1837 Token HT-313 Copper Smith's Clock Establishment NY, BN MS(PCGS#77669)
1837 Token HT-313 Copper Smith's Clock Establishment NY, BN MS (PCGS#77669)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 376
- 等级
- MS61BN
- 价格
- 1,694
- 详细说明
- New York--New York. 1837 Smith's Clock Establishment. HT-313, Low-134, W-NY-940-10a. Rarity-4. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. MS-61 BN (PCGS). Medal alignment, with a slight counterclockwise offset. Blended golden-brown and steel-blue with hints of rose. Bold striking definition and excellent centering characterize the impressions on both sides. Satiny and hard with wispy handling marks precluding a higher Mint State rating. One of two Smith's Clock Establishment varieties with the word ESTABLISHMENT straight on the reverse, HT-313 is distinguished from HT-311 by the hour hand in the clock pointing to the center of the Roman numeral X. Uncirculated examples, while occasionally available, are in the distinct minority among survivors. We have the following from the 1836 edition of Longworth's American Almanac: "Smith & Brothers, clocks 7-1/2 Bowery." Surviving clocks of this firm appear at auction occasionally. Provenance: Ex our (Bowers and Merena's, in conjunction with Presidential Coin and Antique Company, Inc.) sale of the Julian Leidman Collection of Hard Times Tokens, April 1986, part of lot 4563; Robert Vlack, March 1993; our Baltimore Auction of March 2014, lot 204. Click here for certification details from PCGS.