1773 Lord Chatham Medal. Betts-522. Copper, 25 mm. MS-63 BN (PCGS). 89.2 grains. Lustrous chocolate brown with hints of mint red inside the rim. The reverse shows attractive blue and golden toning as well as some trivial hairlines. Mr. Margolis would be amused to see an inexpensive medalet issued as a premium by <em>The Sentimentalist</em> magazine in what he used to call a "plastic jockstrap." While this Pitt portrait piece is listed by Betts, others from this series (including the King and Queen) are not. From the Richard Margolis Collection. Earlier from Jim King at a Greater New York (AINA) Convention, perhaps 1977.
