(1832-33) Token HT-342A Silvered Copper Wright & Bale NY MS(PCGS#744641)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

390

等级

MS63

价格

8,047

详细说明

New York--New York. Undated (1832-1833) Wright & Bale. HT-342A, Low-332A, W-NY-1100-10a, Musante GW-123, Baker-594A, var. Rarity-7. Silvered Copper. Plain Edge. Thin Planchet. 19 mm. MS-63 (PCGS). Medal alignment. Both the obverse and reverse are lightly silvered, the surfaces predominantly bright pewter gray, the high points and rims showing the underlying copper. From the condition of the silvering, it was applied many years ago. Sharply struck with a satin to modestly prooflike finish. There are no blemishes of note, the overall quality suggestive of an even higher Mint State grade. At the time of our (Stack's) Dice-Hicks sale only two silvered copper examples of this thin planchet variety were believed to exist. Our incredible Ford XXIII sale of August 2013 brought another three specimens to light, however, and the present example is another that seems to have escaped the attention of both Rulau and the Dice-Hicks cataloger. Comparable to the primary Ford specimen (NGC MS-63), and a beautiful example destined for inclusion in an advanced cabinet. The second and third Ford specimens were certified MS-62 and AU-58 by NGC at the time of our Ford XXIII sale, and the Dice-Hicks specimen was certified MS-61 by the time it reappeared in our September 2013 Americana Sale. Provenance: Ex our (Bowers and Merena's) Saccone Collection sale, November 1989, lot 3185; 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 (partially incorrect) attribution and provenance notes. Click here for certification details from PCGS.