(1835-8) Token HT-300 German-Silver N.Y. & Harlaem Railroad Co. NY MS(PCGS#77560)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

368

等级

AU53

价格

18,634

详细说明

New York--New York. Undated (1835-1838) New York & Harlaem Railroad Co. HT-300, Low-372, W-NY-840-10j, Atwood NY-630Db. Rarity-8. German Silver. Plain Edge. 18 mm, octagonal. AU-53 (PCGS). Medal alignment. Variety with a dog counterstamp in the center of the reverse. An attractively original piece with light sandy-gold and olive-russet highlights on a base of pewter gray. Shallow flan flaws on the reverse are as made, the surfaces free of notable post-production blemishes. Boldly defined apart from a touch of softness to the central obverse high point, the dog countermark is sharp and clear. This is the rarest German silver variant of the New York & Harlaem Railroad Co. token; HT-300 is missing from virtually all major Hard Times token collections, including Dice-Hicks. In fact, this is only the second example of the variety that we can ever recall handling, the first the Ford XXIII example, lot 22294, certified EF-45 by NGC. This piece is obviously finer, and its offering in this sale represents what could very well be a once in a lifetime opportunity for advanced collectors of Hard Times or transportation tokens. Provenance: Ex Max M. Schwartz; Duane Feisel; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.