A pair of of Hard Times tokens, Feuchtwanger Material!

NumisOxide

NumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 12:56PM in U.S. Coin Forum

First one's a worn one but it's the only obverse die variety(4E)Rarity-3 with the loop in the snakes tail to the left of the date. The bottom image is of my 12 1/2 cent R.E Russell token, which is HT-309, rarity-5 which was struck using one of Feuchtwanger's obverse die.

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CaptHenway Posts: 32,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 1:30PM

Love that Russell!

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Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 1:34PM

To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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coinsarefun Posts: 21,739 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 1:37PM

<< <i>Love that Russell! >>

I agree.......what a knock out

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Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 1:40PM

coinJP, As I recall you do owe me 12 1/2 cents... just send me the Russell and we'll call it even!

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lordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 4:12PM

I've not seen that 12.5c before.

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MWallace Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 7:35PM

Nice. I love Feuchtwangers.

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CaptHenway Posts: 32,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 9:50PM

Cue the song "Bit by bit"

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kaz Posts: 9,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 10:33PM

Very neat!

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BillJones Posts: 34,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 24, 2009 10:55PM

Yes, the "1 real" is very nice. I don't think that I've even seen a Feuchtwanger cent with that much "honest wear."

Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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NumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

July 25, 2009 1:46AM

It's one of the highlights of my Feuchtwanger Cent collection. Gotta update my site to include these. Appreciate the comments!

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