BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-224 PF 62 ULTRA CAMEO


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Set Details
Coin Description:
Grade: NGC MS 64 BN
Owner: Bruce Thomas Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
Slot Name: HK-224 PF 62 ULTRA CAMEO
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

THIS IS THE ONLY HK-11E GRADED BY NGC (8/2018). MY FATHER-IN-LAW'S FAMILY ARE FROM SUMTER, SC, SO THIS MEDAL IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND APPARENTLY EXTREMELY RARE OR UNIQUE. JEFF SHEVLIN TELLS ME THAT OF THE (6) VARIETIES OF THESE "BOMBARDMENT" MEDALS, THIS IS THE ONLY HK-11E THAT HE HAS EVER SEEN, RAW OR GRADED. IF JEFF HAS NOT SEEN THIS TYPE, IT PROBABLY DOES NOT EXIST EXCEPT FOR THIS EXAMPLE. DIES FOR THIS MEDAL BY GEORGE H LOVETT. BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER 1861 CHARLESTON, SC Extensive research fails to establish origin of these medals which obviously commemorate initial engagement of Civil War. Following 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as United States President, South Carolina was first state to secede from Union on Dec. 20, 1860. Bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor was first clash of armed forces of North and South. Defended by a Federal force of 75 men under Major Robert Anderson from April 12 to 14, 1861, against Brigadier Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard and 8,000 Confederates, Fort was surrendered finally with no casualties to either side. Although unsigned, these medals appear to have been engraved by George Hampden Lovett. The reverse of the Type II medal is also found paired with several other obverse dies as political or campaign medals.

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