1833 Token HT-176 Copper Francis L. Brigham MA, BN MS(PCGS#77297)

1833 Token HT-176 Copper Francis L. Brigham MA, BN MS (PCGS#77297)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: Massachusetts--New Bedford. 1833 Francis L. Brigham. HT-176, Low-73, W-MA-280-10a. Rarity-2. Copper. Plain Edge. AU-58 (PCGS). 28.5 mm. Dark olive-brown. Surfaces show some handling marks. Softer strike in places than on the preceding, curiously stronger in others. This number is tough to find in any grade better than EF. Mr. Ford, who had his pick of many of the greatest collections of Hard Times Tokens, had a Choice EF specimen. Low remarked on the close identity of the dies of Low-72 and 73 and suggested that they might be the same, just reworked. The occasion for the retouching is suggested by the obverse die break found on Low-72 that is not present on Low-73. However, there are design elements on Low-73 that are stronger than they seem on Low-72 and this is difficult to explain away as strengthening in support of the sequence Low-72, then Low-73. A very careful study of the two numbers might be fruitful. Cataloguers have been chewing over this problem for decades. Provenance: Ex our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Lionel Ruddick Collection, March 27, 1989, lot 3126; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice & M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3091; Q. David Bowers Reference Collection. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.