Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

U.S. Mint Medals307. JAMES GARFIELD FIRST TERM MEDAL. PR-20. 77mm.Copper, bronzed. Charles Barber, Sc Choice Uncirculated. Nicemahogany color with reflective surfaces. The reverse states thedate of his inauguration, March 4, 1881. Only 89 of these medalswere struck before the reverse was replaced with one giving thedate of Garfield’s assassination. (G)Lot 308308. STRUCK SHELL OF THE WOODROW WILSON SECONDTERM MINT MEDAL. Type of FH 127. 76mm. Bronze. 27.3grams. Unsigned, but ascribed to George T. Morgan, Sc. AboutUncirculated. Offered here is the only known struck shell ofMorgan’s second term Wilson medal for the Mint’s PresidentialSeries. An intaglio impression of the obverse design is shown onthe reverse. From our 2011 Auction Eighty One, #463, where itbrought $287.50.Lot 305305. ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEDAL FROM THE U.S. MINTPRESIDENTIAL SERIES STRUCK IN ALUMINUM. PR-12. 76.8mm. Aluminum. George Morgan, Sc. About Uncirculatedwith some scattered light rim marks. Obverse with a naked bustof Lincoln facing right, his name to either side. The reverse bearsa closed wreath enclosing the dates of his inaugurations andassassination. Struck from the original dies without Morgan’ssignature. One of only 38 medals struck in aluminum during the1892/3 fiscal year. We sold an uncirculated example in our last sale(#286) for $1437.50. ($750-1000).306. ULYSSES S. GRANT. PR-15. 76mm. Copper, bronzed. William& Charles Barber, Sc. Choice Uncirculated with reflective surfacesand an attractive mahogany red patina. Obverse with a naked bustof Grant to the right, his name to either side. Reverse with aninscription giving the dates of his two inaugurations. (G)Lot 309309. HERBERT HOOVER, 1931. 33.8mm. Silver. (26.5 grams.)John R. Sinnock, (Obv.) & Adam Pietz (Rev.), Sc. Uncirculated.Obv: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES above a bust ofHoover right. MCMXXIX (The date of Hoover’s Inauguration)in left field; HERBERT/ HOOVER, right. Rx: * MINT OF THEUNITED STATES * PHILADELPHIA, PA. around a front view ofthe Mint building. Dated, 1931 below.this is one of a series of small size medals begun in 1922 tocommemorate visits to the Philadelphia Mint. When we catalogedthis very piece in our 1999 Hard Times Sale (#430) we commentedthat, “Ernie Keusch, who has cataloged and collected this series formany years, knows of only two other examples of this 1931 medalin silver and is not aware of silver strikings of any of the othermedals in this series.” Its rarity was borne out by the auction result- $329.00! (H)79H