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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26667367, member: 10461"]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">United States (New York): 1837 nickel silver private pattern cent, Feuchtwanger's Composition</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS64. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/90027484" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/90027484" rel="nofollow">Cert. #90027484</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/40701" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/40701" rel="nofollow">Numista-40701</a>, Rulau-HT-268.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-<a href="https://www.northeastcoin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.northeastcoin.com/" rel="nofollow">Northeast Numismatics</a>, 18 February 2022.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger was a German immigrant physician, metallurgist, and chemist who ran a pharmacy in New York City. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuchtwanger_Cent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuchtwanger_Cent" rel="nofollow">These tokens</a> were produced as his private pattern proposal to replace the large cents of the time. His lobbying was not effective with Congress, but his tokens ended up being widely circulated anyway, in the wake of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837" rel="nofollow">Panic of 1837</a>, which had caused a severe shortage of small change. They proved practical to the needs of commerce and were less cumbersome than the government-issued large cents. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Feuchtwanger cents are catalogued with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_times_token" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_times_token" rel="nofollow">Hard Times Tokens</a>, and many<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7628/FeuchtwangerOneCent/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7628/FeuchtwangerOneCent/" rel="nofollow"> varieties</a> of them exist. He also produced <a href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/Pattern_Guides/Private_Tokens/1837feuchtwanger_tokens.html#.XvaVON8pA0N" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/Pattern_Guides/Private_Tokens/1837feuchtwanger_tokens.html#.XvaVON8pA0N" rel="nofollow">3-cent</a> tokens with two different designs in 1837 and 1864, all of which are rare today. Feuchtwanger was 20 years ahead of the government in producing a small cent. His "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver" rel="nofollow">German silver</a>" alloy (which contained no <i>actual</i> silver but rather nickel, copper, and tin) stood the test of time well, too. Most pieces retain a pleasingly mellowed silver color today, nearly 190 years after they were produced. And the design is appealing, too.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This particular example is the nicest Feuchtwanger cent I have personally seen, though as of this typing I note there are 19 graded higher in the PCGS population. I traded up to this piece from my previous <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-new-york-nickel-silver-private-pattern-cent-feuchtwangers-composition-1837.362361/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-new-york-nickel-silver-private-pattern-cent-feuchtwangers-composition-1837.362361/">AU53 example</a>. The old one was nice, but this present one is a whole level above that. I love the subtle hints of color on it.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1701454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701455[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701457[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701459[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">073900</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26667367, member: 10461"][B][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]United States (New York): 1837 nickel silver private pattern cent, Feuchtwanger's Composition[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]PCGS MS64. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/90027484']Cert. #90027484[/URL]. [URL='https://en.numista.com/40701']Numista-40701[/URL], Rulau-HT-268. Ex-[URL='https://www.northeastcoin.com/']Northeast Numismatics[/URL], 18 February 2022. Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger was a German immigrant physician, metallurgist, and chemist who ran a pharmacy in New York City. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuchtwanger_Cent']These tokens[/URL] were produced as his private pattern proposal to replace the large cents of the time. His lobbying was not effective with Congress, but his tokens ended up being widely circulated anyway, in the wake of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837']Panic of 1837[/URL], which had caused a severe shortage of small change. They proved practical to the needs of commerce and were less cumbersome than the government-issued large cents. Feuchtwanger cents are catalogued with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_times_token']Hard Times Tokens[/URL], and many[URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7628/FeuchtwangerOneCent/'] varieties[/URL] of them exist. He also produced [URL='http://coinauctionshelp.com/Pattern_Guides/Private_Tokens/1837feuchtwanger_tokens.html#.XvaVON8pA0N']3-cent[/URL] tokens with two different designs in 1837 and 1864, all of which are rare today. Feuchtwanger was 20 years ahead of the government in producing a small cent. His "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver']German silver[/URL]" alloy (which contained no [I]actual[/I] silver but rather nickel, copper, and tin) stood the test of time well, too. Most pieces retain a pleasingly mellowed silver color today, nearly 190 years after they were produced. And the design is appealing, too. This particular example is the nicest Feuchtwanger cent I have personally seen, though as of this typing I note there are 19 graded higher in the PCGS population. I traded up to this piece from my previous [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-new-york-nickel-silver-private-pattern-cent-feuchtwangers-composition-1837.362361/']AU53 example[/URL]. The old one was nice, but this present one is a whole level above that. I love the subtle hints of color on it. [ATTACH=full]1701454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701455[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701457[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701459[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]073900[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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