1834 Token HT-160 Copper S.B. Schenck MA, BN MS(PCGS#77632)
1834 Token HT-160 Copper S.B. Schenck MA, BN MS (PCGS#77632)
November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 183
- 等级
- MS64BN
- 价格
- 3,537
- 详细说明
- Massachusetts--Attleboro. Undated (1834) S.B. Schenck. HT-160 and 168, Low-326, W-MA-040-20a. Rarity-2. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-64 BN (NGC). Coin alignment. Richly toned in charcoal-olive, both sides also reveal faint remnants of pinkish-red color in the protected areas around many of the design elements. Satiny and hard, this boldly defined example is solidly graded at the Choice Mint State level. This type is a muling of two unrelated dies, the obverse the S.B. Schenck planing machine die of HT-157 to 159 and the reverse the Peck & Burnham die of HT-167. The Rulau text on Hard Times tokens assigns this type two numbers, HT-160 (Schenck) and HT-168 (Peck & Burnham), but we have followed Bowers' (2015) listing of this piece under S.B. Schenck. According to the author, HT-160/168 was made by Robinson's Jones & Co. "for bulk circulation, not a commission from either firm mentioned." The typical grade among survivors is VF or EF. With even low end Mint State survivors scarce this handsome near-Gem is a rare find for the advanced collector. Marginally finer than the Boyd-Ford piece in NGC MS-63 BN that appeared in our August 2013 Ford XXIII sale, lot 22158. Provenance: From the Aim High Collection. Click here for certification details from NGC.