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Browse Catalogue of Stack's September 2006 Auction Limited to: U. S. Coins → U. S. Colonial Coins → Miscellaneous Colonial and Early American Issues Page 1 of 1  •  First  Previous  Next  Last Categories  •  Stack's September 2006 → U. S. Coins → U. S. Colonial Coins → Miscellaneous Colonial and Early American Issues Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 198 1766 Pitt Halfpenny. Copper. Breen 251. Betts 519 VF $1,100.00 86.0 gns. Very Fine or better in terms of wear. Some light pitting is noted in the fields, where much original silvering appears also to survive. Devices are well-detailed, legends are complete. Here is a decent mid-grade example of this historic pre-Revolution token. 199 1783 Chalmer's Shilling. Short Worm CH VF $8,500.00 55.5 gns. Choice Very Fine. Gunmetal blue and gray tones dominate the fields, while the legends and devices stand out with their light silver gray tone. Centering is quite good on both sides, with all letters on flan; there is ample room beyond the denticles at right obverse and a corresponding lack of denticles at left obverse. The lack of denticles in this area and the corresponding...  more 200 [1792-1794] Kentucky Triangle Token. Lettered Edge CH AU $700.00 PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL edge. 186.6 gns. Choice About Uncirculated. Nearly fully struck and quite attractive, this olive and golden-brown specimen exhibits light hints of lustre. The familiar die crack extends on either side of the hand from the scroll. Edge lettering overlaps, creating the interesting geographical locale of LANCASTERONDON! 201 [1792-1794] Kentucky Triangle Token. Lettered Edge AU $550.00 177.1 gns. PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL edge. About Uncirculated, or finer. Glossy, blue-brown surfaces feature boldly struck devices and legends and prooflike fields. 202 1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent. With NEW YORK. UNC $1,700.00 We assume the normal WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE CENT edge. Uncirculated. Iridescent sea green, olive and rose toning beautify this coin's reflective fields and well struck devices. NGC MS62. 203 1795 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent AU $480.00 Normal WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE CENT edge. 151.2 gns. About Uncirculated. Reflective, mahogany brown surfaces bear some minor marks. 204 1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent/John Howard mule. Copper. LONDON edge. Breen 1049 EF $325.00 Extremely Fine. Dark brown, with very minor surface marks. Usual weak strike due to thinness of planchet stock used. 205 1794 Franklin Press Token. Plain Edge UNC $900.00 117.0 gns. Uncirculated. Well centered and lightly prooflike, this well struck specimen exhibits deep mahogany brown surfaces. Here is a very eye appealing survivor of this popularly collected token. 206 1794 Franklin Press Token. Plain Edge VF $150.00 110.9 gns. Very Fine. Dark chestnut brown surfaces are attractive in tone yet exhibit some fine circulation marks, including a more severe ding that has warped the planchet in one place. 207 1789 Mott Token. Thick planchet. Plain edge. Copper VF $500.00 200.8 grains. Very Fine. Nice rich brown color. Struck from the usual broken obverse with consequent loss of detail on the eagle side. 208 1789 Mott Token. Thick planchet. Plain edge. Copper VF $400.00 169.0 grains. Nearly Very Fine. Good brown color. Somewhat rough in appearance. Usual broken obverse state. 209 1820 Northwest Company or Beaver token. Brass. Diagonally engrailed edge F $9,000.00 Holed, as usual for the issue. 137.3 gns. Fine, the upper obverse and reverse notably less worn than the lower parts of both sides. (This uneven wear should be plain in the photos). Our consignor suggests that this token may been attached to a skin and thus worn more in the regions that are the furthest from the hole and thus the least protected. The surfaces are a lovely golden-olive...  more 210 MEXICO. Fernando VI, 1746-1759 F to VF $240.00 8 Reales, 1753 Mo. MF. Crowned Spanish Arms. Rv. Pillars flank crowned twin globes. KM 104.1; Carlos III, 1759-1788. 8 Reales, 1760 Mo. MM. Types as above. KM 104.2. Fine to Very Fine. Cleaned, possible sea-salvage. Such 8 Reales would have been common currency in colonial America. 2 pieces. (Est. $200-$300) 211 American Cased Coin Scale with Weights, Ca. 1770 EF $1,800.00 Overall Extremely Fine. Includes 167mm Steel balance with faint oxidation and twin 64mm Brass pans housed in an original 185 x 80mm Brass-hinged and latched wooden case of three compartments. Brass Weights include seven thin squares with circular punchmarks and Lion Passant hallmark; five thicker squares inscribed 1, 2 Scruples, ½, 1, 2 Dram, a thick square with five circular punchmarks and...  more Page 1 of 1  •  First  Previous  Next  Last

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