-40%

Early Large Cent Counterstamp "ALAN WOOD" (Steel/Iron Works, Penn. & Delaware)

$ 24.28

Availability: 70 in stock
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Certification: Uncertified

    Description

    CHECK OUT MY OTHER EBAY LISTINGS!
    (1796-1807) Draped Bust U.S. Large Cent
    Countermarked "ALAN WOOD"
    Stamped in an arc along the top of the coin.
    Almost certainly related to the "A. WOOD & BROTHER" countermarked coin. (See the pictures for an image of the coin. It was counterstamped in exactly the same way.)
    References:
    * https://snaccooperative.org/view/13527871
    * http://www.kophistory.org/wpfolder/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/KOPHS-Gazette-6-3-2017-Fall.pdf
    * https://www.wwrr.com/downloads/monograph_ironworks.pdf
    Brief History:
    "The Alan Wood company traced its roots to James Wood (1771-1852), the grandson of an Irish Quaker immigrant. During the early 1800s he had worked at a number of forges in the Philadelphia area, mostly engaged in the manufacture of scythes and other agricultural implements. From 1826 to 1832 he operated the Delaware Iron Works on Red Clay Creek at Wooddale, Delaware, in partnership with his son Alan (1800-1881) and engaged in the manufacture of shovels.
    In 1832 the entire operation was moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, to obtain better access to the iron and anthracite coal coming down the Schuylkill Canal. The rolling mill and shovel factory was operated as James Wood & Son until 1840, when Alan and William W. Wood took over as Alan Wood & Brother. Alan left that same year to resume operation at the Delaware Iron Works, and his father came out of retirement and reconstituted the firm as James Wood & Sons. Puddling furnaces were built in 1847.
    The Delaware Iron Works was leased by John Wood in 1840 and purchased outright by Alan Wood in 1843. Leaving his sons to operate this mill, Alan Wood established the Schuylkill Iron Works in 1857, next to the J. Wood & Brothers mill. It became an important producer of steel sheets and was later incorporated as the Alan Wood Company."
    Note: Only the "ALAN WOOD" counterstamp is included in this lot.
    Issuer: Alan Wood
    Occupation: Steel & Iron Works
    Date of issue: 1840 or later
    Place of issue: Pennsylvania & Delaware
    I ALWAYS COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE LOTS.
    BIDDERS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE USA -----> PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.