1864 NY 3C Feuchtwanger's Composition Eagle, HT-267 MS(PCGS#20003)

The Regency Auction 49

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

397

等级

MS63

价格

44,892

详细说明

Here is a very rare and interesting token that has an appeal among many different areas of numismatics. Its three cent denomination appeals to collectors of the silvers and nickels of that denomination. The Civil War token collector cannot help but love the date. And with its Feuchtwanger reverse, this piece has been cataloged and offered with the Fuechtwanger hard times tokens struck decades earlier in 1837. Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger was a Bavarian native who came to the United States in 1829. Setting up eventually as a metallurgist, by 1837, he made a proposal to congress urging them to adopt his composition for coinage purposes--Feuchtwanger's Composition, or German silver. These rare tokens were struck for collectors and are quite rare, listed as Rarity-6 or Rarity-7, as HT-267, Low-179A, Fuld NY 630X-1j. The eagle holding a snake design perhaps harking back to the presidential campaign of 1864, where Northern Democrats who wanted to negotiate peace with the Confederacy were called copperheads. The devices are crisply struck and the silver-gray patina has accents of flash. There are some minor marks and toning flecks on the obverse, but at least a couple appear to be mint made. The eye appeal is excellent! PCGS 10, NGC 1, CAC 4. The last one of these to sell was a non-CAC example sold in April 2021 for $6,900. Just 8 are graded finer at PCGS and this really pleasing example will delight any collector interested in these intriguing pieces of numismatic history. Cert. Number 60217830 PCGS # 20003