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United States Coins, Tokens, and Medals
1786 Vermont Cent
Bowers lot #776 September '86 Princeton Sale
a little rough, but....Bust Left!...............$650.00
A(6) 1788 New Jersey
Horse's head faces left. Maris 50 f
Scarce, Red Book Good is $350.00
Nice coin, planchet flaw obverse, smooth, light brown color.......$450.00
1837 Feuchtwanger Cent
Bavarian-born chemist Lewis Feuchtwanger minted one-cent
tokens as substitute for official U.S. coinage during the "hard times" shortage
of 1837-44.
He created the tokens using his own invention of "argentan," commonly known as
German silver;
an amalgam of copper, nickel, zinc, tin and other trace metals.
This token, about as nice as they come, trace of rub on the eagle's
shoulder..............$350.00
1787 Fugio Cent
Nice coin, variety cataloged as Kessler 9-P........sold
1787 Fugio Cent
Club Rays, 4-E............sold
1787 New Jersey Cent
Camel Head variety cataloged as Maris 56 N
Nice planchet, slightly off center, broken dies.............$sold
1787 New Jersey Cent
"Goiter" variety, nice coin, broken dies, planchet flaw obverse........sold
1838 Loco Foco Hard Times Token
Very rare this nice, Low 55.........$450.00
(A4) 1863/1 Civil War Token
The diesinker was, let's be charitible, new at the job. I have never seen dies so
blundered.
Token is not scarce R3 or R4. Nice uncirculated with much mint red
luster......sold
(A5) 1849 "Potty Dollar"
Yup, that's right. Take a good look at this extra fine Seated Liberty Dollar.
Early American folk art at its best. Very artfully done. Host coin superb,
even gray toning with no damage, distracting marks, or dings.
Much rarer than the ones done on US Trade Dollars...........$750.00
George Washington
(A2) 1889 Centennial Medal........sold
1889 Washingto Centennial
Listed as 51 B (R8 on the rarity scale) in Rulau, 5 known
No extra charged for the hole.......................$265.00
(A3) 1881 Yorktown Medal Excellent
condition as struck by Krider for the Centennial.
White medal portraits of Washington and Lafayette made more famous by Barber on the
Lafayette Dollar.............sold
When General Rochambeau met General Washington in 1781 to determine their next move against the British, Washington wanted to attack New York. Rochambeau convinced him that it was wiser to move South.
Word had come from General Lafayette in Virginia that Cornwallis had taken up a defensive position at Yorktown, Virginia, next to the York River. Cornwallis had been campaigning in the southern colonies and had cut a wide swath, but his 7,000 troops were now tired and in need of supplies. They moved the army to Yorktown in anticipation of supplies being delivered by the Royal Navy up the York River.
If they could surround the city by land and cut off Cornwallis' access to the river, Washington and Rochambeau would strike an enormous blow to the British forces. French Admiral de Grasse, stationed in the West Indies, would sail with his fleet to the Chesapeake Bay and secure the mouth of the York River. Meanwhile, Washington and Rochambeau would march south to Yorktown and form a semicircle around the city.
Washington started to march towards New York with his force of 9,000. They stationed approximately 2,500 men at the American forts near the city under Major General Heath to fool the British into believing that Washington's entire force was still there.
Rear Admiral de Grasse sailed his French battle fleet of twenty-eight ships north toward Virginia. Simultaneously, on August 21, 1781, Washington began moving his army south. As they marched south, Admiral de Grasse's fleet arrived at the Chesapeake Bay, causing the normally reserved Washington to leap into the air and toss his hat. De Grasse's ships defeated Admiral Thomas Graves' fleet in the Battle of the Chesapeake and won control of the river. Cornwallis' expected supplies were now lost.
On September 28, 1781, Washington and Rochambeau, along with Lafayette's troops and 3,000 of de Grasse's men, arrived at Yorktown. In all, there were approximately 17,000 men converging on Cornwallis' camp. The city was soon surrounded and under heavy fire.
On October 14, the Franco-American forces (including Royal-Gatenais/Auvergne and Royal-Saintonge troops) captured two major British redoubts at bayonet-point. Cornwallis had few options, at one point sending blacks infected with smallpox over the lines in an attempt to infect the American and French troops. After a futile counterattack, Cornwallis offered to surrender on October 17. On the 19th of October, the papers were signed and he officially surrendered. 8000 British troops became prisoners.
1897 Dedication of Grant's Tomb
ANS Medal struck by Tiffany, bronze 63mm.......sold
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