1834 Token HT-14 Brass Whig Victory MS(PCGS#77757)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

235

等级

AU58

价格

6,353

详细说明

1834 Whig Victory. HT-14, Low-6, DeWitt-CE 1834-1, W-10-10b. Rarity-5. Brass. Reeded Edge. 25 mm. AU-58 (PCGS). Medal alignment. An appealing blend of antique brassy-gold, flint gray and pale pink patina is seen on both sides of this handsomely original piece. Plenty of satiny luster remains, and striking detail is bold to sharp throughout the design. A few light carbon spots in the obverse field, and another, more prominent on the reverse at the letter L in APRIL, confirm that this is the plate token for the variety in Bowers' 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokens. This is a popular type that, while scarce in an absolute sense, appears at auction regularly enough in attractive AU and Mint State preservation to make it relatively obtainable. This lovely near-Mint survivor will do nicely in a specialized cabinet. In the first two weeks of April 1834 well over 100 businesses failed in New York City alone. As in Boston and many other cities many merchants placed the blame on Jackson. The corollary effect was that in elections held the second week, the opposing Whig Party made gains in the states of Connecticut and New York. The city papers proclaimed the event, such as this in the New York Courier & Enquirer,April 11: "We subjoin the result of the election, as far as ascertained, and it will be perceived that we have indeed achieved a GLORIOUS VICTORY." In New York City to commemorate the occasion, engraver Robert Lovett created a token with this inscription on the reverse: FLOURISH COMMERCE, FLOURISH INDUSTRY, WHIGS OF N. YORK VICTORIOUS. Les trois jours [the three days] APRIL 8. 9. & 10. 1834. The obverse was a poke at Jackson's reputation of allegedly violating parts of the U.S. Constitution. Provenance: Ex R. Slawsky, March 17, 1977; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. The plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard TimesTokensby Q. David Bowers. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.