Owner Comments:
1977 U.S. Assay Commission Medal - JK-AC-121 PEWTER
Ex: U.S. Mint Director Mary Brooks
NGC MS65
NGC Certification Number: 6525199-002
"This medal is a footnote to the 179-year history of the Assay Commission. Public participation in this group had been abolished by President Carter before the 1977 deliberations. Originals were reportedly distributed by President Carter himself, each medal housed in a plush case, as here. (Examples sold to the public were packaged in sealed plastic envelopes and the Mint's standard cardboard medal boxes.) This medal was presented to Mary Brooks, 31st Director of the Mint, and the case is in excellent condition with no blemishes of note. (Total: 1 medal; 1 case)"
OBVERSE
Portrait of Martha Washington facing right with legend "ANNUAL ASSAY COMMISSION" above. Flanking inscriptions are "1977" and "MARTHA WASHINGTON". On the truncation "E GROVE " and "P FOWLER". The obverse portrait is from the pattern half dollar struck in the early 1960s to test metallic replacements for silver.
REVERSE
View of the first Mint with "FIRST UNITED STATES MINT" and "1792" above and "PHILADELPHIA" below. "MP" (Matthew Peloso) at lower left and "F GASPARRO" at lower right.
SIZE
76 mm x 60 mm (oval)
COMPOSITION
Pewter
ENGRAVER
Phillip Fowler and Edward Grove (obverse); Frank Gasparro (reverse).
Purchased in Stack's Bowers Seprember 2023 Collectors Choice Online Auction - Tokens & Medals, Lot # 70115
RARITY
R-2
NGC Population: 3/9 (September 27, 2023)