1797 Sansom Medal. First Reissue. Silver. 41 mm. 32.8 grams. Musante GW-59, Baker-72, Julian PR-1. Extremely Fine, Cleaned, Edge Bruises.Sharply defined overall with only a few moderate size handling marks scattered about in the fields, shallow edge bruises at 2 and 4 oclock relative to the obverse. Wispy hairlines point to a cleaning, the otherwise bright silver surfaces with steel gray patina in the protected areas around the design elements. Musante (2016) catalogs this variant of the Sansom medal as "R" (i.e., rare) and states that only 57 silver impressions were struck between 1861 and 1904.
