JAB-30 BOLEN STORECARD / LIBERTAS AMERICA MEDAL BRASS

25mm - Reportedly only One Struck


Both dies were engraved in 1867. The obverse die was sold to Kline, to Chapman, and is currently in the ANS collection. The reverse die was destroyed by Bolen.

According to the Musante reference, there is a Brass example in the Massachusetts Historical Society collection. Another example was sold by Presidential Coin and Antique in 1990 and later resold in an August 2015 Hayden auction. It was a raw example listed as MS-62 and realized $3300, lot 619. I also have a record that Steve Tannenbaum had a NGC-64 graded example for sale in 2010. The example pictured is Bolen's personal copy and is edge lettered "B - 1 in Brass". It was acquired in the November 2021 Stacks Bowers sale.

Potential buyers should be aware that the JAB-30 piece in Brass is not unique, with at least five different examples known.