1833 Token HT-175 Copper Francis L. Brigham MA, BN MS(PCGS#77298)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

303

等级

MS63BN

价格

12,705

详细说明

Massachusetts--New Bedford. 1833 Francis L. Brigham. HT-175, Low-72, W-MA-280-15a. Rarity-5. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-63 BN (PCGS). Coin alignment. Beautiful satin surfaces are hard, tight, and display richly original golden-brown, autumn-brown, copper-rose and olive-gray patina. Sharply struck overall, although the omnipresent crack that bisects the obverse has resulted in soft detail to part of the building's facade. An overall smooth, highly appealing example that is just a few stray marks away from an even higher Mint State grade. This token offers phenomenal and rare quality for an HT number that is typically offered in VF, EF or, less often, AU grades. Ford owned three of these, the present Choice Mint State piece, and a second Uncirculated example that is plated in Bowers' Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensfor Whitman and now resides in the collection of Robert A. Schuman. The third Ford piece was AU. Another Mint State example of note is the Dice-Hicks piece. Cheapside, on the east side of Market Square, was a long building housing a number of shops. Brigham was an entrepreneur, and seemingly abandoning the dry goods trade, took up the practice of dentistry (which in the 1830s required no special license; barbers often engaged in this profession). Provenance: Ex Old Colony Coins' sale of October 11, 1958, lot 2042; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part IV, June 2004, lot 142; Heritage's sale of the Troy Wiseman Collection, September 2006 Long Beach Signature Auction, lot 5872. Click here for certification details from PCGS.