New Hampshire--Nashua. MAKERS / AMERICAN / SHEARER / MFG CO. / NASHUA N.H. / U.S.A. on an 1889 Nickel Five-Cent Piece. Brunk--Unlisted, Rulau--Unlisted. Host coin Fine.Gold-gray surfaces. American Shearer Mfg. Co. had headquarters at 314 Main Street in Nashua, New Hampshire with branch offices in New York and Chicago. They list clippers as the product that they manufactured. According to the 1906 Nashua Directory the capital stock was valued at $20,000. Joseph K. Priest is said to have been the proprietor of the company prior to 1867.From our sale of the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate, November 2013, lot 10198. <p><p>
