Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2014 NYINC Auction - Sess. C-D 13 January 2014
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UNITED STATES. Austria. Gutenberg Statue in New York, 1899.
70mm silver, by Anton Scharff. Baxter 272. Obverse: Bust right. Reverse: The statue, the first in the USA, by Ralph Goddard, erected by Robert Hoe. Anton Scharff, the dean of Austrian medalists, is perhaps the greatest portrait medalist after Pisanello. Robert Hoe, a printing press magnate, was the first Grolier Club president. The edge shows the hallmarks of the Christelbauer private mint in Austria. MINT STATE.
70mm silver, by Anton Scharff. Baxter 272. Obverse: Bust right. Reverse: The statue, the first in the USA, by Ralph Goddard, erected by Robert Hoe. Anton Scharff, the dean of Austrian medalists, is perhaps the greatest portrait medalist after Pisanello. Robert Hoe, a printing press magnate, was the first Grolier Club president. The edge shows the hallmarks of the Christelbauer private mint in Austria. MINT STATE.