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Likely Unique Newark, NJ, A. Henshaw Counterstam

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD
Likely Unique Newark, NJ, A. Henshaw Counterstam
<B>Likely Unique Newark, New Jersey, A. Henshaw Counterstamp.</B></I> (1837) Brunk B-560, HT-B218. A. Henshaw counterstamp on a 1789 Mexican two reales coin. This counterstamp was the <I>Rulau plate coin.</B></I> Henshaw was a Hard Times-era (1830-1836) gunsmith and engraver. The token also has the counterstamp of O. (Orra) Bennett, a Lyons, New York, gunsmith and more than likely a friend of Henshaw. The token was listed as lot 149 in the Rich Hartzog 2006 sale of the collection of Gregory Brunk, where it was described as a UNIQUE gunsmith Hard Times token. <BR><I>Ex: Gregory Brunk; Maurice Gould; Ralph Goldstone; Doc Carberry.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)