"1799" (ca. 1800) Westwood Medal. First Reverse. Musante GW-82, Baker-81A.

"1799" (ca. 1800) Westwood Medal. First Reverse. Musante GW-82, Baker-81A. Fire-Gilt Copper. MS-62 (PCGS). 40.7 mm. Stunning fire gilt surfaces with the brilliant gilding completely intact. Boldly prooflike in the fields with soft satiny luster on the boldly struck devices. Some faint hairlining in the fields, but the overall appearance of this piece is probably finer than any other we have seen. Exceptionally crisp definition of the finest details, while the reflective fields make the small die break within the spray of arrows at the upper reverse very easy to see, this perhaps being the feature that necessitated the cutting of a new die used on the second Westwood variant. While Baker had assigned this variety the higher attribution number, he does not seem to have taken die states into careful consideration. Neil Musante corrected this, placing this variety first in the emission sequence as it clearly should be. Our 2019 sale of the William Spohn Baker Collection did not include a fire gilt specimen of this variety. Provenance: From our sale of the E Pluribus Unum Collection, November 2020 Auction, lot 4310. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

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