(1833) Token HT-344 Copper Henderson & Lossing NY, BN MS(PCGS#743778)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

392

等级

MS64BN

价格

17,787

详细说明

New York--Poughkeepsie. Undated (1833) Henderson & Lossing. HT-344, Low-317, W-NY-1200-10a, Musante GW-125, Baker-539. Rarity-6+. Copper. Plain Edge. Thick Planchet. 19 mm. MS-64 BN (PCGS). Medal alignment. Probable finest known for this rare variety for which only 12 to 15 examples believed extant on both thick (HT-344) and thin (HT-344A) planchets. This thick planchet piece exhibits rich antique copper patina to both sides, with subtle rose and powder blue undertones. Satiny and hard with an overall smooth texture that is just a few faint carbon flecks away from full Gem status. Light obverse die crack from the back of Washington's head to the border at 8 o'clock, cud break on the same side at 6 o'clock. Ford had two of these, both thin planchet HT-344A pieces, both certified NGC MS-62 BN in our Ford XXIII sale, one in silvered copper (and unlisted variant). The Dice-Hicks specimen was also HT-344A, and cataloged as Extremely Fine. We have handled only one other example of this variety that we can recall, a thin planchet piece in VG that sold as lot 97 in our (Coin Galleries') sale of July 2011. Likely without equals among extant examples of both HT-344 and HT-344A, this fabulous near-Gem is sure to see spirited bidding at auction. Provenance: Ex Presidential Coin & Antique Company, Inc., September 1999; 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.