Undated (ca. 1834) Lafayette Par Nobile Fratrum Medalet. By C.C. Wright and James Bale. Musante GW-142, Baker-197. Silver. MS-67 (NGC). 26 mm. An outstanding Superb Gem of this Wright and Bale issue, finer than the Boyd-Ford specimen in our August 2013 sale, which specimen is actually being offered here again in the following lot. Light gray-silver in the central obverse field, with bold blue-green iridescence around the devices. Similar tones on the reverse, mottled with russet and gold. Prooflike, sharp and beautifully preserved. A rarity in silver and in great demand. From the Kessler Collection of Washingtonia. Earlier ex Virgil M. Brand Collection; our (Bowers and Merenas) Sussex Collection sale, June 1990, part of lot 5020; Jack Collins; our (Coin Galleries) sale of the Jack Collins Collection, Part II, July 1996, lot 63; our sale of the Charles A. Wharton Collection, March 2014 Baltimore Auction, lot 2161. Bowers and Merena and Coin Galleries lot tags included.
