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HARDTIMES AND
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CENTURYMERCHANT TOKENS
HARD TIMES TOKENS
476.
LOW
23. NOT ONE CENT. HT 37. Fine. A few scattered
field digs. (C-D)
477.
LOW 29. LIBERTY - NOT ONE CENT.
HT 44. R3. F/VF.
(C)
478.
LOW 30
.
LIBERTY - NOT ONE CENT
. HT 45. A nice
sharply struck brown token in AU condition. (E-F)
479.
LOW 31. NOT ONE CENT.
HT 46. XF. Perfect 3 in date.
(C-D)
480.
LOW 31 VAR. NOT ONE CENT
. HT. 46R. R3. 28.3mm.
Copper. VF/XF.
This is an example of what some collectors call a 3 over 5 over-date. Rulau
relates that it was discovered in 1996 by an English collector, Denton
Curtis. Other collectors, notably Wesley S. Cox, believe otherwise. Rulau
states, “Cox also has located two specimens of a partially filled “3” punch
and argues that 46R may have resulted from a die breakdown rather than
a die recutting.” In this connection, it is interesting to note that in his 1907
sale of the J.N.T. Levick collection, Thomas Elder listed two specimens
of Low 31; one with a broken 3 in the date and another, with a perfect
3 in the date - “Differences not mentioned by Low.” A census of dealer’s
inventories conducted by Mr. Cox indicates that HT 46R is almost three
times as common as HT 46 and Rulau has accordingly reduced the rarity
of this token to R3. (D-E)
481.
LOW 33. LIBERTY - NOT ONE CENT
. HT 48. XF. (C)
482.
LOW 67. MAY TENTH 1837.
HT 68. VF/XF. (C)
483.
LOW 80. S. B. SCHENK, ATTLEBORO, MA. & W. P.
HASKINS, TROY, NY.
HT 157. R1. XF/AU. (D)
484.
LOW 132. E.F. SISE & CO. PORTSMOUTH, NH.
HT 195. (C)
485.
LOW 192. HENRY CLAY AND THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
. HT
79 HC 1840-1. Fine. (C-D)
486.
COLEMAN
. Incused c/s from a prepared punch on the reverse
of LOW 45, NOT ONE CENT token. The host token is in fine
condition. (C-D)
487.
HT E-259. C.C. DYER
. Brunk D-647. c/s on the obv. of a poor
1840 large cent. (D)