(1834-41) Token HT-241 Brass Collins Ready Made Store NY MS(PCGS#77203)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

330

等级

MS62BN

价格

20,328

详细说明

Mint State HT-241 Token Rarity Second Only to the Primary Ford Specimen New York--New York. Undated (1834-1841) Collins Ready Made Linen & Fancy Store. HT-241, Low-233, W-NY-340-10b. Rarity-7. Brass. Reeded Edge. 25.5 mm--Clipped Planchet--MS-62 (PCGS). Medal alignment. A beautiful example of a variety that is elusive even in worn condition. The obverse exhibits a splash of rich charcoal patina over the upper left, lighter streaks of similar color overlaying deep brassy-olive on the remainder of that side. The brighter, more vivid reverse exhibits splashes of iridescent pink, powder blue and flint gray on a base of warm brassy-gold. Undertones of blue-gray and pale rose are also noted on the obverse. Generally satiny in texture with a hard texture and otherwise smooth appearance, a few small, well scattered carbon spots are all that seem to preclude a higher Mint State rating. Shallow curved planchet clip at 1 o'clock relative to the obverse. This is an extremely rare HT number and there are only two Mint State examples known as of this writing. The present example is the second finest behind the primary Ford specimen certified MS-64 by NGC in our August 2013 Ford XXIII sale. The example offered in our (Stack's) Dice-Hicks sale graded only VG/VF but brought $2,530. The Rulau plate token, from the 1999 Sotheby's offering of the famed Zabriskie Collection, was both holed and had multiple reverse cuts; it was noted in the Zabriskie catalog that the variety was "apparently lacking from all major collections sold at auction in the last 25 years." When the Dice-Hicks specimen was acquired from Presidential Coin and Antique Company in 2004, Joe Levine wrote that "there has been only one modern offering of this token - the Zeddies specimen," a problematic example with recoloring and roughness. Before that, wrote Mr. Levine, "one has to go back to the 1898 sale of the Benjamin Betts Collection #49 to find another offering of this rarity." Remarkably Mr. Ford had two other high grade pieces, both certified AU-58 by NGC as of our August 2013 offering. This appears to be just the sixth different specimen sold at public auction in the last century, and is among the very finest known. Provenance: Ex Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate. Click here for certification details from PCGS.