Sale 59
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 1309 |
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1837 New York HT-268 (61). NGC graded MS-66. Feuchtwanger Composition. Well struck and nicely toned. An attractive gem example. Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger in 1837 petitioned Congress to adopt his German-silver-like metal for the U.S. copper Cent. The petition, supported by Senator Thomas Hart Benton was rejected by mint Director Patterson in 1838. Feuchtwanger published a book on gems in 1872 and died in 1876.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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$1,840 |
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