(1835-38) Token HT-308, Robert B. Ruggles NY, BN MS(PCGS#77602)
(1835-38) Token HT-308, Robert B. Ruggles NY, BN MS (PCGS#77602)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 374
- 等级
- MS62BN
- 价格
- 3,727
- 详细说明
- New York--New York. Undated (1835-1838) Robert B. Ruggles. HT-308, Low-274, W-NY-920-15a. Rarity-4. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-62 BN (PCGS). Medal alignment, with a 30-degree counterclockwise rotation. Dominant medium brown patina, with gray-brown undertones and ample remnants of vivid pinkish-apricot color on both sides. This is a sharply struck example with a hard satin texture that is free of all but a few faint, well scattered carbon flecks. While we have been fortunate to offer a few Mint State survivors over the years, including the present example and the Steinberg 1989-Dice-Hicks specimen, the typical HT-308 encountered in today's market is well worn. This is the second die marriage of Ruggles' tokens, with plain (as opposed to denticulated) borders around both sides and the coiner's name BALE N.Y. inscribed along the lower obverse. Provenance: Ex Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc., 1978; 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.