1803 Token Pattern - J-C1803-2, Kettle & Sons
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Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $517
- Sold
- Grade
- MS63
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
This piece, Judd-C1803-2, is the silver or silver-plated brass version of the quarter eagle-size counter, known as the Kettle dime, one of a series of pieces produced by Kettle & Sons, a die-sinking and token-manufacturing firm based on Suffolk Street in Birmingham, England. The Kettle business was founded during the 1780s by Henry Kettle, with his sons Thomas and William joining the operation around 1800. The firm specialized in producing gaming tokens — brass imitations of gold coins intended for use as gambling chips in English gaming houses. The design closely imitates the contemporary American Capped Bust Right style used on early US gold coinage, featuring a Liberty portrait on the obverse that mirrors the work of Robert Scot at the Philadelphia Mint. Because of their close resemblance to genuine US gold coins, unscrupulous individuals both in the 19th century and today have occasionally removed the KETTLE signature (found to the right of the date) and offered these pieces as authentic American gold coinage.
Cross References
Judd-C1803-2; Pollock-8010
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