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STACK'S BOWERS: COLLECTORS CHOICE TOKENS & MEDALSStack's Bowers will be hosting their September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction of tokens and medals on September 15 and 16. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett 
Undated (1847) State of Louisiana Medal to Major General Zachary Taylor. Julian MI-25. Copper. About Uncirculated, Edge Bruise. Housed in the Original Case. 76.6 mm. Produced in antebellum New Orleans through contract with the firm of H[orace] E. Baldwin & Co., silversmiths, the dies were created by America's most famed medallist of the period - Charles Cushing Wright - with the design assistance of New Yorker Peter Paul Duggan, an historian and professor of drawing at New York's Free Academy. The same design team accomplished the Washington Allston medal struck by the Mint in this era. The military scene on the reverse is reminiscent of the finest work of Dupre or Furst and is glorious in its fine detail. It is unclear if H.E. Baldwin & Co. had the means to strike such a substantial medal themselves or subcontracted its actual coining. Taylor received a gold striking and at least one in silver. Other silver medals were presented to Taylor's staff, while copper examples like this were probably either sold to collectors or distributed to other VIPs. Today, the silver and copper medals are similarly rare. The original leather case is complete and functional, the only blemishes of note some minor exterior scuffing. (Total: 1 medal; 1 case)
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"1777-1778" (ca. 1862) George Hampden Lovett's Headquarters Series Medal. No. 5, Valley Forge. Second Obverse. Musante GW-492, Baker-194-5A. Copper. MS-65 RB (NGC). 28.6 mm.
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"1852" Henry Clay Memorial Medal. Julian PE-8. Copper, Bronzed. About Uncirculated. 76 mm.
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1987 Cat and Mouse Medal. By Robert A. Weinman. Alexander-SOM 115.1. Bronze. Mint State. Housed in the Original Box. 69 mm x 55 mm, irregular. The original descriptive paper is also included. (Total: 1 medal; 1 box)
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1892 World's Columbian Exposition. Liberty Head Dollar. HK-222, SH 6-79 AL, Eglit-51. Rarity-3. Aluminum. Proof-65 Deep Cameo (PCGS). 35 mm.
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1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations Award Medal. Harkness Ny-355, Julian AM-16. Bronze. MS-66 BN (NGC). 58 mm.
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1916-17 New York Numismatic Club Presidential Medal. F.C.C. Boyd. By Jonathon M. Swanson/VDB First Reverse. Bronze. No. 19. Mint State. 38.5 mm. From a mintage of 50 examples in bronze. Only one was struck in silver. A popular issue from one of the club's most famous numismatists. Provenance: From the Harold S. Bareford Collection, Past President, New York Numismatic Club.
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NEW YORK. New York. 1858 George H. Lovett. Miller-NY 495. White Metal. Plain Edge. MS-63 (NGC). 31 mm. Provenance: From the Robert Kaprinski Collection.
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