(1835) Token HT-102 Copper Fobes & Barlow CT, RB MS(PCGS#77890)
(1835) Token HT-102 Copper Fobes & Barlow CT, RB MS (PCGS#77890)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 282
- 等级
- MS63RB
- 价格
- 3,049
- 详细说明
- Connecticut--New Haven. Undated (1835) Fobes & Barlow. HT-102, Low-291, W-CT-060-10a. Rarity-2. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-63 RB (PCGS). Coin alignment. An outstanding piece that is likely the finest known HT-102 available to today's advanced Hard Times token collectors. The obverse, in particular, retains a considerable amount of vivid rose-orange color, ample remnants of which are also evident on the reverse. Otherwise warmly toned in mottled gray-brown, both sides are boldly struck with a soft satin finish. Far finer than the Dice-Hicks specimen in About Uncirculated, we did offer another Choice Uncirculated example of this HT number in our (Stack's) September 2009 Philadelphia Americana Sale, lot 7069, but that piece retained no original mint red. This type was missing from Ford IV. A significant bidding opportunity for specialists, and a lovely token that is sure to sell for a strong premium. Alpheus Fobes, Jr., John M. Barlow and Amos Hine established this business on September 30, 1836 to make sashes, blinds and doors. It operated as a successor to the New England Sash and Blind Manufactory, whose premises on Artisan Street had been destroyed by fire on September 7 of that same year. Provenance: From our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part I, May 1999, part of lot 2199; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes includes. Click here for certification details from PCGS.