1834 Token HT-174 Copper S.L. Wilkins MA, BN MS(PCGS#77639)

1834 Token HT-174 Copper S.L. Wilkins MA, BN MS (PCGS#77639)

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

详细说明: Massachusetts--Lowell. 1834 S.L. Wilkins. HT-174, Low-86, W-MA-240-10a. Rarity-3. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-62 BN (PCGS). Medal alignment, the reverse rotated 30 degrees clockwise. Handsome golden-brown surfaces display a splash of bolder gray-brown in the center of the reverse. The strike is soft along the lower obverse and reverse borders, the date faint and difficult to discern, although elsewhere we note sharp definition. Surfaces are hard and satiny with only a few faint carbon flecks and stray marks precluding a Choice Mint State grade. This HT number is typically found worn and, indeed, the Dice-Hicks specimen was EF. There are notable exceptions, including the present example in attractive PCGS MS-62 BN, an identically graded example in an NGC holder that sold as lot 67 in our June 2011 Baltimore Auction, and the Boyd-Ford specimen cataloged as "Uncirculated or nearly so." Samuel L. Wilkins is believed to have moved to 22 (or 21) Merrimack Street in 1836, remaining there through the early 1840s, after which he retired and moved to Medford, a town near Boston. He died August 31, 1843, aged just 38 years, at the McLean Asylum in Somerville, Massachusetts. Provenance: Ex William Panitch, October 17, 1977; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.