1841 Token HT-22 Copper Daniel Webster, RB MS(PCGS#77863)

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

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

243

等级

MS65RB

价格

6,353

详细说明

1841 Daniel Webster. HT-22, Low-64, DeWitt-CE 1838-6, W-11-650a. Rarity-1. Copper. Plain Edge. 29.5 mm. MS-65 RB (PCGS). Coin alignment. Here is a phenomenal condition rarity that is a very special representative of this otherwise readily available type. More Red than Brown, both sides exhibit dominant rose-red color with light, mottled gray-brown iridescence that is most extensive in the left obverse and upper reverse fields. Satiny luster flashes into view under a light. A bit lightly struck in the centers, typical of the type, yet overall bold from a well centered impression. The obverse die is lightly cracked from the border between the letters CY in CURRENCY to the ship (the word is different from CURRENT on the preceding token). From Bowers' Constitution Die 4, most readily identifiable by the back of the ship pointing to the upper right corner of the upright of the letter D in CREDIT. Of this variety Bowers (2015) states: "EF and AU grades are about the standard....True Mint State examples are rare." Although the Ford and Dice-Hicks specimens were also Mint State, this piece is finer with considerably more red. One of the nicest HT-22s that we have ever handled, and a find for the discerning collector. Provenance: Ex Donald Miller Collection; Tilden Collection; our (Stack's) sale of the Property of the Estate of Herbert M. Oechsner, September 1988, lot 494; Charles Kirtley, October 1990; Stephen L. Tanenbaum estate, November 2013. Miller consigned the Tilden Collection to Kenneth Rendell in the late 1950s. Don Miller and Dave Bowers were the best of friends for many years. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included. Click here for certification details from PCGS.