1862 Monitor / Merrimac Medal. By George Hampden Lovett. Schenkman MM-4. Copper. MS-64 BN (PCGS). 31 mm. Attractively original surfaces exhibit warm toning in olive-brown through which ample mint color in vivid rose-orange shines as the medal dips into a light. Both sides are smooth and satiny with a sharply to fully executed strike. This fascinating and intricately engraved type depicts the "First Battle of the Ironclads", pitting the <em>U.S.S. Monitor</em> against the Confederate <em>Merrimac</em> off Hampton Roads, Virginia on March 9, 1862.
