(c.1830s) Token HT-182 Copper Crocker Bros. & Co. MA, BN MS(PCGS#77446)
(c.1830s) Token HT-182 Copper Crocker Bros. & Co. MA, BN MS (PCGS#77446)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 308
- 等级
- XF40BN
- 价格
- 1,609
- 详细说明
- Massachusetts--Taunton. Undated (1830s) Crocker Bros. & Co. HT-182, Low-234, W-MA-360-10a. Rarity-5. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. EF-40 (PCGS). The alignment is midway between coin and medal, the reverse rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise from the former, 90 degrees clockwise from the latter. Ruddy brown surfaces with bold detail remaining to most design elements. A bit rough overall, yet with no singularly mentionable blemishes apart from a light obverse carbon spot at the letter A in MANUFACTURERS. HT-182 is scarcer than the Rulau R3 rating might imply; Bowers (2015) designated it Rarity-5. These copper impressions are the only available pieces from this firm, white metal strikings attributed as HT-182A having since proved to be casts. The present piece in handsome and fully original Extremely Fine grade is about par for a survivor of this type. The Dice-Hicks specimen is just a bit finer in Extremely Fine/About Uncirculated, and the Ford piece is NGC AU-58 BN. Provenance: Ex William Panitch; 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.