New York--New York. "1837" (ca. 1858 or later) Feuchtwanger Three Cents. HT-265, Low-119, W-NY-480-70j. Rarity-7. German Silver. Reeded Edge. MS-63 PL (NGC). 24.2 mm. An exceptional example of this intriguing and highly elusive entry in the wider Hard Times token series. Reflective fields support smartly impressed, satin-textured design elements. The strike is exceptionally well executed, this despite trivial off centering that only minimally affects some of the border denticulation. Free of worrisome marks, an obverse carbon spot precludes a higher Choice Mint State grade, and also serves as a useful provenance marker. Probably struck 1858 or later, this type is a novodel as opposed to a restrike since no originals were made from these dies in 1837. Extremely rare, we traced only six specimens in our (Stacks) July 2008 Dice-Hicks catalog. At least one example has been assigned the HT-265A attribution as a Proof. As we suggested in our description of Ford:215, HT-265 and HT-265A are the same token and since we now know that HT-265 comes prooflike HT-265A should probably be delisted. This is the rarest of all the Feuchtwanger three cents tokens. Ex Dorge, June 1, 1974; Donald G. Partrick; Heritages sale of the Donald G. Partrick Collection, December 2020, lot 45341.
