1835 Token W-NY1660-50a Copper Furman B. Stage, BN MS(PCGS#776632)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

400

等级

F15BN

价格

27,105

详细说明

Unique W-NY-1660-50a Head Left Bucklin's Interest Tables Discovered by SLT Unlisted by Low or Rulau New York--Troy. 1835 Bucklin's Interest Tables. HT-Unlisted, Low-Unlisted, W-NY-1660-50a. Rarity-9. Copper. Plain Edge. 28.5 mm. Fine-15 (PCGS). Medal alignment, with an approximately 20 degree counterclockwise rotation. Representing what could very well be a once in a lifetime bidding opportunity for advanced Hard Times token enthusiasts, we are pleased to offer the unique Bucklin's Interest Tables token with Liberty's head facing left, 14 stars encircling the periphery. This is the same die used for both varieties of the Carpenter & Mosher tokens -- also rarities, and also offered in this sale -- as well as the various HT numbers for Bucklin's Book Keeping pieces. The reverse is that of HT-349, 350 353, and 354, a wreath encircling the date 1835, the inscription BUCKLIN'S INTEREST TABLES around the border. All varieties with this obverse die are poorly struck, and the present example is no exception. Such naiveté or rusticity adds to the desirability of this and similar tokens (such as Canadian blacksmith tokens, the "Indiana primitives" in the Civil War token series, the Higley coppers of 1737 and 1739, and other classics). The lower left obverse is blunt and devoid of detail except for the border denticulation, which is essentially complete on both sides. TROY on Liberty's coronet is extremely faint and difficult to discern, the central obverse not only softly struck, but with a concentration of shallow pits in the planchet. The stars from 9 to 6 o'clock are bold to sharp, however, as is the top of Liberty's head. Reverse detail is generally similar, the lower border blunt, only the first two digits in the date discernible, but most of the peripheral legend and wreath bold. Light pitting in and around the date area, moderate flan flaw below at the border. Light verdigris at the upper left reverse noted solely for accuracy. Per Bowers in his 2015 Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensfor Whitman, "This variety was discovered by the late Stephen L. Tanenbaum, who spent time trying to find a citation or other information about it." The Head Left obverse with 14 stars encircling the border is definitive for the W-NY-1660-50a attribution when paired with the Bucklin's Interest Tables reverse. The only other Head Left Bucklin's Interest Tables variety is HT-351, Low-90, described by as: "Obv. Female head l. inscribed TROY, without stars. Rev. Same as No. 88." HT-352, Low-91, another rarity which could also be confused for the unique W-NY-1660-50a offered here, is described by Low as: "Obv. A head similar to No. 89 [HT-349, i.e.., head right], but more shapely. Fourteen stars quite distant from edge, none directly below the bust. Rev. Same as No. 88." Provenance: Ex Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate. The plate token for the variety in the 2015 Whitman Guide Book of Hard Times Tokensby Q. David Bowers. Click here for certification details from PCGS.