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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 1698073, member: 23874&quot;]Below please find a recent acquisition for the cabinet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Engraved and struck by Richard Trested, this particular emission is R-8 in rarity. There are but only 4 known specimens: this one, the ANS collection example, lot 111 from the 4-1989 Bosco auction; and lot 3466 from the Dice &amp; Hicks auction (7/2008). The last example realized $20,700. </p><p><br /></p><p>Richard Trested, formerly of England, worked in New York from 1821 until his untimely death at age 30 in 1829. He is considered one of the forefathers of American die-sinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>After his passing, his widow sold his business to the well known 19th-century engravers James Bale and Charles Cushing Wright. </p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the fact that there exist several scratches on both its obverse and reverse, I am very excited to have added it to my Trested collection.</p><p>[ATTACH]258377.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is an article about Richard Trested, where more information can be found about this Early American die-sinker:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.novanumismatics.com/engraving/richard-tresteds-early-tokens-die-sinking-legacy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.novanumismatics.com/engraving/richard-tresteds-early-tokens-die-sinking-legacy/" rel="nofollow">Richard Trested’s Early Tokens &amp; His Die-Sinking Legacy</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheetah[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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