1924 AE Medal JK-AC-68, Calvin Coolidge SP(PCGS#972630)
1924 AE Medal JK-AC-68, Calvin Coolidge SP (PCGS#972630)
Spring 2023 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2163
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 3,729
- 详细说明
- 1924 United States Assay Commission Medal. By George T. Morgan. JK AC-68. Rarity-4. Bronze. AU-58 (NGC). 51 mm. Rich golden-bronze patina with deeper overtones that are more mottled in distribution on the obverse. President Calvin Coolidge objected to his likeness as it appeared on the 1924 Assay Commission medals. It was replaced the following year, and again in 1926 with a thin-featured portrait that recalled Dorothy Parker's witticism that the president's habitual expression suggested that he had been weaned on a pickle. The Julian-Keusch reference on this series does not note a mintage figure for the 1924 medal, but the Dreyfuss sale points out that this date is "sufficiently rare as to not be illustrated in the Pessolano-Filos book." Seemingly more elusive than the Julian-Keusch rating of Rarity-4 might imply, we have handled only five examples of AC-68 over the last 15 or so years. Provenance: From Heritage's Long Beach Tokens & Medals Signature Auction of September 2008, lot 28213. Click here for certification details from NGC.