(1836-37) Token HT-360 Copper Carpenter & Mosher, BN MS(PCGS#77186)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

402

等级

VF Details

价格

35,575

详细说明

An Incredible Second Carpenter & Mosher Token Later Die State HT-360 with "310" Added to the Reverse New York--Troy. Undated (1836-1837) Carpenter & Mosher. HT-360, Low-147, W-NY-1680-11a. Rarity-7. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). Medal alignment, with a 45-degree counterclockwise offset. A rare opportunity for the specialist, this is one of the few sales in numismatic auction history in which examples of both Carpenter & Mosher varieties have been offered. This later die state HT-360, like its HT-359 counterpart offered above, is a very well defined survivor of the variety. The obverse possesses full denticulation around the border, all stars discernible even though a few along the lower border are a tad soft. Liberty's portrait is boldly outlined with the letters OY in TROY sharp and many of the individual hair strands crisply delineated. For the reverse we also note full denticulation around the border, a few of the peripheral letters soft, but all discernible. The wreath is blunt at the lower left and upper right, but the inscription DRY GOODS and the address 310 are sharp. Predominantly copper-rose surfaces exhibit a few swirls of lighter sandy-gold and darker charcoal-gray. Both sides are fairly smooth with no significant marks, although closer inspection with a loupe confirms the presence of considerable pitting around the peripheries that explains the PCGS qualifier. HT-359 and 360 were struck from the same dies, the later state HT-360 attributable by the addition of the address 310 to the reverse in the wreath beneath the inscription DRY GOODS. (Carpenter & Mosher were located at 310 River Street from 1835 to 1841.) Although once thought to be the rarer of the two Carpenter & Mosher varieties, HT-360 is now recognized as being a bit more obtainable than HT-359. We stress the word "bit" in this context, for HT-360 is still a significant rarity. According to Bowers in his 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokens, Robert A. Schuman has traced just eight examples of this elusive and eagerly sought variety. Provenance: Ex William Panitch, 1981; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. The plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokens by Q. David Bowers. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.