No Date Token W-NY-1120-10a Copper W.W. Young, RB MS(PCGS#743762)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

391

等级

MS63RB

价格

16,940

详细说明

Intriguing Double Struck W.W. Young W-NY-1120-10a Token Likely Unique From the Norman Stack and SLT Estates New York--New York. Undated W.W. Young. HT-Unlisted, Low-Unlisted, W-NY-1120-10a. Rarity-9. Copper. Plain Edge. 19 mm--Double Struck--MS-63 RB (PCGS). Coin alignment. This is the companion piece to the Furman B. Stage token offered above, both pieces believed unique despite the Rarity-8 rating (a typographical error?) in Bowers' 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokens. Satin to softly frosted surfaces are hard and tight with dominant rose-red color. Toning is minimal, a splash of gray-brown over the left-central obverse the most significant feature in this regard. All design elements are sharply rendered, close inspection with a loupe revealing strong evidence of double striking, the obverse obviously rotated 180 degrees between impressions. Distraction free and sure to see spirited bidding from advanced collectors. Of this issuer and his token Bowers writes: "William W. Young operated a gold watch case factory on Broadway, opposite Union Street. The business began about 1836 and lasted into the early 1840s. In 1836 he lived at 25 Jay Street. "The New York Commercial Advertiser, April 15, 1840, included this: "'The fire last evening was in No. 187 Broadway, occupied by Derby & Farnham, tailors; Egbert Scudder, watch maker, W.W. Young, watch-case maker, and others. The roof and fourth story were partially damaged by fire, and a considerable amount of damage was done by the water used in extinguishing it. The loss was principally covered by insurance.' "His Hard Times token would have been issued sometime between the mid-1830s and early 1840s. In 1842 Young's business was at 12 Maiden Lane. He resided in New Jersey. It is likely the same maker produced the W-NY-[970]-10a token for Furman B. Stage No. 1." 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.