(1840-42) Token HT-147A German Silver RE Randall & Co. MD MS(PCGS#77598)
(1840-42) Token HT-147A German Silver RE Randall & Co. MD MS (PCGS#77598)
November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 182
- 等级
- MS61
- 价格
- 3,032
- 详细说明
- Maryland--Baltimore. Undated (1840-1842) Randall & Co. HT-147A, Low-403A, W-MD-080-10j. Rarity-5. German Silver. Reeded Edge. 22 mm. MS-61 (NGC). Coin alignment. Warm gold-gray overall with some tinges of navy blue and charcoal-russet at the borders. In his 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensfor Whitman, Q. David Bowers relates the following about this issuer: "Dudley A. Randall & Co. was in business circa 1840 to 1842 in the basement of Barnum's City Hotel on the southwest corner of Fayette and Calvert streets on Monument Square. After 1842, and until 1871, the "& Co." designation was not used. David Barnum was the lead partner among the owners. The hotel was constructed in 1826 and could accommodate 500 guests. In the mid-to-late 1830s Randall was a maker of mead liquor at 126 North Howard Street. He died on February 6, 1881, at age 75." HT-147A is the most readily obtainable of the three varieties of Randall & Co.'s tokens, although examples are still scarce in an absolute sense. Provenance: From the Aim High Collection. Earlier from Presidential Coin and Antique Co., Inc.'s Auction #23, November 1977, lot 172; our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XXIII, August 2013, lot 22151. Click here for certification details from NGC.