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U.S. Mint Medals
of the Choice Uncirculated Virgil Brand specimen in 2008 for
$4,887.50!
307.
1905 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-AC-49. 56.2 x 39.6mm. Silver.
George Morgan, Sc. Unc. The obverse bears a bust of President
Theodore Roosevelt to the left, his name above and title in
exergue. The reverse depicts the Seal of the Treasury at upper
left and an olive branch below. Inscription: MINT/ OF THE/
UNITED STATES. ANNUAL/ ASSAY/ 1905.
Julian & Keusch note that “Mint department records show that
only ten silver medals (delivered on March 2, well after the
annual meeting) were struck in 1905. In 1906 another silver and
bronze were reported. As there are as many recorded auction
appearances for this 1905 medal as there are for silver TR assay
medals with reported mintages of 40, we suspect that there were
more than 11 silver 1905 medals struck. ($1000-1500)
308.
1907 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-AC-51; Fuld RO.1907.2. 39.2
x 55.4mm. Silver. Charles Barber (Obv.) & George Morgan
(Rev.), Sc. Choice Uncirculated. Obverse with portrait of
Theodore Roosevelt facing left, inscriptions above and below.
The reverse contains Morgan’s depiction of the arms of the
Treasury Department with an inscription below.
Because of the Roosevelt portraits, the Assay medals of 1903-
1908 are among the most popular in the series. 55 medals in
silver were struck of this issue. ($900-1250.00)
Lot 307
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309.
1940 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-AC-85. 50.8mm. Bronze. J.R.
Sinnock & Adam Pietz, Sc. Uncirculated, with light tarnish
throughout. Edge marked: HON. NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS
The obverse features a portrait of Roosevelt to the right which
is a reduced size version of the usually seen medal from
the Presidential Series. The FDR portrait adds an extra
dimension to its desirability. The reverse, showing a view
of the First U.S. Mint Building, shows a motif used on several
earlier assay medals. Prior to the appearance on the present
specimen on the market, the most recent sale of a 1940 ACM was
our 2014 offering of the medal named to US Comptroller of the
Currency Preston Delano which brought $3105.00.
Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876 – 1977)) was the 14th Governor of
Wyoming from 1925 to 1927 and director of the United States
Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first woman to be sworn in
as governor of a U.S. state, and remains the only woman to have
served as governor of Wyoming.
310.
1944 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK AC-89. 50.4mm. Bronze. John R.
Sinnock, Sc. (Rev.) NGC MS 64. Choice Uncirculated. Edge
engraved: HON. NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS. Obverse with a bust
of Rittenhouse to the left flanked by the dates 1792 1795 and
surrounded by the legend: DAVID RITTENHOUSE. FIRST
DIRECTOR UNITED STATES MINT. Balance scales below
the bust. The reverse presents a view of Independence Hall
at center and the legend: ANNUAL ASSAY COMMISSON
UNITED STATES MINT PHILADELPHIA/ 1944.
The Rittenhouse bust was apparently hubbed from William
Barber’s portrait of him which appears on MT-1. Sinnock’s
Independence Hall is an adaptation of his reverse for the 1926
Sesquicentennial commemorative $ 2 1/2 gold coin.
The mintage figure for this medal is unknown, but must be quite
Lot 309