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

Stack’s Bowers Galleries The November 2013 Baltimore Auction10184 Massachusetts—Springfield. BY R. PAINE /SPRINGFIELD / eagle’s head in elliptical incuse punch/ B (at least three different sizes and styles of letter “B”;stamped 15 times) all on an 1825 cent. Brunk P-91, Rulau-Mass 685 (type of). Host coin Fair. Olive-brown toning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10185 Massachusetts—Springfield. SPRING / FIELD / 1826 onan 1819 cent. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Hostcoin Fine. Golden brown toning. Probably a stamp of theSpringfield Armory. 1826 may signify an acquisition datefor arms or other military supplies newly received by thearmory.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10186 Massachusetts—Taunton. L.C. PORTER / PORTER,BRIT / & PLATE on a worn pre-1867 Liberty Seatedquarter dollar. Brunk P-617, P-607, Rulau-Ma-Tn 4. Hostcoin Poor (date incomplete). Steel-gray with hints of blueand gold. Porter Britannia & Plate Company was locatedin Taunton, Massachusetts. Britannia metal was a type ofpewter that was silver-white in appearance, easily workedwithout tearing, and could be polished to a bright finish.L.C. was Lemuel C. Porter, of Taunton, presumably affiliatedwith that company.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.10187 Massachusetts—Woburn. P.G. CLARK / M. TIDD /MASS. on 1835 cent. Brunk C-534, T-276, M-278, Rulau-Mass 563 (type). Host coin Fair. Cleaned and since retoned.Marshall Tidd of Woburn, Massachusetts is a well-knowngun manufacturer. The identity of P.G. Clark has eluded us.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10188 Massachusetts—Woburn. M. TIDD on an 1845 cent.Brunk T-276, Rulau-Mass. 563. Host coin AboutUncirculated. Areas of faded red deepening to tan.Marshall Tidd was a manufacturer of pistols and rifles fromthe 1840s to the 1860s. He was also a charter member of alocal (Rumford) Historical Association. In the 1877 WoburnDirectory he is listed as machinist.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10189 Massachusetts—Woburn. M. TIDD / WOBURN / MASSon an 1828 cent. Brunk T-279, Rulau-Mass 570. Host coinGood. Blended chocolate brown and olive-brown.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier from our (Bowers andMerena’s) sale of November 1986, lot 5123.10190 Massachusetts—Woburn. M. TIDD / WOBURN / MASS/ P.J. NEAL logotype on an 1844 cent. Brunk T-279,Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Good. Golden brown overallwith blushes of faint blue. As noted in an earlier lot,Marshall Tidd is a well known gunsmith from Woburn,Massachusetts. No information comes to hand about P.J.Neal.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10191 Massachusetts—Worcester. E.W. BIGELOW / -13- /LAGRANGE * / ST. / WORCESTER, MASS. on an 1837Hard Times token. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted.Host coin Poor, holed. Chocolate-brown surfaces. The1880 Worcester Directory has the following listing: “BigelowElijah W. patternmaker, house 13 Lagrange.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10192 Massachusetts—Worcester. DRESSER & J[////] /WORCESTER twice on an 1857 silver three-cent piece.Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Good.Medium gray toning. As the logotype impressions areincomplete, the identification of the issuer is uncertain. Onepossibility is that this is a logotype for the firm of Dresser &Jillson of Worcester, which manufactured animal traps.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10193 Massachusetts—Worcester. C.E. STAPLES / WORCESTERon an 1853 Arrows and Rays quarter dollar. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Fine. Blended pearlgray and steel-gray. Charles E. Staples was a hand toolmanufacturer in Worcester, Massachusetts. His specialtiesincluded braces, clamps, saw-manufacturing presses, shears,and paper box machinery. An old advertisement gives thefirm’s address as the Merrifield’s Building, Exchange Street,Worcester.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10194 Massachusetts—Worcester. Obv: WORC. REED MASS./ AD30R. Rev. RTD / CO. all on a 1903 Liberty nickel.Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Fair. Goldgrayiridescence. Possibly related to Worcester Reed Organmanufacture.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10195 New Hampshire—Concord. T.T. ABBOT & CO. / LOGCABIN / PARKER FINE STEEL on 1837 cent. Brunk A-60(type), L-448, P-131, Rulau-Unlisted. Very Fine. Blendedgolden brown and chocolate. T.T. Abbot & Co. (signifyingTheodore T. Abbot) a New Hampshire cutlery firm.10196 New Hampshire—Concord. E.O. MURPHEY. /CONCORD, N.H on an 1878 Morgan dollar (SevenTailfeathers, Reverse of 1879). Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau-NH-Co 2. Host coin Very Good. Medium gray withhints of gold and lilac. Possibly Eugene O. Murphy who ismentioned in the 1885 volume of the New England Reporter(a law journal) as owning a parcel of land in Concord, NewHampshire.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10197 New Hampshire—Concord. Assortment of differentcounterstamps on a worn Spanish colonial two reales.None of these counterstamps are listed in Brunk. Hostcoin Poor, with almost all undertype details missing.Included are: J.J. GARMAN, H.H. Hamilton, W.F. HOLT,H. LANCASTER, F.A. MANSUR, J.W.B. PRESTON, R.C.WHITING, B.F. YOUNG, and CONCORD N.H. Mediumgray with hints of blue and rose.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10198 New Hampshire—Nashua. MAKERS / AMERICAN /SHEARER / M’F’G CO. / NASHUA N.H. / U.S.A. on an1889 Nickel Five-Cent Piece. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Fine. Gold-gray surfaces. AmericanShearer Mfg. Co. had headquarters at 314 Main Street inNashua, New Hampshire with branch offices in New Yorkand Chicago. They list clippers as the product that theymanufactured. According to the 1906 Nashua Directory thecapital stock was valued at $20,000. Joseph K. Priest is saidto have been the proprietor of the company prior to 1867.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10199 New Hampshire—Nashua. J. SIDNEY MILLER / ARTISTon an 1827 cent. Brunk M-685, Rulau-NH 104C (type).Host coin Very Good. Chocolate brown with faint grayhighlights. Scratch at Liberty’s mouth. J. Sidney Miller wasa mid 19th-century portrait photographer whose studiowas situated in Nashua, New Hampshire. His photographsappear at auction occasionally and sometimes commandstrong prices.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10200 New Hampshire—Nashua. J. SIDNEY MILLER / ARTISTon an 1853 Arrows dime. Brunk M-685, Rulau—NH104D (type). Host coin Very Fine. Pewter gray at the centerdeepening to charcoal gray toward the rims. Navy blue andgolden brown accents.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier from our (Bowers andMerena’s) sale of September 1985, lot 2756.Page 482Stack’s Bowers Galleries