(U.S. Coins) Catalog - Stack's Bowers

Session Six Ends 3:00 PM PT • Tuesday, November 12, 201310142 Massachusetts—Amherst. IRA HASKINS / TIP-TOP/ PEN / EN on an 1862 cent. Brunk H-341, Rulau-Ma-Am 6. Host coin Fine. Tan on the high points deepens toviolet-brown in the fields. The following is from The Historyof the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts by Edward WiltonCarpenter and Charles Frederick Morehouse (1896): “Asearly as 1854, Ira C. Haskins began the manufacture of goldpens in Amherst. For several years his brother, J. C. Haskins,was associated with him in the business under the firm nameof Haskins Bros. Gold pens were manufactured in nearlyfifty different patterns. In 1867, by special act of the GeneralCourt, the Haskins Gold Pen manufacturing company wasincorporated, for the manufacture of pencils and gold pensin Shutesbury and Amherst. The capital stock was not toexceed $100,000. The company was never organized underthe charter.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier, from our (Bowers andMerena’s) Pennsylvania Cabinet Sale, November 1997, lot 2195. Rulauplate coin.10143 Massachusetts—Amherst. IRA C. HASKINS / TIPTOP /MAMMOTH / PEN / I. on an 1873 Indian cent, Closed 3.Brunk H-342 (type), Rulau-Ma-Am 6 (type). Similar tolisted types but pen variety is designated as Mammoth Irather than EN. Host coin Good. Tan surfaces overall withhints of blue.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10144 Massachusetts—Ashland. STENCILS, STEEL STAMPS,KEY CHECKS / MADE BY / A.P. / KNOWLES , /ASHLAND / MASS on an 1845 cent. Tiny B on Reverse.Brunk K-301 (type), Rulau Ma-As 5 (type). Host coin VF.Similar to the type listed by Gregory Brunk and illustratedby Rulau, but without the date 1873. Chocolate brown withnavy blue accents. Today the Internet gives the potential oflearning a lot of interesting things about counterstampers,adding to the pleasure of ownership.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10145 Massachusetts—Ashland. STENCILS, STEEL STAMPS,KEY CHECKS, & c., / MADE BY / A.P. / KNOWLES, /ASLAND, / MASS. / 1873 on Braided Hair large cent(date unreadable). Brunk K-301, Rulau-Ma-As 4. Hostcoin VG. Golden brown toning. Mr. Tanenbaum notes: “2known.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier, from Paul Kopenhaver’sJune 1978 auction, Lot 169 (Auction ticket included). Rulau platecoin.10146 Massachusetts—Athol. G. GERRY / ATHOL MASS onan 1803 cent. Brunk G-190 (type), Rulau-Ma-At 1 (type).Host coin AG. Mostly golden brown deepening to navyblue.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10147 Massachusetts—Athol. G. GERRY / ATHOL MASSon an 1852 cent. Brunk G-190, Rulau-Ma-At 1. Hostcoin VF. Mostly golden brown deepening to navy blue.Brunk replicates an old advertisement of George Gerry &Son of Athol wherein the following products and servicesare advertised: “wood-working machinery, mill gearing,shafting, pulleys, haugers [sic, hangers?]... General machinejobbing and repairing.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10148 Massachusetts—Athol. Inverted tilde and leaf / ATHOL— MASS / leaf and inverted tilde on an 1844 cent. BrunkA-399, Rulau-Unlisted. Host coin VG. The leaf and invertedtilde were probably used as some sort of manufacture’s mark,but we haven’t been able to corroborate any attribution. Mr.Tanenbaum believed it was the Athol Machine Co.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10149 Massachusetts—Boston. BABSON & REPPLIER / 7DOANE ST. BOSTON on a worn Draped Bust cent. BrunkB-100, Rulau-Unlisted. Host coin Poor. Mostly goldenbrown with greenish stain on right side of obverse. Babson& Repplier manufactured metal planes for woodworking.The EAIA Directory of American Toolmakers assigns thedate of 1872-1873 to this firm.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10150 Massachusetts—Boston. BALDWIN & JONES withinincuse rectangular punch on 1797 cent. Brunk B-202,Rulau-E Mass 5. Host coin Fair. Chocolate brown surfaces.Small hole at center. Baldwin & Jones was a silversmithingfirm in early 19th-century Boston.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10151 Massachusetts—Boston. BOSTON/ BOYDEN on an 1824cent. Logotype for BOSTON and incuse rectangularpunch for BOYDEN. Brunk B-982, Rulau-Mass. 609.Host coin VG. Golden brown surfaces with hints of roseand blue.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier, sequentially from theF.C.C. Boyd and John J. Ford, Jr. collections. Rulau plate coin.10152 Massachusetts—Boston. L. CARY in fancy scroll-shapedincuse punch on an 180x Draped Bust cent. Brunk C-251,Rulau-E Mass 6. Host coin Fair. Blended tan and lilacbrowntoning. Lewis Cary was a silversmith.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10153 Massachusetts—Boston. F.E. CHILDS JR. / 16CHAPMAN PL. on an 1825 half dollar. Brunk C-420,Rulau-MV43. Host coin VF. Steel-gray surfaces with blueand gold highlights. Both Brunk and Rulau mistakenlylist the issuer as E.E. Childs, Jr. The Boston Almanac andBusiness Directory, 1877: “Locksmiths... Childs F.E., jr. 16Chapman place.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10154 Massachusetts—Boston. H. COLMAN / BOSTON on an1817 cent. Brunk C-750, Rulau-Mass 502G. Host coinGood. Blended golden brown and midnight blue toning.Brunk notes that Henry Colman was variously listed inBoston directories as a locksmith and gunsmith. BostonAlmanac for the Year 1847: “Gunsmiths... Colman H. 11Water... Locksmiths... Colman, Henry, 11 Water.” CityDirectory of Boston, 1848: “Colman Henry, locksmith, 11Water, house 22 Marion.” Boston Directory for the Year 1852:“Colman Henry, locksmith, 11 Water, house 22 Marion.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10155 Massachusetts—Boston. H. COLMAN BOSTON MAKER69 on an 1837 cent. Brunk C-751. Rulau-Mass 502A. Hostcoin VF. Golden brown overall with wisps and tinges of blueand violet. Rulau identifies Henry Colman as a gunsmithwho worked in Boston in the late 1840s and possibly theearly 1850s.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Rulau plate coin.Bid online at www.stacksbowers.com Page 479