1834 Token HT-160 Copper S.B. Schenck MA, BN MS(PCGS#77632)

August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

294

等级

MS64BN

价格

3,557

详细说明

Massachusetts--Attleboro. Undated (1834) S.B. Schenck. HT-160 and 168, Low-326, W-MA-040-20a. Rarity-2. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-64 BN (PCGS). Coin alignment. This premium quality example retains plenty of original mint orange color that is most extensive on the obverse. Splashed with iridescent gray-brown patina, the surfaces are lustrous, softly frosted and just a few faint obverse carbon flecks away from an even higher numeric grade. This type is a muling of two unrelated dies, the obverse the S.B. Schenck planing machine die of HT-157 to 159 and the reverse the Peck & Burnham die of HT-167. The Rulau text on Hard Times tokens assigns this type two numbers, HT-160 (Schenck) and HT-168 (Peck & Burnham), but we have followed Bowers' (2015) listing of this piece under S.B. Schenck. According to the author, HT-160/168 was made by Robinson's Jones & Co. "for bulk circulation, not a commission from either firm mentioned." The typical grade among survivors is VF or EF. With even low end Mint State survivors scarce this marvelous near-Gem is a rare find for the advanced collector. Marginally finer than the Choice Uncirculated Dice-Hicks specimen, which retains less original red than seen here, and also a bit nicer than the Boyd-Ford piece in NGC MS-63 BN that appeared in our August 2013 Ford XXIII sale, lot 22158. Provenance: Ex Larry Elman's International Collection sale, lot 121; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. The plate token for the obverse of this variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.