1843 Token HT-379 Copper A. Loomis OH, BN MS(PCGS#77057)
1843 Token HT-379 Copper A. Loomis OH, BN MS (PCGS#77057)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 410
- 等级
- AU58BN
- 价格
- 152,464
- 详细说明
- Rarely Offered A. Loomis Token HT-379 "Normal" Strike in Copper Outstanding Quality Ohio--Cleveland. 1843 A. Loomis. HT-379, Low-160, W-OH-040-25a. Rarity-8. Copper. Plain Edge. 28 mm. AU-58 (PCGS). Medal alignment. This is a simply beautiful example of an exceedingly rare, seldom offered variety among Hard Times tokens. Lovely medium brown surfaces are satiny and tight with no marks of consequence. The appearance is quite smooth overall, in fact, accuracy alone compels us to mention some ancient surface build up in the protected areas around many of the peripheral letters. The strike is expertly centered and well executed, all major design elements bold with just a touch of softness to the & in WINES & C. and the high points of the eagle. Nearly Mint State, and a delight to behold, this piece is sure to find its way into another advanced cabinet. This variety of A. Loomis' token has been absent from most collections, including Steinberg and Ford. Only six examples of Low-160 are believed extant, a number that includes examples of the HT-379, 379A, 379B and 379C variants. As follows: 1 - HT-379. Copper. Three known, including the present example. This is the "normal" copper striking of the variety. 2 - HT-379A. Silvered copper. Unique. Ex W. Elliott Woodward's sale of the J.M. Tilton Collection, April 1886, lot 408. 3 - HT-379B. Copper, double struck. Unique. Ex Thomas L. Elder's sale of the Henry C. Miller Collection, March 1916; Dr. George Hetrich Collection; Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.'s Hard Times Sale, March 1999, lot 84; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice and M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3190; our (Stack's) Americana Sale of January 2009, lot 5918. Fine, holed. 4 - HT-379C. Copper, triple struck over a large cent. Unique. Ex Rich Hartzog's sale of December 1980, lot 204; American Numismatic Association Collection. Provenance: Ex Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, 2013. The plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. Click here for certification details from PCGS.