Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Early American Medals) // NNP

11. New York, Adelhaide Engraved Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Unique and hand-engraved. Visibly impressive size and unusual captivating obv and rev images. Consigned to a Stack's foreign coin auction (I'm lucky I spotted it) straight out of Europe. No prior auction or collection history. Finely reeded edge. An 1808 Amsterdam / New York ("New Amsterdam")Dutch/American medal. Certainly not in any other collection and probably made for the Captain of the Adelhaide (or his wife or sponsoring company). Reeded edge.

12. New York, Adelhaide Engraved Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Unique and hand-engraved. Visibly impressive size and unusual captivating obv and rev images. Consigned to a Stack's foreign coin auction (I'm lucky I spotted it) straight out of Europe. No prior auction or collection history. Finely reeded edge. An 1808 Amsterdam / New York ("New Amsterdam")Dutch/American medal. Certainly not in any other collection and probably made for the Captain of the Adelhaide (or his wife or sponsoring company). Reeded edge.

13. John Jacob Astor Fur Trade Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Struck in the 1840's and one of the great rarities of early American medals. This is the finest known , gilt-bronze and comes with an ancient museum ticket. Rarer than even its counterpart in silver. I simply can't believe I own this - in any condition!.

14. John Jacob Astor Fur Trade Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Struck in the 1840's and one of the great rarities of early American medals. This is the finest known , gilt-bronze and comes with an ancient museum ticket. Rarer than even its counterpart in silver. I simply can't believe I own this - in any condition!.

15. John Jacob Astor Fur Trade Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Struck in the 1840's and one of the great rarities of early American medals. This is the finest known , gilt-bronze and comes with an ancient museum ticket. Rarer than even its counterpart in silver. I simply can't believe I own this - in any condition!.

16. John Quicy Adams Innaugural Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Excessively rare in any metal. The finest known - gem proof toned in silver. By Moritz Furst. Struck at the US Mint. A medal I sought for decades, ever since the badly spotted Unc silver sold for $9,000 in 1981 at Garrett/JHU to Bill Anton. Three known in silver with perhaps 6-7 known in white metal. I have never seen a genuine bronze. One of the classic rarity early American mint medals.

17. John Quicy Adams Innaugural Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Excessively rare in any metal. The finest known - gem proof toned in silver. By Moritz Furst. Struck at the US Mint. A medal I sought for decades, ever since the badly spotted Unc silver sold for $9,000 in 1981 at Garrett/JHU to Bill Anton. Three known in silver with perhaps 6-7 known in white metal. I have never seen a genuine bronze. One of the classic rarity early American mint medals.

18. Jefferson Innaugural Medal

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19. Jefferson Innaugural Medal

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20. Thomas Jefferson Large Size Indian Peace Medal

Description:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: The finest known of the largest size "shell" (hollow) 1801 US Mint-struck Jefferson IPM's. Finer than LaRiviere's, finer than Ford's. Gem Prooflike Unc. Ex-Stack's privately to Laird Park decades ago, according to Tony Terranova who observed the transaction in the store. Laird U. Park, Jr. At 6'5" tall, was an imposing & distinguished-looking, quite knowledgable, wealthy Philadelphia collector of American colonial coins, selected early American historical medals, and early American books, maps and autographed documents of the highest rarity & value. His colonial coin coll'n - one of the finest assembled including an Unc. 1792 Birch cent (ex Chas. Jay coll'n)- was auctioned by Stack's in NYC on May 26, 1976. Park's library was auctioned by Sotheby's in NYC Nov 29, 2000. Buried in the middle of the thick library auction catalogue, unannounced to the numismatic world, were 6 lots of rare American medals, including this huge TJ IPM. Tony Terranova bought it and placed it in his bourse case at the following early January 2001 FUN Orlando, Fla coin show. During setup, out of the corner of my eye, this medal literally stopped me in my tracks. "Is this real?" I asked Tony, knowing that it was but astonished by its remarkable appearance. I think it took me 30 seconds to decide I had to have it. The cover plate specimen to Bowers/Jaeger's 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens book. Believed to be Thomas Jefferson's personal medal as he collected medals, tokens & Indian "vocabularies" and this medal was clearly unissued. One of the most impressive die-struck early American medals known and unique in US Mint-struck medal construction as a hollow multi-piece shell - obv and rev struck plates surrounded by separately applied hi-relief rim and suspension loop. The US Mint did not have presses capable of striking a solid medal this size in 1801.

Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Early American Medals)

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11. New York, Adelhaide Engraved Medal

12. New York, Adelhaide Engraved Medal

13. John Jacob Astor Fur Trade Medal

14. John Jacob Astor Fur Trade Medal

15. John Jacob Astor Fur Trade Medal

16. John Quicy Adams Innaugural Medal

17. John Quicy Adams Innaugural Medal

18. Jefferson Innaugural Medal

19. Jefferson Innaugural Medal

20. Thomas Jefferson Large Size Indian Peace Medal