1837 Token HT-43 Copper Liberty - Not One Cent, BN MS(PCGS#77500)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

257

等级

XF40BN

价格

33,881

详细说明

Exceedingly Rare HT-43 Liberty - Not One Cent One of Just Three Examples Known Ex Dice-Hicks The Bowers Plate Token 1837 Liberty - Not One Cent. HT-43, Low-170, W-11-90a. Rarity-8. Copper. Plain Edge. 27.8 mm. EF-40 (PCGS). Coin alignment. Rich, dark coppery-brown fields, somewhat lighter on portions of the highest points on both sides. The surfaces are only microgranular and are generally smooth apart from a pair of identifying gouges and light scuffs in the obverse field before Liberty's nose, smaller reverse dig in the field between the letters O in ONE and C in CENT. Well struck with all design elements retaining bold to sharp detail, the reverse drawn trivially to 11 o'clock with scant denticulation along the upper left border on that side. Struck from dies attributed to John Gibbs, this exceedingly rare type was first published by Lyman H. Low in March 1905. Only three examples are known, just two of which have appeared at auction in recent decades: 1 - Ex our (Stack's) sale of the Gilbert Steinberg Collection of Early American Colonial Coins, Hard Times Tokens and Early Store Cards, October 1989, lot 382; Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.'s Robert Marcus Collection sale, December 2001, lot 343; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice & M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3202; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013; Q. David Bowers. The present example, and the plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. 2 - Ex our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part IV, June 2004, lot 309. Prior to our offering of the present token in the 1989 Steinberg Collection sale, no examples of this type appeared at auction since the discovery specimen attributed by Low appeared in Thomas L. Elder's sale of March 1905. Clearly our offering of this piece could be a once-in-a-lifetime bidding opportunity for advanced collectors seeking an HT-43. Provenance: Ex our (Stack's) sale of the Gilbert Steinberg Collection of Early American Colonial Coins, Hard Times Tokens and Early Store Cards, October 1989, lot 382; Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.'s Robert Marcus Collection sale, December 2001, lot 343; our (Stack's) sale of the Collections of James E. Dice & M. Lamar Hicks, July 2008, lot 3202; 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 (partially incorrect) provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.