(1835-8) Token HT-298 German Silver, New York & Harlem Railroad Co. NY MS (PCGS#77562)
November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 210
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 6,738
- 详细说明
- New York--New York. Undated (1835-1838) New York & Harlaem Railroad Co. HT-298, Low-370, W-NY-840-10j, Atwood NY-630Dc. Rarity-5. German Silver. Plain Edge. 18 mm, octagonal. MS-62 (PCGS).
Medal alignment. Deep brassy-yellow and golden-brown patina with areas of silvery color also evident on both sides. Well struck with generally hard surfaces. The first railway in Manhattan, tokens from which are represented by a remarkable three (!) Mint State examples in this sale. The present specimen has the added desirability of the Dice-Hicks provenance.
Provenance: From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Earlier ex Charles Kirtley's sale of August 5, 1989, lot 245; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice & M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3358. Collector tag with (partially incorrect) attribution and provenance notes included.
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