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1880's Rueter & Company - Highland Springs Brewery, Boston, Massachusetts, 29mm Diameter, Copper



This is my first newp of 2016 and it's a biggie as this is the rarest of the Highland Springs Brewery tokens with nearly fully red with bluish patina surface conditions I never thought existed. It far betters John J. Ford, Jr.'s example sold in 2013 which was completely pitted and marred with a large old scratch. The obverse shows the brewery tools of the trade and mentions SEMPER IDEM which means "Always The Same". The obverse design was also the exact logo used by Rueter on their beer bottle labels. Russell Rulau values examples on in EF at $1,200.00 mentioning 2-3 examples where offered by a dealer in 1950 for an ask of $50.00 each which was about the same 1 1/2 ounces of gold.

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