1837 Feuchtwanger Three Cents, Low-119, HT-265A, W-NY-480-70j, Low R.7, MS64 NGC. Feuchtwanger's composition (German silver)...

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1837 Feuchtwanger Three Cent Token, Low-119, MS65
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1837 Feuchtwanger Three Cents, Low-119, HT-265A, W-NY-480-70j, Low R.7, MS64 NGC. Feuchtwanger's composition (German silver), reeded edge. Cataloged here as HT-265A. The listings for HT-265 and HT-265A are for the same extremely rare token variety that is offered here, the difference being designations of prooflike Mint State for HT-265 and proof for HT-265A.

When this example was offered in 2008, the cataloger for Stack's identified six examples, relying on earlier research that was presented when two examples were offered from the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection in 2004. Today, we have records of 10 different examples that are recorded in our census below. The present piece is the Rulau plate coin.

This example features a bold strike with no evidence of weakness on either side, save for indistinct leaves at the top of the right branch. Both sides are brilliant and fully mirrored with a hint of amber and blue toning. The fields and devices provide a high degree of contrast. The late C. Douglas Smith, a well-known large cent collector and friend of Dr. Schuman, had a favorite term to describe the appearance of pieces like this: "Bottomless Pool Effect."

Census of Low-119, HT-265 Three Cent Tokens
SP65 PCGS CAC. Thomas L. Elder; New Netherlands (4/1955), lot 716; Oechsner Collection (Stack's, 9/1988), lot 540; Stack's (9/2009), lot 7130; Houston Signature (Heritage, 11/2012), lot 4630.
MS65 DPL NGC. Donald Miller; Q. David Bowers (6/29/1983); Donald G. Partrick (Heritage, 12/2020), lot 45342.
Gem Prooflike Unc. F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr. (Stack's, 6/2004), lot 215.
MS64 NGC. Byron White Collection (via Rossa & Tanenbaum, 12/28/1989); Dice-Hicks Collection (Stack's, 7/2008), lot 3145. The present specimen.
MS63 Prooflike NGC. Dorge (6/1/1974); Donald G. Partrick Collection (Heritage, 12/2020), lot 45341; Stack's Bowers (11/2022), lot 3093.
MS63 Prooflike. Triple Struck. Bowers and Merena (11/2002), lot 5350; Stack's (1/2009), lot 5852; Q. David Bowers Collection (Stack's, 10/2010), lot 5768.
MS61 NGC. Virgil M. Brand; Donald Miller Collection (via Rossa & Tannenbaum, 7/26/1983); John J. Ford, Jr. Collection (Stack's, 6/2004), lot 216; Troy Wiseman Collection (Heritage, 9/2006), lot 5898; Central States Signature (Heritage, 5/2007), lot 5514; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2010), lot 3379; Heritage (7/2024), lot 92320.
Proof. Charles Litman Collection (Presidential, 12/2003), lot 86.
SP50 PCGS. Ulrich Collection (Stack's, 2/2008), lot 3504; Q. David Bowers Collection (Stack's, 10/2010), lot 5769; Stack's Bowers (2/2015), lot 228.
AU50 NGC. Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society (Heritage, 6/2016), lot 98199.
From The Robert A. Schuman, MD Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2CZJ, PCGS# 77289)

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