Obv: Some mint red is still visible on the obverse.
Stack's April 14, 1993 sale lot 2787.
| HT 164 |
Low 266 |
MS 65 BN |
R-1 |
WM. H. Milton & Co. ( 1835-44). Copper. 29.1mm. WAREHOUSE.
30% red blending with brown and irredescent blue. This token is very scarce in high grade even though Rulau does not reflect this. An exciting token!
Ex. Richard Gross Collection.
| HT 164A |
Low 266A |
UNC 60 |
R-8 |
William H. Milton. (1835-44). Copper. 29.1mm.
Very slight silvering around the obverse lettering. Very crisp strike overall, indicating minimal die wear at the time of striking.
Stack's April 14, 1993 sale lot 2788.
WM. H. Milton & Co. (1835-44). Copper. 28.5mm. *WAREHOUSE*.
Some original red remains.
Peck & Burnham. (1834). Copper. 28.5mm.
Rev: Light scratches on reverse do not detract.
Stack's April 14, 1993 sale lot 2787.
| HT 168 |
Low 326 |
MS 62 BN |
R-2 |
S. B. Schenck Planing Machine, Attleboro Massachusetts. Peck & Brunham. (1834). Copper. 28.5mm. Details...
Trace red with small reverse planchet flaw. Rarely seen this nice. Hayden says: "Just the fourth uncirculated example I have seen offered."
Steve Hayden Mail Bid Sale #21, May 22, 2004, lot 718.
Roxbury Coaches. Roxbury, Massachusetts. 1837. German Silver. 18.7mm. Details...
Clean problem-free token with even wear overall. A fine example of this popular transportation token.
| HT 169A |
Low 129A |
AU 58 |
R-8 |
ROXBURY COACHES, BOSTON, MA. 18.8mm. 4.5 grams. Copper electrotype. Details...
Clean problem-free token with even wear overall. Possibly the finest known example of this extremely rare transportation token. While the German silver varieties are reasonably common, this copper electrotype is almost never seen.
The Charles Litman Collection, PCAC sale #72, December 6, 2003, lot 98.
Ex. Donald Miller Collection.
Ex. DuPont Collection.
| HT 170 |
Low 327 |
AU 58 BN |
R-7 |
William Rutter. (1831-35). Copper. 29mm. Cash For Rags Junk Iron Copper Crass &c Wm. Rutter Red Store Fulton St. Bosted/Songs And Ballads Wholesale And Retail Fulton St Boston. Dated 1831-1835. Details...
The inscriptions on the obverse are amazingly strong for this usually weakly struck piece. The reverse is even stronger and is well-centered.
The Litman, Dreyfus & Sullivan Collections (PCAC sale #73, December 4, 2004, lot 78).
| HT 171 |
Low 328 |
MS 62 BN |
R-1 |
Alfred D. Willard. Boston, Mass. (1835). Copper. 28.5mm.
Maverick Coach. East Boston, Mass. 1837. German Silver. 18.7mm. Details...
A crisp well-struck piece with medium gray toning. Superior in strike and quality to the Rulau plate coin.
| HT 175 |
Low 72 |
UNC Details |
R-6 |
Francis L. Brigham, New Bedford MA. 1833. Copper. 28.5mm. Beaded borders outside circle. Details...
Small hole for suspension. Deep tobacco brown surfaces. Shift double struck the second rotated about 20 degrees right. Traces of mint red remaining around some letters and in building's portico.
Obv: Small dark spot right of date.
Stack's April 15, 1992 sale lot 3606.
Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Stack's, October 1989).
| HT 176 |
Low 73 |
AU 58 BN |
R-3 |
Francis L. Brigham, New Bedford MA. 1833. Copper. 28.5mm. Beads only.
A very crisply struck example of this token. Superior to the John J. Ford collection specimen sold by Stacks on June 23, 2004.
Obv: Noticable mint red remaining in the recesses of the building.
Stack's December 1, 1993 sale lot 1337.
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