NEWPS from Stacks ANA auction/ Cardinal medals
Justacommeman
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I went into this auction wanting to buy the magnificent bronze Declaration of Independence and Letter to Hamilton medals consigned by cardinal. I was underbidder on both and I'm having serious regrets on both as these rarely come up for sale. I may have missed my boat. Congrats to the winners. I was however able to add three new medals to my collection from the Cardinal offering.
1) Horatio Gates at Saratogo Medal. SP 58. This is a very rare and historic impression in white metal. Aaron Burr delivered the Gates medal dies to the Mint in 1801 where they would be first used to strike the silver and white metal for the Gates family. Adam Eckfeldt struck these almost immediately upon the arrival of the dies at the Philadelphia Mint.
The Battle of Saratoga is considered a major turning point of the American Revolution as the victory brought the French into the war on the side of our burgeoning nation. While generals Daniel Morgan and Benedict Arnold deserve the lions share of credit for the outcome it was General Horatio Gates that accepted the sword of the losing British General ( John Burgoyne). Saratoga is special to me and I visit it as often as possible. This medal is included in the 100 Geatest American Medals and Tokens.
2) Libertas Americana J.A Bolen Store Card struck in 1867. MS 63 RB. This a scarce medal that was high on my want list. A little trivia- this piece was included in the very first medal and token submission to PCGS and was featured in the PCGS ad banner to promote the fact they were grading such pieces. The mirrors on this piece are fantastic.
3) Libertas Americana PR70DCAM one kilo medal. Yep, one kilo. Ok this is one serious hunk of metal. It's crazy cool and I was anxious to add it to my all things Libertas Collection
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Love the details on that 67. Nice!
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Seriously interesting pieces. Very nice.
I hate being the underbidder.
Hi Alan, which Bolen medal? The Letter to Hamiltion piece?
The Bolen Libertas piece above was $3840
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Those are some nice additions. Congrats!
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Congrats!
My pleasure and thank you
Letter to Hamilton ex Garrett MS 63 $14,400
This was the Declaration of Independence piece I mentioned in my OP. MS 65 $48,000
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
It's silver. I believe there were only 8 struck. All in silver.
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Interesting and nice pieces
I wonder who struck them
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Nice medals. At the WFM, I caught myself being mesmerized by several dealer displays of honking early American medals in various metals. The depth of details are so great as to create a diorama of history. Peace Roy
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Thank you for the historical context about the medals. This is what makes the pieces fascinating to me.
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Nice pick ups!!
is there a justacommeman musuem that displays all these incredible items that you acquire?
Wow!!!!! Great medals all!
Best, SH
Neat stuff. Especially like the Gates medal.
I recently moved up to the Saratoga area and am starting to learn more about the Revolutionary War history here.
Very nice Mark! Cardinal owes you a beer for bidding up the ones you lost!
Fantastic!!!
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Sweet looking pieces!
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Nice coins, all. As always. I like shiny things, so I think I would have gone for the Libertas Kilo.
Truly beautiful pieces... and that one kilo piece is fantastic... Congratulations on some great acquisitions. Cheers, RickO
The kilo Libertas medals are truly enormous. Just to give the forum an idea, I took a picture with a Washington quarter to show the scale.