Undated (ca. 1860) William Leggett Bramhall / Robbins, Royce & Hard Store Card. Second Reverse. Musante GW-344, Baker-569D, Miller-NY 675. Copper-Nickel. Plain Edge. 19 mm. Choice Mint State.Frosty and hard medium tannish-gold surfaces make a lovely impression. A well concealed swirl of verdigris within Washingtons hair is the only impediment to a Gem Mint State rating. Miller-NY 675 is the most readily obtainable of the Robbins, Royce and Hard store cards that feature the William Leggett Bramhall Washington portion obverse, Rulau (2004) asserting that "several hundred" examples were struck in copper-nickel. Presumably George Hampden Lovett procured the planchets for this type from the Philadelphia Mint, as he had done for Miller-NY 669, offered above.From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Earlier ex F.C.C. Boyd; Wayte Raymond; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection; Dr. Schuster; Bowers and Merena Galleries, 2002. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.
