(ca. 1862) Young America Store Card. Brass. 28 mm. Musante JAB-5. MS-63 (NGC).A wholly original piece, both sides exhibit mottled rose and olive-brown patina to a base of bright gold color. Modestly prooflike in the fields, especially on the obverse, both sides are fully struck with only a few trivial carbon flecks precluding an even higher grade. A second brass impression from these dies, here without any trace of silvering.From the Ralph A. Edson Collection.
