1841 Token HT-19 Copper Daniel Webster, BN MS(PCGS#77222)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

240

等级

AU55BN

价格

5,929

详细说明

1841 Daniel Webster. HT-19, Low-61, DeWitt-CE 1838-11, W-11-620a. Rarity-5. Copper. Plain Edge. 28 mm. AU-55 (PCGS). Coin alignment. A satiny and smooth example with plenty of gloss to both sides. The obverse exhibits rich antique copper patina in the protected areas around and among the design elements; the open field areas display lighter golden-brown toning. The reverse is evenly patinated in medium brown. Apart from the central rigging on the obverse, which is somewhat blunt, the devices are boldly to sharply defined. The 1837-dated Van Buren Experiment die used as the reverse in several marriages with 1841-dated Daniel Webster Constitution dies, comes in four different variants. On Experiment Die 1, as described by Bowers and used in the HT-18 marriage, the inscription reads METALLIC CURRENCY and the broken middle mast points above the rocks. On Experiment Die 2, represented here, the inscription also reads METALLIC CURRENCY, but the rocks at left are more sharply defined and the broken middle mast points to their top. On Experiment Die 3, used for HT-20, the inscription reads METALLIC CURRENT. On Experiment Die 4, used for HT-21, the inscription reads METALLIC CURRENCY and there is no lightning in the sky above the ship. HT-19 is far scarcer than HT-18, HT-20 and HT-21, the present example comparable to the Choice AU in our Dice-Hicks Collections sale of June 2008, lot 3077. The Boyd-Ford specimen was also AU, but with a patch of corrosion which was later removed, the token subsequently appearing as lot 133 in our March 2014 Baltimore Auction in an ICG MS-62 BN holder. Provenance: Ex Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.