Alan V. Weinberg comments: DeWitt/Sullivan unlisted. 55mm x 37mm. Superb essentially mint jugate ferrotype which I first observed 3 yrs ago (this Sept 2011) and was not for sale. But the collector remembered me & offered it 3 yrs later. I jumped. One of the finest condition period political ferros I've seen. Fragile in structure, it was clearly never worn with the almost always separated reverse pin fully intact. The ferrotypes themselves with fully original gloss and near perfection.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: DeWitt/Sullivan unlisted. 55mm x 37mm. Superb essentially mint jugate ferrotype which I first observed 3 yrs ago (this Sept 2011) and was not for sale. But the collector remembered me & offered it 3 yrs later. I jumped. One of the finest condition period political ferros I've seen. Fragile in structure, it was clearly never worn with the almost always separated reverse pin fully intact. The ferrotypes themselves with fully original gloss and near perfection.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Engr. By Geo H. Lovett, struck by Augustus B. Sage. 1 of 2 silvers known, the other in ANS. Ex rare in brz & wht metal. Not in John J. Ford, Jr. Coll'n. Ex Chas. Bushnell coll'n 1882 Chapman auction lot 1660; Capt Andrew Zabriskie coll'n Sotheby's 1999 lot 659; Q. David Bowers coll'n. Featured as one of Bowers/Jaeger's 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens and prominently featured in Bowers' American Numismatics Before the Civil War 1760-1860 where it's given several pages coverage. Gem proof striking with delightful toning, one of the aesthetically most impressive American medals I've seen/owned. The medal commemorates the firing of the first shots of the Civil War in the bombardment by Confederate troops on Charleston's Fort Sumter under command of the Union's Major Robt Anderson. Photographed by master numismatic photographer Tom Mulvaney tom@rarecoinphotos.com.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Engr. By Geo H. Lovett, struck by Augustus B. Sage. 1 of 2 silvers known, the other in ANS. Ex rare in brz & wht metal. Not in John J. Ford, Jr. Coll'n. Ex Chas. Bushnell coll'n 1882 Chapman auction lot 1660; Capt Andrew Zabriskie coll'n Sotheby's 1999 lot 659; Q. David Bowers coll'n. Featured as one of Bowers/Jaeger's 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens and prominently featured in Bowers' American Numismatics Before the Civil War 1760-1860 where it's given several pages coverage. Gem proof striking with delightful toning, one of the aesthetically most impressive American medals I've seen/owned. The medal commemorates the firing of the first shots of the Civil War in the bombardment by Confederate troops on Charleston's Fort Sumter under command of the Union's Major Robt Anderson. Photographed by master numismatic photographer Tom Mulvaney tom@rarecoinphotos.com.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Hand-engraved on an effaced French 5 francs silver coin of either Louis XVIII (1814-24) or Charles X (1824-30), legal tender at 93c until 1857 when the US banned circulating foreign coins, the coin's incused lettered rim identifying inscription intact. Inscribed by a jeweler at the behest of the unit's soldier David Cline assigned to the Federal Gov't 's 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Co. F. They fought numerous battles against a violently split pro-slavery/abolitionist Ks population and against raiders around the state's border. This conflict , referred to as the "Kansas Rebellion" (note the word Rebellion in the inscription) and "Bloody Kansas", also involved violent abolitionist/raider John Brown , hanged in Va in 1859 prior to the Civil War's inception. Allegedly in the possession of a Kansas family until one month prior, this was acquired at the 2010 Boston PNG pre-ANA show from well-respected Ky professional numismatist Jonathan Kern and photographed by numismatic photographer extraordinaire Tom Mulvaney at the the Boston ANA..
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Hand-engraved on an effaced French 5 francs silver coin of either Louis XVIII (1814-24) or Charles X (1824-30), legal tender at 93c until 1857 when the US banned circulating foreign coins, the coin's incused lettered rim identifying inscription intact. Inscribed by a jeweler at the behest of the unit's soldier David Cline assigned to the Federal Gov't 's 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Co. F. They fought numerous battles against a violently split pro-slavery/abolitionist Ks population and against raiders around the state's border. This conflict , referred to as the "Kansas Rebellion" (note the word Rebellion in the inscription) and "Bloody Kansas", also involved violent abolitionist/raider John Brown , hanged in Va in 1859 prior to the Civil War's inception. Allegedly in the possession of a Kansas family until one month prior, this was acquired at the 2010 Boston PNG pre-ANA show from well-respected Ky professional numismatist Jonathan Kern and photographed by numismatic photographer extraordinaire Tom Mulvaney at the the Boston ANA..
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Ex Hank Spangenberger. There is another gilt brass & glass lengthy badge depicting Lincoln from the same Lincoln Club that I haven't had photographed yet.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Ex Hank Spangenberger. There is another gilt brass & glass lengthy badge depicting Lincoln from the same Lincoln Club that I haven't had photographed yet.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Ex PCAC. Silver, dated 1863 and a New York maker on the reverse. Rex Stark says he had another specimen. High relief of a prostrated slave in chains. Great visual anti-slavery appeal. Extremely rare.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Ex PCAC. Silver, dated 1863 and a New York maker on the reverse. Rex Stark says he had another specimen. High relief of a prostrated slave in chains. Great visual anti-slavery appeal. Extremely rare.
