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U.S. Mint Medals
limited. The specimen, presented to the Director of the Mint,
Nellie Taylor Ross, must be among the more desirable named
examples. The only other 1944 medals that have surfaced at
auction are as follows:
1.
Stacks/Bowers. 8/15 ANA Sale #10. “Preston Delano”
Choice Unc. $4700.00
2.
PCAC Auction #70, 2001. #615. “Frederick R. Mann”
Unc. $6900.00
3.
Stacks 1995 Rogers Fred Sale #1137. Proof 65. $1650.00
The medal was not represented in either the extensive Dreyfuss
Collection nor the Ernest Kuesch holding. ($5,000+)
311.
NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS’ 1949 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-
AC-94. 51mm. Bronze. Gilroy Roberts (Obv.) & Frank
Gasparro (Rev.), Sc. Choice Uncirculated. Edge engraved
NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS. Obverse with three female figures
representative of the operations of the Assay Commission:
weighing, recording, and counting. Legend: UNITED
STATES MINT. The reverse depicts the facade of the Treasury
Department with the statue of Alexander Hamilton in front.
Legend: ANNUAL ASSAY COMMISSION TREASURY
DEPARTMENT. Below the building is inscribed: TREASURY
BUILDING/ WASHINGTON D.C./ 1949.
This is an extremely rare medal; only 15 specimens struck
according to the author of the OTACS Assay Medal pamphlet.
It was missing in the Dreyfuss, Salisbury, Fred & Keusch
Collections – the four major Assay Medal collections sold in
the last 35 years. In the meantime, four other examples
have surfaced at auction bringing prices ranging from a
low of $3525.00 to a high of $7040.00 ($4000-5000)
312.
1968 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-AC-112. 57.4mm. Bronze. Frank
Gasparro (Obv.) & Edgar Z. Steever (Rev.), Sc. Uncirculated,
without the heavy speckled tarnish which often plagues these
late date assay medals. Ho u s e d i n i t s o r i g i n a l US Mi n t
p r e s e n t a t i o n b o x . The obverse presents a facing bust of
former Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814) Albert Gallatin
while the revere displays a large weight inscribed: POUND
TROY 1824 BATE LONDON. At bottom are smaller weights
marked GRAIN, GRAM and OUNCE.
According to the author of the OTACS pamphlet, a mere 45
of these medals were struck by the Mint. Our last offering of
one of these medals was in our 2010 Auction Eighty where an
Uncirculated specimen brought $2415.00. The previous owner’s
note accompanying this lot states that it was purchased from our
1986 Dreyfuss Collection Sale for $770.00. (No lot envelope).
INDIAN PEACE MEDALS
313.
JAMES MADISON.
IP-7. 51.1mm. Copper, bronzed. John
Lot 310
Lot 311
Lot 312 (reduced)
Lot 313