Owner Comments:
THERE ARE ONLY (1) MS 64 DPL AND (1) MS 65 DPL FINER OF ONLY (7) TOTAL DPL'S LISTED IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 6/2023.
REVERSE ROTATION ERROR AROUND 20 DEGREES. THIS IS A VERY RARE SO-CALLED DOLLAR ERROR. THIS MEDAL BEING DEEP PROOFLIKE TELLS ME THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY AMONG THE FIRST MEDALS STRUCK WITH THE DIES, AND THE ROTATED REVERSE DIE WAS CORRECTED AFTER THIS MEDAL WAS STRUCK.
AN NGC MS 63 PL (NOT DPL) EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY EBAY FOR $382.00 IN JULY 2023. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A MS 63 DPL, WITH THE ROTATION ERROR ON THE REVERSE!
THERE ARE NO DEEP PROOFLIKES OF THIS TYPE THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD BY HERITAGE OR STACKS BOWERS AUCTIONS, AND I HAVE PERSONALLY NEVER SEEN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A DPL.
ALSO CATALOGUED AS EGLIT 43.
For many years aluminum was more valuable than gold. Several processes developed in the 1850s lowered its price, but when the pyramidal aluminum cap of the Washington Monument was produced in 1884, the cost of aluminum was still about $1 per ounce, similar to the cost of silver.