Circa 1858 Virtue, Liberty & Independence medal by Frederick C. Key Musante GW-227, Baker-274D. White Metal. MS-62 (PCGS).27.7 mm. Light gray surfaces are a bit handled and scuffed, but the prooflike texture of the fields remains and the details are sharp. Finely cracked on the obverse from the jawline to the rim, and with a small rim break near 2:00. The 1864 George Seavey sale included one noted as having a thick flan, but this one is thin.Ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897.
