1834 Token HT-14C Silver 27mm Whig Victory MS(PCGS#77758)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

236

等级

XF45

价格

25,411

详细说明

Exceedingly Rare Overstruck HT-14C Whig Victory Just Four Specimens Known Missing from Dice-Hicks 1834 Whig Victory. HT-14C, Low-6C, DeWitt-CE 1834-1, W-10-10f. Rarity-8. Silver. Reeded Edge. 27 mm--Overstruck on an 1833 Capped Bust Quarter--EF-45 (PCGS). Medal alignment. Here is a richly original, beautifully toned example of this impressive rarity among Whit Victory varieties. Both sides exhibit dominant steel gray patina, with the peripheries further enhanced by vivid highlights of iridescent cobalt blue and rose-russet. The strike is well centered with overall sharp detail to the design and only light rub to the high points supports the Choice EF grade from PCGS. The surfaces are predominantly smooth, a shallow reverse scrape through the letter P in APRIL is mentioned solely for accuracy. Remnants of the undertype are boldest on the reverse, where the outline of the eagle's left wing and other features are readily evident below center even without the aid of a loupe. Closer inspection also reveals portions of the undertype around the obverse periphery, especially along the lower border where the date 1833 and stars 10 to 13 are discernible with ease. Outstanding quality and eye appeal for this exceedingly rare and highly significant variety. HT-14C is one of the most elusive varieties in the entire Hard Times series. Bowers knew of just four examples that were positively confirmed to exist when he wrote his 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensfor Whitman: 1 - Ex Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.'s Landmark Sale, March 1976, lot 20; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, 2013; Q. David Bowers. The present example, overstruck on an 1833 Capped Bust quarter. 2 - Ex our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part IV, June 2004, lot 24. Overstruck on a Capped Bust quarter. 3 - Robert A. Schuman Collection. Overstruck on a quarter. 4 - American Numismatic Society Collection. Fine, holed. Both the Landmark Sale and Ford IV catalogers were aware of two other auction appearances for HT-14C, which may represent earlier appearances of one of the four examples listed above, or may be distinct pieces that have yet to be confirmed in the modern numismatic market: 1 - Ex Abner Kreisberg's sale of November 1965, lot 2580. Cataloged as "unique" by Kreisberg. 2 - Ex Lyman Low's Col. Walter Cutting sale, May 1898, lot 102. As the foregoing provenance listing makes clear, this variety was missing from the impressive Dice-Hicks Collection. With only four examples positively confirmed to exist, just three of which are available for private ownership, our offering of the Tanenbaum-Bowers specimen in this sale may very well be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the advanced collector of Hard Times tokens or political medalets. Provenance: Ex Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.'s Landmark Sale, March 1976, lot 20; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.