1837 Token HT-169 German-Silver Roxbury Coaches MA MS (PCGS#77616)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 306
- 等级
- AU53
- 价格
- 2,033
- 详细说明
- Massachusetts--Roxbury. 1837 Roxbury Coaches. HT-169, Low-129, W-MA-300-10j. Rarity-3. German Silver. Plain Edge. 18.7 mm. AU-53 (PCGS).
Coin alignment. A handsome piece, with both sides exhibiting subtle olive overtones on generally pewter gray surfaces. Smooth and attractive with all design elements boldly defined. This type, although traditionally listed under Boston, has been given its own listing under Roxbury in Bowers' 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensfor Whitman. The author observes that Roxbury was a separate town in the 1830s; it was not annexed to Boston until 1868. HT-169 circulated extensively, and the typical survivor grades Fine, VF or EF. The present example is comparable to the Dice-Hicks specimen, conservatively cataloged in 2008 as Choice Extremely Fine, as well as the primary Ford piece cataloged as Extremely Fine, but appearing a bit finer to your cataloger (JLA). Mint State survivors are unknown as of this writing.
These coaches were particularly elegant, were drawn by a span of four horses, and could accommodate 16 to 20 passengers inside. An early schedule had hourly connections from Roxbury to nearby downtown Boston at a fare of 25 cents. These were elegantly fitted up, and on their sides had such names as Regulator, Conqueror, and Aurora, the last showing a goddess in a chariot. The line seems to have expired about 1856, this being several years before W. Elliot Woodward, the later famous coin dealer and researcher, set up a numismatic business in Roxbury.
Provenance: Ex R. Slawsky, February 17, 1977; 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.
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