1903 United States Assay Commission Medal. Silver. 40 mm x 57 mm, plaque. By George T. Morgan. JK AC-47a. Rarity-5. MS-64 (NGC). Attractive antique pewter gray matte surfaces exhibit wisps of rose, pale gold and, to a lesser extent, cobalt blue. Both sides are smooth and seem undergraded at the assigned level.Morgans reverse design for the 1903 Assay Commission medal depicts a modern assayer at a furnace, adapted from his work on the 1891 medal. While the annual <em>Mint Directors Report</em> states that 40 silver impressions were made from these dies, the medal book provides a mintage of 43 specimens delivered on February 10, 1903. The Julian-Keusch reference also mention a silver restrike from 1906. The present example is similar in quality to the Keusch Collection specimen (Stacks, November 2008, lot 5294), although that piece was more extensively toned around the peripheries. From the Richard Jewell Collection. Earlier from Heritages Long Beach Signature Auction of September 2006, lot 6601. Lot tag included.
