(1840-50) Token HT-279 Copper Restrike Dr. J.G. Hewett NY, RB MS(PCGS#744781)
(1840-50) Token HT-279 Copper Restrike Dr. J.G. Hewett NY, RB MS (PCGS#744781)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 350
- 等级
- MS65RB
- 价格
- 3,388
- 详细说明
- New York--New York. Undated (1840-1850) Dr. J.G. Hewett. Restrike. HT-279, Low-256, W-NY-580-10a. Rarity-4. Copper. Plain Edge. Thin Planchet. 29 mm. MS-65 RB (PCGS). Medal alignment, offset approximately 20 degrees clockwise. A beautiful Gem, both sides retain much of the original bright pinkish-orange color. The surfaces display light rose and gray-brown toning in the centers, as well as around the obverse periphery. Satiny in texture with considerable flash in the protected areas around some of the design elements. The strike is sharp and the appearance is smooth with no marks of consequence and just a few faint, well scattered carbon flecks. HT-279 is the restrike variety of Hewett's token, Bowers (2015) stating that they were produced during the 19th century from rusted dies, as here. Easily distinguished from the HT-278 originals not only by the advanced die state, but also by having been struck on thin planchets. Most examples of this number are in high grades, usually Mint State, further distinguishing HT-279 from the circulating issue HT-278. The SLT-Bowers specimen offered here is similar in quality to the Dice-Hicks and Ford pieces. Provenance: Ex Jon Harris, September 9, 1982; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. The plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.