(1834) Token HT-30 Brass Gulian Verplanck MS (PCGS#77313)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 249
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 9,317
- 详细说明
- Undated (1834) Gulian Verplanck. HT-30, Low-16, DeWitt-CE 1834-4, W-10-160b. Rarity-2. Brass. Plain Edge. 27.3 mm. MS-64 (PCGS).
Coin alignment. Splendid brassy-gold surfaces exhibit iridescent undertones of salmon pink. Both sides are highly lustrous; an otherwise satiny texture yields to even livelier semi-reflectivity in the protected areas around the design elements. The strike is expertly centered within uniformly denticulated borders, the detail sharp to full apart from a touch of trivial softness to the central high point of the eagle's breast. Free of detracting marks, were it not for the presence of a few faint carbon flecks in isolated field areas this exceptional piece would likely have secured a Gem Mint State grade from PCGS.
Examples of this type were issued in support of Verplanck's bid for the nomination as the Whig Party's candidate for the governorship of New York.
There is only a single die marriage known for the Verplanck pieces. Brass is the most frequently encountered metallic composition, followed by silvered brass, then the rare copper pieces. The typical brass example in numismatic hands grades VF to AU, although Mint State tokens appear quite regularly by the standards of the Hard Times series. This premium quality near-Gem is far finer than the About Uncirculated Dice-Hicks specimen, and superior to the primary Ford token, as well as the few other Uncirculated pieces that we have handled over the last decade or so. Destined for inclusion in a fine Hard Times token or political medalet cabinet.
Provenance: Ex New Netherlands Coin Company, Inc., December 8, 1972; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.
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