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Broadstruck
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Since I have not posted anything in awhile here is a HTT I acquired a few months ago which I just this morning found time to photograph & write about 
1837-38 Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger Merchant Store Card, New York, 27mm Diameter, Plain Edge, German Silver, HT-261 / Low-248, Rarity-7.
I’ve always wanted to own one of Feuchtwanger’s actual merchant advertisement store cards and I missed the finest Choice BU example I really wanted in the Dice/ Hicks collection which sold for $8,625.00 in 2008. When it reappeared for auction in 2010 I was all prepared to acquire it until the live auction quickly reached beyond my comfort zone hammering $17,250.00 with buyer’s premium. Although John J. Ford also had an example NGC graded MS64, it also showed build up dirt in the lettering, and like an ugly baby you don’t dare make eye contact with a bad black corrosion spot on the reverse I just could not get past. I apparently wasn’t alone as it sold dare I say “cheap” without any momentum once it reached the podium. So the example seen here although not the finest known it has surfaces conditions I could live with & it also matches my Choice Almost Uncirculated R.E. Russell Feuchtwanger 12 1/2 Cent piece extremely well.
Briefly circulated however the body of the letters are still rounded, light golden patina on lustrous surfaces, no spots, no hairlines, no planchet striations, no laminations, or any other distractions. The weakness seen on the some of the letters and the irregular rim is a striking condition known to all survivors.
This store card was struck by Wright & Bale for Feuchtwanger on his metal composition also known as American silver, & German silver. Charles Cushing Wright & James Bale also located in New York purchased the business from the widow of die sinker Richard Trested. Lewis Feuchtwanger was located at 377 Broadway from 1831-36 working as a druggist & shared an office with his brother Jacob a dentist/surgeon. In 1837 he moved to 2 Cortlandt Street at the corner of Broadway. He remained there throughout 1838 where he was listed in the directory as a chemist & manufacturer of American silver composition.
Although the earlier 377 Broadway HT-260 Feuchtwanger store card was once considered rarer by Russell Rulau. Once John Ford’s sale in 2013 offered up seven previously unknown HT-260’s to the market compared to only two examples of this issue it majorly tipped the rarity scale upward in the HT-261’s favor.
1837-38 Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger Merchant Store Card, New York, 27mm Diameter, Plain Edge, German Silver, HT-261 / Low-248, Rarity-7.
I’ve always wanted to own one of Feuchtwanger’s actual merchant advertisement store cards and I missed the finest Choice BU example I really wanted in the Dice/ Hicks collection which sold for $8,625.00 in 2008. When it reappeared for auction in 2010 I was all prepared to acquire it until the live auction quickly reached beyond my comfort zone hammering $17,250.00 with buyer’s premium. Although John J. Ford also had an example NGC graded MS64, it also showed build up dirt in the lettering, and like an ugly baby you don’t dare make eye contact with a bad black corrosion spot on the reverse I just could not get past. I apparently wasn’t alone as it sold dare I say “cheap” without any momentum once it reached the podium. So the example seen here although not the finest known it has surfaces conditions I could live with & it also matches my Choice Almost Uncirculated R.E. Russell Feuchtwanger 12 1/2 Cent piece extremely well.
Briefly circulated however the body of the letters are still rounded, light golden patina on lustrous surfaces, no spots, no hairlines, no planchet striations, no laminations, or any other distractions. The weakness seen on the some of the letters and the irregular rim is a striking condition known to all survivors.
This store card was struck by Wright & Bale for Feuchtwanger on his metal composition also known as American silver, & German silver. Charles Cushing Wright & James Bale also located in New York purchased the business from the widow of die sinker Richard Trested. Lewis Feuchtwanger was located at 377 Broadway from 1831-36 working as a druggist & shared an office with his brother Jacob a dentist/surgeon. In 1837 he moved to 2 Cortlandt Street at the corner of Broadway. He remained there throughout 1838 where he was listed in the directory as a chemist & manufacturer of American silver composition.
Although the earlier 377 Broadway HT-260 Feuchtwanger store card was once considered rarer by Russell Rulau. Once John Ford’s sale in 2013 offered up seven previously unknown HT-260’s to the market compared to only two examples of this issue it majorly tipped the rarity scale upward in the HT-261’s favor.
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I love your example, Broadstruck!
Sometimes "finest known" isn't all that important.
I think you did well. Congrats.
...AND, some of his "fancy articles" --
Baker-25K, Idler copy in Silver, Ex: Eliasberg --
Baker-25L, Idler copy in White Metal --
Baker-25M, Idler copy in Copper --
Sometimes "finest known" isn't all that important.
I think you did well. Congrats.
Flatwoods, Thanks!
There's a very limited exonumia market at the 5 figure level. Sure ownership is grand but this can be a slippery slope when factoring in a exit stagey. If you research some of the archived $10-30K Feuchtwanger 3 Cent auctions you'll see some consignees have taken a serious bath when the extra bidders the first time around are no longer present. I'm happy with my example as it represents the type and it's safe... As I'm not the kind of collector that would shrug off that kind of loss without some time spent rocking in a fetal position
1860's Token Brasher Doubloon Robinson Copy Brass
DeWitt-WHH-G Silver Maj. Gen. W.H. Harrison
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Nice tokens everyone.
And nice to see Stefanie make an appearance
"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
http://www.american-legacy-coins.com
It has special meaning to me, because I spent a short period of time there enroute to Iraq the second time. And although this token was in use before my time, it is a nice little piece of history from a base not 25 miles from where I live. I've grown quite fond of these military tokens over the last year and have a good time collecting them regardless of condition.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
1832 HT-441 Beck's Public Bath's
Charles Beck was a candy maker in Richmond who also ran a public bath house, at a time when working the class resorted to public facilities such as these when private ones were not available. Public baths used to be a commonplace in New York City in the middle of the 19th century.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Do please have a look and vote in the poll.
Since we won't reveal who bought which item until the end, I'll just say that one of these was my purchase and the other one was Greg's.
We had a $20.00 limit. Here's what the two of us bought.
ITEM A: "FRANK H GREEN" love token or fob engraved on 1838-BB French silver 5-franc coin, @ $15.00 from eBay.
Detail picture of the engraving - (there are also more and bigger images on the eBay page.)
Here is the NGC/Krause priceguide listing for the host coin. You can see that our gladiator purchased this silver dollar-sized piece for only a few dollars over melt value.
The "BB" mintmark is for Strasbourg. It seems likely that "Frank H Green", the onetime owner of this piece, was an American.
ITEM B: 28 mm Italian/Argentine medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of Italian unification, September 20, 1911, @ $12.65 from eBay.
Confirmation of Best Offer price - (the auction page will show $19.99 but the buyer paid $12.65 before shipping).
For an explanation of the seeming oddity of an Italian medal being struck in Buenos Aires, see the Wikipedia page about Italian Argentines,
which says, "In 1914, the city of Buenos Aires alone had more than 300,000 Italian-born inhabitants, representing 25% of the total population."
It is presently unknown whether this medal was struck in silver or white metal; the latter seems more likely.
The allegorical figures in the foreground of the obverse represent Peace and Labor ("PAX ET LABOR").
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Sometimes "finest known" isn't all that important.
I think you did well. Congrats.
Flatwoods, Thanks!
There's a very limited exonumia market at the 5 figure level. Sure ownership is grand but this can be a slippery slope when factoring in a exit stagey. If you research some of the archived $10-30K Feuchtwanger 3 Cent auctions you'll see some consignees have taken a serious bath when the extra bidders the first time around are no longer present. I'm happy with my example as it represents the type and it's safe... As I'm not the kind of collector that would shrug off that kind of loss without some time spent rocking in a fetal position
I endured one of these terrible losses and it destroyed 98% of my interest in coins.
Those two Albany medals were on my watch list.
what did you win, anything??
Spent all of my money at the Goldberg auction.
Pretty smart of them to end theirs sooner in my opinion.
If it had been the other way around, I would have spent it all at Heritage.