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Lot:2003 Undated (1777) George III, Lion and Wolf Medal. Struck Solid Silver. Adams 10.1 (Obverse 1, Reverse

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SBP2020年11月#1-Larry Ness集藏

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Undated (1777) George III, Lion and Wolf Medal. Struck Solid Silver. Adams 10.1 (Obverse 1, Reverse A, Perfect State). Adams Census Specimen-12. Betts-535, Jamieson Fig. 11. Fine. 61.1 mm. Rims 0.9 - 2.0 mm thick. 528.9 grains. Original hanger lost. Unsigned dies. Obv: youthful bust of George III, to right. Rev: the British lion roused to attention by a slinking wolf daring to threaten a settlement in the background. Attractive deep gray with accents of faint bluish steel and gold on both sides. Well worn, but evenly so and free of handling damage other than a couple of trivial edge bumps that are not distracting in the least. Once the original hanger was lost, this piece continued to be worn for a long time, eventually wearing through the original hole. As a remedy, two additional holes were neatly pierced in the recess of the border, close to the original hole, allowing for a new suspension attachment. As noted in our last offering of this piece, “it is clear from its face that this medal was treasured by its recipient, and probably his family after him, for many years” and the medal has an undeniable appeal as a result.A bit of confusion seems to have entered the provenance of this medal, but quite reasonably so. When we sold it in January 2009, it was identified as the specimen once owned by Gerald Hart (Frossard, December 1888) and Charles P. Senter (Wayte Raymond, October 1933). This was based on the description in the Hart sale that the medal had “three rude perforations near edge…” In the Senter sale, the brief description was, in full, “Another, in finer condition, but without rim and holed three times.” These seem reasonably matched descriptions, and the present medal does indeed have three holes near the rim (though this includes that originally present). However, the Hart description continues, “…showing that this very rare medal had been mounted in some rude frame.” There are therefore clues in both descriptions that lead to the conclusion that this is not the medal described in those sales. The suggestion that three rude perforations near the edge would be for mounting in a frame indicates that they are distributed around</em> the medal. The piercings on this piece are centered at 12:00 and clearly for suspension. The clue in the Senter sale is that it was described as being “without rim,” while this medal clearly has a narrow intact rim. Taken alone, these details might not be enough to upend the previously applied provenance. However, in the April 1991 Coin Galleries sale, there was a medal that more precisely fits the Hart and Senter sale descriptions. It has three square punctures, one near 12:00, one near 4:00 and one near 8:00, all close to the rim. This suggests mounting to something in three opposing points, which would have likely been behind the entire medal, such as a board, or around it, as in a frame. It also appears from the catalog plate to have little or no rim. Finally, John Adams himself identified a different medal than this as the Hart-Senter specimen when he published his Census of known pieces in 1999. The Hart-Senter specimen is his Census #15, attributed at the time to a “Private Collection in Canada,” while the present piece was one of three (#12) attributed to a Private Collection in New England—his own.The Adams Census included 19 Lion and Wolf medals, though Michael Hodder commented in Ford XVI that Adams’ #17 had been “misrepresented by Mr. Ford and does not exist.” Meanwhile, it is highly unlikely that the medal in the lot to follow was known to Adams, thus holding the number accounted for, per the Census, at 19. While that sounds like a fairly healthy number in the context of Indian Peace medals, 10 are in institutional collections, leaving very few for collectors. Their appeal is wide, covering two continents due to their source and distribution, and they are so desired that they are “hoarded” to a degree by collectors. There are two in this sale, Ford had two, Senter had two, and W.H. Hunter had three, purchasing “every one that he had an opportunity to acquire” according to S.H. Chapman, who wrote the sale. As such, this is a fine opportunity to acquire this distinctive, challenging and beloved issue. A tiny old collector tag associated with this piece reads, “Bought 4/11 RE.</em>” Ex Stack’s, August 1996, by direct sale; John W. Adams, Stack’s, January 2009, lot 5031; A Southern Collector; Stack’s Bowers Galleries, September 2011, lot 78.

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