FEUCHT IT ALL... Post Your Feuchtwanger's

Broadstruck

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.

OldEastside

And it has BEER on it too...Congrats

Steve

ricko

Nice piece and thanks for the history. I do not have any Feuchtwanger's, coins or tokens, but have read a lot about them. Cheers, RickO

Outhaul

"Post Your Feuchtwanger's"

Won't I get banned for that?

coinsarefun

I was very happy for you @Broadstruck when you first showed me it and still pumped as its spectacular
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I still have my original one but one day hope to get a three cent one.
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DCW

That's awesome, Frank. You've got a fine example

Broadstruck

Thanks guys & gal

@coinsarefun I've missed a couple nice 3 Cent pieces which unfortunately have come up in collection sales with more pressing HTT's

CoinCast

Now CAC approved. Will be interested to see what Cardinal's PCGS example brings in August.

cardinal

Here's my PCGS-graded piece:

CWT1863

Broadstruck

@cardinal said:
Here's my PCGS-graded piece:

I've seen this in hand twice and as I recall this was part of a hard times collection which sold in the 1980s. I can envision the catalog, but the consignees name escapes me right now. I believe this is also a 5H variety and wish pcgs would finally add such on their labels.

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

@Broadstruck ...I Laughed before I Liked, but only because I read the thread title before the OP...so I certainly Liked, but I had to give it the LOL over the Like, that's all

spacehayduke

Feucht that!

kaz

Great merchant card, Broadstruck. I did not know those existed. I recall forum member Ambro collected Feuchtwangers by variety and had some of the 3c ones as well. He was one Feucht up dude.

DMWJR

Nice!!!!

coinsarefun

@DMWJR that’s a bunch of nice FEUCHT‘s

DMWJR

I'm missing one that is collectible. There may be one 3-C owned by the family if any exist, and I don't believe a 6A exists either. I have more, just no photos except these. I have another 2-A in NGC66 and 1-A in PCGS 58 also In need to get some good photos of those. TPG's can't grade these BTW

Broadstruck

1837 R.E. Russell, HT-309 / Low-128, R-6.

Ex: Hudson collection.

Broadstruck

@DMWJR said:
I'm missing one that is collectible. There may be one 3-C owned by the family if any exist, and I don't believe a 6A exists either. I have more, just no photos except these. I have another 2-A in NGC66 and 1-A in PCGS 58 also In need to get some good photos of those. TPG's can't grade these BTW

@DMWJR, You don't Feucht around, as you've been quite busy!

Broadstruck

1837 Feuchtwanger Cent 6-I Variety Low-120 / HT-268

BillJones

I am afraid I am well out gunned here. These are my only two pieces, both raw.

DMWJR

The first 1864 I posted is the Eliasburg MS64
The 1837 Eagle is SP50 from the QDB collection, one of two known