Description

OH, Cincinnati • OH-165-BX-4d • B. Hintrick & C. Glaser • R: 1047 (1864 Indian Head ‘Liberty’ stars) • Copper-nickel PE • R-10, unique • MS-64 (PCGS) • Brilliant and beautiful. A high grade unique token! From the Chris Urquhart Collection, then to Steve Hayden. The Charles Urquhart Collection was one of the finest ever formed. Hintrick was a huckster and Glaser a butcher, per information from John Ostendorf, whose book onCincinnati Civil War Tokens is definitive. Obverse die state: Perfect. Reverse die state: Die State II. This is the earliest die state seen on any token with this reverse. There is a tiny cut just forming in the dentils below 6 (1864).