Circa 1859 Dickesons Coin and Medal Safe store card. Musante GW-257, Baker-530D, var., Miller Pa-145. White Metal, Silvered. MS-64 (PCGS).31.7 mm. Not listed in Rulau-Fuld or Musante in silvered white metal. Both sides are deeply toned bluish slate with light rose accents. A few tiny marks and hairlines are noted on the obverse. Though dark, the mirrored fields remain lively. A popular advertising card featuring an old coin safe motif on the reverse. Called scarce in white metal by Musante, but likely rare when silvered, as here.Ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897.
