(1844) Token HT-A282 Brass Irving, L.G. & Pease, J.S. NY MS(PCGS#77377)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

352

等级

MS62

价格

11,011

详细说明

New York--New York. Undated (1844) Irving, L.G. & Pease, J.S. HT-A282, Low-Unlisted, W-NY-620-11b. Rarity-8. Brass. Plain Edge. 27 mm. EF-45 (PCGS). Medal alignment. The variety with VAIN in the obverse legend instead of RUIN; actually struck from the same dies as HT-282, but with VA punched over RU. This is a particularly rare variety of the Irving / Pease tokens, all of which are elusive. Attractively original medium brass surfaces retain overall bold definition from an ideally centered, well executed strike. There are no marks of consequence, provenance concerns alone compel us to mention a light spot in the reverse field before the letter H in HARDWARE. With so few examples known, and market appearance rare, it is little wonder that Bowers (2015) states that little publicity has been given to this HT number. We are aware of only three examples: 1 - PCGS EF-45. Ex R. Moffatt; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013; Q. David Bowers. The present example. 2 - NGC VF-30 BN. Ex our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XXIII, August 2013, lot 22268. 3 - The plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. This variety of Irving / Pease with the VAIN spelling was missing from Steinberg, Dice-Hicks and, obviously, a host of other Hard Times token collections. A find for the astute collector that is sure to see spirited bidding. Provenance: Ex R. Moffatt; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.