No Date Token W-NY-970-10a Copper Furman B. Stage, RB MS(PCGS#743776)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

384

等级

MS63RB

价格

14,399

详细说明

Unique W-NY-970-10a Furman B. Stage Token Unlisted in Low, HT From the Norman Stack and SLT Estates New York--New York. Undated Furman B. Stage. HT-Unlisted, Low-Unlisted, W-NY-970-10a. Rarity-9. Copper. Plain Edge. 19.2 mm. MS-63 RB (PCGS). Medal alignment, with an approximate 20-degree counterclockwise rotation. This handsome piece exhibits splashes of gray-brown patina to surfaces that retain plenty of original rose-red color. Satin to modestly semi-reflective, both sides are smooth with no blemishes of note. Sharply struck and highly appealing. A new addition to the Hard Times token series as of the publication of Bowers' Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensfor Whitman, the author describes this merchant and his token as follows: "Furman B. Stage, born about 1818, was in the wine and liquor business at 71 Fulton Street, in 1842. He continued this trade into the late 1840s. He resided at 127 William Street. He and his wife Rebecca, both of the same age, were born in New York City. It is likely that his store, which may have been called No. 1 (the inverted inscription on his token), had a brief existence. By 1850 he was a police officer. In 1856 he lived at 524 Greenwich Street. It is likely that the same maker produced the W-NY-1120-10a token for W.W. Young. Both seem to have been kept together for a long time, and both are from the estate of Norman Stack." We are also offering the Bowers plate token for W-NY-1120-10a, referenced above, in this sale (see below). The present Furman B. Stage piece is unique and will be a tremendous addition to another highly regarded Hard Times token cabinet. Outstanding! Provenance: Ex Norman Stack estate; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, October 2013; Steve Hayden, November 2013. Earlier from an R.M. Smythe sale. 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.