1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent. Fuld-1, W-8560. Rarity-5. Without NEW YORK. Copper. EF-40 (PCGS).
The rarest type among the regular, Red Book -listed Talbot, Allum & Lee tokens, the reverse here without NEW YORK above the ship. This is an uncommonly nice example with glossy dark brown surfaces that are free from serious marks or roughness. Sharp detail is present from a relatively bold strike and only light wear. The obverse die breaks that quickly become heavy and no doubt caused the early demise of this die pair are here in an early to intermediate state. This key variety is almost always found well circulated. Aside from a single Uncirculated example, a PCGS MS-62 BN CAC that has realized over $25,000 in recent auction appearances, a nice EF such as this is about as high grade as can be found.
PCGS# 637. NGC ID: 2B62.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part II, May 2004, lot 333; Heritage's sale of the Michael Casper Collection, Part Three, March 2006, lot 42; Heritage's sale of the Liberty Collection of American Colonial Coinage, Part Three, May 2008, lot 2009.

Estimate: $5000