1776 (ca. 1867) Washington / Libertas Americana Muling. By John Adams Bolen. Musante JAB M-4, Musante GW-798, Baker-56B. Brass. MS-64 (PCGS).25.4 mm. Light sunset-gold brass on the obverse with wisps of soft violet near the rims. The reverse is light greenish olive-brown on the motifs while the fields are intensely toned mottled violet, blue and orange-red. Sharply prooflike and most handsome. Brass strikes are believed to be those of John W. Kline.From the Martin Logies Collection. Earlier ex S.H. and H. Chapmans sale of the Charles I. Bushnell Collection, June 1882, part of lot 1497; William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897; our sale of the Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, November 2019 Baltimore Auction, lot 20562. Stacks Bowers Galleries lot tag included.
