(1836) Token HT-322 Copper Squire & Merritt NY, BN MS(PCGS#77690)
(1836) Token HT-322 Copper Squire & Merritt NY, BN MS (PCGS#77690)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 381
- 等级
- MS65BN
- 价格
- 7,623
- 详细说明
- New York--New York. Undated (1836) Squire & Merritt. HT-322, Low-282, W-NY-960-15a Dies 2-A. Rarity-6. Copper. Plain Edge. Thick Planchet. 27 mm. MS-65 BN (PCGS). Medal alignment. A really lovely Gem with dominant gray-brown patina, yet plenty of vivid pinkish-apricot color evident around the peripheries. Rich satiny surfaces with an overall full strike and virtually pristine appearance. This HT number is underrated (R4) and undervalued in the Rulau reference, Bowers (2015) describing 2-A as the scarcest die combination of Squire & Merritt tokens. Far superior to the majority seen, the example offered here has legitimate claim to the title of "finest known." Outstanding! Provenance: Ex Robert Schuman, July 24, 1992; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice & M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3288; 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. Click here for certification details from PCGS.