1836 Token HT-318A, 1-A Copper Squire-Merritt NY MS(PCGS#77697)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

380

等级

AU50

价格

2,372

详细说明

New York--New York. Undated (1836) Squire & Merritt. HT-318A, Low-279A, W-NY-960-10a Dies 1-A. Rarity-4. Copper. Plain Edge. Thick Planchet. 27 mm. AU-50 (PCGS). Medal alignment, rotated approximately 20 degrees clockwise. A glossy and richly original piece toned in medium brown and copper-gray. Both sides are satiny in texture, the obverse smooth and the reverse with a series of shallow planchet flaws over the left third of the token. Bold AU detail from a well centered, nicely executed strike. This variety, attributable by the remarkably thick planchet and 175 address counterstamped in the central obverse field above SOUTH STT, is the most frequently encountered Squire & Merritt Hard Times token. Mr. Ford's was certified AU-58 BN by NGC as of our August 2013 sale. The Dice-Hicks specimen, misattributed as Low-279A, was actually a thin planchet piece, HT-319. Provenance: Ex Evans, December 29, 1983; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, 2013. The counterstamp is plated in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. Collector tag with (incorrect) attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.