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

Stack’s Bowers Galleries The November 2013 Baltimore Auction10220 New York—Elmira. W.P. DEWITT / ELMIRA on 1841dime. Brunk D-330, Rulau-NY 2022. Host coin Poor.Golden brown toning with a hint of olive. Identified as a riflemanufacturer; some examples of his firearms have survived,but don’t seem to be plentiful.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10221 New York—Elmira. [RO]BERTS / [DYE] WORKS / 436 /WATER ST. / ELMIRA, N.Y. on an 1888 British farthing.Brunk R-373, Rulau-NY-Em 12. Host coin ExtremelyFine. Chocolate brown. William Roberts offered a dyeingand cleaning service for clothing and feathers. Evidentlynearly all of Roberts’ counterstamps were made usingBritish copper coins as hosts. Although some pennies andhalfpennies are known, most survivors are farthings.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10222 New York—Elmira. ROBERTS DYE WORKS / 436 /WATER ST. / ELMIRA, N.Y. on an 1890 British halfpenny.Brunk R-373, Rulau-NY-Em 14. Host coin AboutUncirculated or better. Probably about as nice as the day itwas stamped, with hints of mint red on both sides.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10223 New York—Gilboa. O.C. SHALER / GILBOA, N.Y. on aworn Coronet type large cent (1816-1857). Brunk S-302,Rulau-NY 2028. Host coin Poor, missing date. Cleanedand retoned. Possibly related to the G.C. Shaler in Gilboawho was a stove and tinware dealer.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.10224 New York—Gloversville. N. FAIRBANKS /GLOVERSVILLE / N.Y on an 1848 cent. Brunk F-38,Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Very Good. Chocolate brownwith blue accents. Niles Fairbanks of Gloversville wasan agent for the Howe Sewing Machine Company, andpublished large display ads in the Gloversville Intelligencerduring the 1860s. His office was situated over Hutchinson’sDrug Store in the Mills Block.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10225 New York—Hudson. GRIFFIN / HUDSON on 1826 cent.Brunk G-558, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Very Good.Tan surfaces. Brunk suggests that this may have been issuedby the silversmith Isaiah Griffin who is known to haveworked in Hudson, New York during the early 1820s.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10226 New York—Hudson. GRIFFIN / HUDSON on a HardTimes token (Rulau-363). Brunk G-558, Rulau—Unlisted.Host coin Fair. Olive-brown toning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10227 New York—Ithaca. J. BURRITT / & SON ITHACA in twoincuse rectangular punches on an 1809 cent. Brunk—Unlisted (type of B-1391), Rulau—Unlisted (type ofRulau HT 531). Host coin Fair. Tan toning on the highpoints deepens to violet brown in the fields. Joseph Burrittwas a silversmith. Rulau notes that he moved to Ithaca fromConnecticut in 1816.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10228 New York—Keeseville. H.E. HART / KEESEVILLE N.Y.on an 1868 two-cent piece. Brunk H-301, Rulau-NY-Ke4. Host coin Very Fine. Intermingled golden brown andtan. Brunk notes that H.E. Hart was a jeweler and silverwaredealer in Keeseville.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.10229 New York—Lockport. [NIA]GARA CUTTLERY CO. /LOCKPORT, N.Y. on a Bolivian 1836-PTS LM eight soles.Brunk N-138, Rulau-2029, Reverse with J.F.C. (BrunkUnlisted). Host coin Very Fine, solder. Medium gray withblue, violet, and gold accents.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.10230 New York—Middletown. [///]. W. SMITH /MIDDLETOWN / N.Y. on an 1844 cent. Brunk S-645,Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Very Good. Chocolate browniridescence.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10231 New York—New York J.H. ADAMS / 30 NASSAU ST. /NEW YORK on an 1851 cent. Brunk A-111, Rulau-NY2033. Host coin Fair. Golden brown overall with blushesof pale blue. Rulau reports that Joseph H. Adams operated ahardware establishment at this address.The Rulau plate coin.10232 New York—New York. 407 B.WAY / N.Y. on an 1857quarter dollar. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Hostcoin Fine. Blended gold and lilac gray iridescence. Thedaguerreotypist Charles Mendham had a studio at thisaddress in 1853-1854.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10233 New York—New York. A. / GARDNER / N.Y. on an 1857quarter dollar. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Hostcoin Fair. Cleaned in the past, and now beginning to retone.Possibly identical with the following from the 1872 Trow’sNew York City Directory: “Gardiner Aldrich B. jeweler, 176B’way, h. R.I.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10234 New York—New York. A. / MORTON / N.Y. / 1857 on an1854 cent. Brunk M-910, Rulau-NY 2530. Host coin VeryFine. Chocolate brown surfaces. A. Morton was a gold penmanufacturer, something that might be reasonably inferredfrom the shape and small size if his maker’s mark. Mortonhad his offices at 25 Maiden Lane in New York City, andprobably had an extensive output, as he advertised his pensin the New York Times. Morton’s low-end pens were assignedvarious names such as Magic Pen, Lucky Pen, Elegant Pen,and Excelsior Pen. His high-end pens were described as“warranted” and were numbered according to size. Pricesof Morton’s pens in the early 1860s ranged from 25 cents to$6.00. Morton also manufactured pen and pencil cases, andreplacement nibs for use with his pens.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10235 New York—New York. S.B. & Co. / NEW YORK on 1848cent. Brunk B-78, Rulau-NY—NY 3. Host coin Fine.Chestnut brown toning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Brunk and Rulau PlateCoin.10236 New York—New York. BAYLEY within incuse, modifiedrectangular punch on a 1798 cent (Sheldon-148). BrunkB-418, Rulau-E NY 58. Host coin Fair. Tan toning on thehigh points deepens to slate-blue in the fields. Attributedto the New York silversmith Simeon A. Bayley, whosesurviving work does not appear to have been prolific.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10237 New York—New York. BEN MORAL / NEW YORK on an1826 cent. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coinFair. Chestnut brown surfaces.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.Page 484Stack’s Bowers Galleries