ RB (PCGS).
33.1 mm. 304.2 grains. Generously red and brown surfaces with subtle suggestions of prooflike character in the fields. Speckled patina is seen under magnification but is little noticed otherwise. A pair of small nicks in the obverse field are the only impairments worthy of note. Well struck and very attractive. The color is far superior to the Baker Collection piece plated in Musante, and actually with more original red remaining than any we recall handling. Sharp, attractive and rarely seen this nice. A short but thick engraver’s error connects the base of the caduceus to the beaded border around the central motif. In addition, two prominent engravers’ slips extend outward from the base of the fasces. These extensions are seen on all we have observed. Struck in a coin-turn alignment as usually seen.
Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.
PCGS# 508310.
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