(1831-35) Token HT-170 Copper William Rutter MA, BN MS(PCGS#77767)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

299

等级

AU55BN

价格

5,929

详细说明

Massachusetts--Boston. Undated (1831-1835) William Rutter. HT-170, Low-327, W-MA-140-10a. Rarity-6. Copper. Plain Edge. 29 mm. AU-55 (PCGS). Alignment nearly midway between coin and medal, the reverse rotated 80-85% clockwise from coin alignment, 95-100% counterclockwise from medal alignment. Glossy golden-brown surfaces with splashes of deep rose and flint gray on both sides. Obverse impression drawn trivially to 9 o'clock, reverse to 10 o'clock, the denticulation complete around both sides and all design elements sharp. The surfaces are satiny in texture, quite lustrous for the type, and also remarkably smooth with only microscopic pitting, a few faint carbon flecks, and no detracting marks. This is a rare HT number, the extant population in the neighborhood of 20 pieces, most of which are worn, and many of which are also significantly impaired. Both the Dice-Hicks specimen and Rulau plate token are circulated with scratches, and we offered two VF holed examples in recent years, one in our November 2017 Baltimore Auction, lot 5250, the other lot 5160 in our March 2018 Baltimore Auction. The Ford holdings were outstanding for HT-170, and quite unusual, with four (!) specimens that ranged in grade from MS-62 BN to AU-58 BN, all NGC, and all offered in our Ford XXIII Sale of August 2013. The present example is about comparable to the fourth Ford specimen, and it also ranks among the finest obtainable for this elusive and conditionally challenging variety. Issued by William Rutter, a man who seems to have had his fingers in many business pies. The store card mentions such varied disciplines as junk iron and "songs and ballads," the side with the latter also displaying a pair of crossed instruments, a flute and horn. Provenance: Ex our (Bowers and Merena's, in conjunction with Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.) sale of the Julian Leidman Collection of Hard Times Tokens, April 1986, lot 4061; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.