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(1823-24) Richard Trested, New York City. Rulau-E NY 924-A. |
| Description: |
86.7 grains. 28.3 mm. Reeded edge. A superb specimen of a classic early American token
rarity, the storecard of one of the nation's first token engravers. Smooth and glossy tan
with excellent visual appeal. A nick right of the liberty cap on the obverse identifies
this piece as the Rulau plate coin, rim bruise under York and a few other rim abrasions
elsewhere, dig under R in TRESTED on reverse. Finer than the Zeddies piece, a provenance
to which the Rulau work mistakenly attributes this specimen; that token has a cracked
planchet from a heavy dig. Trested was working in New York as early as 1821 and trained
James Bale before his death in 1829; Bale and Charles Cushing Wright formed Wright and
Bale when they bought the business from Trested's widow. This card identifies Trested as
an "Engraver, Die Sinker, Stamper, & Piercer" operating on William Street in
New York. A very rare card, lacking from both Steinberg sales and called "one of the
highlights" of the Zeddies Collection (that piece brought $2,860 even with its split
planchet). A more heavily worn piece in the 1986 Leidman sale brought $1,900 almost 20
years ago. A future highlight in a world-class cabinet of American tokens.
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| Price: |
$1,495.00 (2004-06-23) |
| Original page: |
http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lri
d=AN00006053
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