Alan V. Weinberg comments: This US Mint-struck Gobrecht medal is fairly common in silver. But this gem Proof toned beauty is not only the finest I've ever seen but was engraved in the first year of issue - 1837. In original case.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: This US Mint-struck Gobrecht medal is fairly common in silver. But this gem Proof toned beauty is not only the finest I've ever seen but was engraved in the first year of issue - 1837. In original case.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: This US Mint-struck Gobrecht medal is fairly common in silver. But this gem Proof toned beauty is not only the finest I've ever seen but was engraved in the first year of issue - 1837. In original case.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Awarded in 1839, 2 yrs after the Gobrecht-designed medal was established in 1837, for ammunition, shells and cannon balls (Brass and iron Ordnance)!.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Awarded in 1839, 2 yrs after the Gobrecht-designed medal was established in 1837, for ammunition, shells and cannon balls (Brass and iron Ordnance)!.
Alan V. Weinberg comments: Minutely hand-engraved awardee inscription on the ribbon above the pelican. For some strange reason this is listed in silver and brz as a so-called dollar in Hibler-Kappen. I sold a similar awarded/inscribed silver which the buyer tried to slab with NGC- back it came in a "body bag"- labeled as "graffiti"! Yeow!.