1836 Token HT-324 Copper Squire & Merritt NY, BN MS(PCGS#77694)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

382

等级

AU50BN

价格

1,525

详细说明

New York--New York. Undated (1836) Squire & Merritt. HT-324, Low-283, W-NY-960-20a Dies 3-B. Rarity-5. Copper. Reeded Edge. Thin Planchet. 27 mm. AU-50 (PCGS). Medal alignment. Wonderfully original surfaces display a blend of deep golden-brown and antique copper patina. Both sides are satiny and hard with only a few wispy marks and light surface build up in isolated areas, more so on the reverse. The same side also reveals a few tiny, shallow planchet flaws that are as made. The borders are fully denticulated, although the impression is trivially off center with the denticles longer in some areas than others. Boldly defined overall with a pleasing appearance. HT-324 is a scarce variant of the Dies 3-B Square & Merritt token with reeded edge, most such pieces counterstamped 175 (HT-325, see the following lot). Remarkably Mr. Ford had three of these that ranged in NGC-certified grade from MS-62 BN to MS-61 BN when offered in our Ford XXIII sale of August 2013. The Dice-Hicks specimen was also Uncirculated. At the About Uncirculated level it is difficult for us to imagine a more appealing example of this scarce and underrated variety than that offered here. Provenance: Ex Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, 2013. The plate token for the W-NY-960-20a plain edge variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers, although this is HT-324 with a reeded edge. Collector tag with (incorrect) attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.