(c.1830s) Token HT-107a Brass Reeded Edge J.M.L & W.H. Scovill CT MS(PCGS#77383)
(c.1830s) Token HT-107a Brass Reeded Edge J.M.L & W.H. Scovill CT MS (PCGS#77383)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 285
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 7,200
- 详细说明
- Connecticut--Waterbury. Undated (1830s) J.M.L. & W.H. Scovill. HT-107a, Low-130A, W-CT-100-15b. Rarity-8. Brass. Reeded Edge. 27 mm. MS-62 (PCGS). Medal alignment. This is an exceedingly rare Scovill token variety, and the example offered here is likely the finest known. Delightful antique brassy-gold surfaces reveal subtle olive-gray overtones and more vivid undertones from the protected areas around the design elements. The surfaces are hard, satiny and free of significant blemishes. A pair of tiny marks in the obverse field, one above the letter O in BUTTON and another below the adjacent letter N are noted for provenance purposes. No more than five examples of Low-130A are believed extant. In fact, we have positively confirmed the existence of only four pieces: 1 - PCGS MS-62. Ex Leslie Heilbronner, December 9, 1973; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013; Q. David Bowers. The present example, and the plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. Almost certainly the finest extant. 2 - NGC MS-62. Ex our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XXIII, August 2013, lot 22128. 3 - NGC AU-55. Ex our sale of the Ralph A. Edson Collection, Spring 2019 Baltimore Auction, lot 153. 4 - About Uncirculated. Ex our (Bowers and Merena's, in conjunction with Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.) sale of the Julian Leidman Collection, April 1986, part of lot 4561; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice and M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3159. The present example is a significant highlight of the Bowers Reference Collection, and it is sure to catch the eye of specialists. Provenance: Ex Leslie Heilbronner, December 9, 1973; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. The plate token for the 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.