LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2008 Feb Long Beach, CA Tokens & Medals #462  / 

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Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, Julian-MI-11, MS63 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:260.00 USD Estimated At:560.00 - 840.00 USD
Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, Julian-MI-11, MS63 NGC
<B>Major General Jacob Brown Military Medal, From Original Dies, Julian-MI-11, MS63 NGC.</B></I> Bronzed copper, 64.6 mm, 132.6 gm. Engraved by Moritz Furst. Obverse bust right, MAJOR GENERAL JACOB BROWN. around, FURST F at truncation (broken R in FURST and rim break from 2 to 3 o'clock, identifying the original obverse). Reverse a cluttered congeries of fasces, wreaths, eagle, flags, trumpets, rifle, swords, cannonballs, pendant shields with NIAGARA, ERIE, CHIPPEWA, around RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 3, 1814. In exergue BATTLES OF / CHIPPEWA. JULY 5. (number appears overdated over another number, or else die is chipped), 1814. / NIAGARA. JULY 25. 1814. / ERIE. SEP. 14. 1814 (P overpunched over an O, per Julian identifying the original reverse die). FURST.F. below, with the name out of line (S noticeably higher) and no umlaut over the U, unlike most of Furst's medallic signatures. A pleasing nut-brown piece with minor scattered carbon and considerable mint luster on both sides. Julian <I>(Medals of the United States Mint, The First Century 1792-1892) </B></I>comments that "the original dies appear to have been in use until at least the 1880's and possibly much longer. The original obverse developed a broken rim; there is also a broken letter R in FURST to identify the original.<BR> "The original reverse has several marks of identification. The most easily noticed are several overpunched letters and figures in the exergue. In particular one may note that the P of SEP. is over the letter O." Accompanied by an NGC Photo Certificate. The Ford specimen (Stack's, Sale VII, lot 370, 1/2005) in Choice AU brought $500. This much nicer Select BU piece should fetch considerably more. Another example, "Gorgeous AU," in the famous Kessler-Spangenberger sale (NASCA, 4/1981, lot 1659), brought $200 against a presale estimate of $100.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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