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Lot:3078 1874 United States Assay Commission Medal. Silver. 33 mm. By William Barber. JK AC-13a. Rarity-5. MS

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2019-05-25 03:00:00

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1874 United States Assay Commission Medal. Silver. 33 mm. By William Barber. JK AC-13a. Rarity-5. MS-62 (NGC).Semi-reflective fields and softly frosted devices shine forth powerfully through an overlay of delicate pinkish-silver patina. Boldly defined throughout with only wispy handling marks precluding a Choice Mint State rating. With a mintage of at least 38 specimens, the 1874 has one of the higher press runs among Assay Commission medals from the 1870s. The increased production is primarily due to a request from Thomas Acton of the New York Assay Office, who had been selected to sit on the 1874 Commission. Acton requested up to 15 examples for distribution to friends in New York, and he received at least 10 pieces on March 4. Twenty five examples had already been struck on February 11, 1874, Mint officials James Pollock, Archibald Loudon Snowden, William Barber, Booth and DuBois each receiving one medal with the remaining going to either Mint Director Henry R. Linderman or the commissioners themselves. The German ambassador also received two examples on March 11. Much of this had been done over protests from Superintendent Pollock, who opposed the loose distribution of these medals.Today, the 1874 is one of the more frequently encountered Assay Commission medals of its era, and it remains popular with collectors due to the use of the catafalque (funeral device) as the focal feature on the reverse.From the Newmark Collection. Earlier from Presidential Coin & Antique Co.s Auction Fifty-Five, December 1993, lot 192. Lot tag included.

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