Assay Commission 1869 AC-6 silver - rev. of AC-5??
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I've acquired the US Assay Commission Medal 1869 AC-6 silver (with stars).
Because of a die crack at star 5 after a few were struck the obv. was redone removing the stars which is AC-5 (no stars). Q. David Bowers notes that there are differences between the rev. of AC-5 and AC-6 most noticeable is the location of the foot of the "A" of ASSAY to the leaf on the left. As described in the ref. book by Julian and Keusch, the AC-6 rev. has the foot of "A" at the middle of the leaf to the left and on the AC-5 the foot of the "A" is at the top of the leaf.
The medal I have is the AC-6 obv. the stars (first obv. die) but it has the AC-5 rev. with the foot of the A at the middle of the leaf (second rev.)
This would indicate to me that the rev. die of AC-6 was altered before the obv. was changed from the AC-6 design to the AC-5 design.
The two AC-6 silver medals I’ve been able to see in auction archives have the rev. as described by David Bowers. None like mine.
Yes arcane, but it's discovering the history of this medal. There are very few of these but I'm hoping someone may know about these varieties.
Because of a die crack at star 5 after a few were struck the obv. was redone removing the stars which is AC-5 (no stars). Q. David Bowers notes that there are differences between the rev. of AC-5 and AC-6 most noticeable is the location of the foot of the "A" of ASSAY to the leaf on the left. As described in the ref. book by Julian and Keusch, the AC-6 rev. has the foot of "A" at the middle of the leaf to the left and on the AC-5 the foot of the "A" is at the top of the leaf.
The medal I have is the AC-6 obv. the stars (first obv. die) but it has the AC-5 rev. with the foot of the A at the middle of the leaf (second rev.)
This would indicate to me that the rev. die of AC-6 was altered before the obv. was changed from the AC-6 design to the AC-5 design.
The two AC-6 silver medals I’ve been able to see in auction archives have the rev. as described by David Bowers. None like mine.
Yes arcane, but it's discovering the history of this medal. There are very few of these but I'm hoping someone may know about these varieties.
Always more to know!
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I think I posted the AC-6 on the US Coin forum. Let me know?
Always more to know!