Original engraved plate for Rawdon, Wright & Hatch coin vignettes. Obverse of an 1835 Capped Bust quarter and an 1837 Capped Bust half dollar. Extremely Fine.Steel. 3.0 x 2.0 inches. Deep gray toning mottled across dark steel gray surfaces. Crosshatching around the vignettes. Engraved on a rather thick plate, just over a quarter-inch. All edges slightly beveled. The 1837 half dollar obverse was used on many banknotes with coin vignettes, though we are unaware of the use of this quarter vignette in similar context. Original heavy paper sleeve included, with a somewhat damaged proof impression from the die affixed. The back of the plate is stamped, “Warranted / Cast Steel.”From the D. Brent Pogue Library. Earlier ex Archives of the American Bank Note Company, our (ANR’s) sale of August 2006, lot 1076; our (Stack’s) New York Americana Sale, January 2010, lot 2435.
