Hard Times Token Help: What Variety do I have?
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Tim Puro
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These "Time Is Money" themed tokens have always been popular and many have been molested as they've fallen outside the numismatic community...
Which we can see by the punched hole on your example
For what it's worth Stack's was completely wrong in their description as the token below is not a HT-315 / Low-136 obverse and HT-311 / Low-133 mulling as neither variety has the design details of either tokens you posted. The HT-317 / Low-138 is the only Smith's that has a dentil detailed dial where the hour and minute arms meet. It also has the fanciest of the reverse scroll work of any Smith's far more so then the HT-315 / Low-136.
So in plain copper yours is a R-2, HT-317 / Low-138 and it could very well just be that it was gilded post era.
So was the variety that I have initially not gilded?
My token does have more wear than the Stacks' coin, so less gilding would be likely to show up.
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This piece is gilded, and it is now listed as a Hard Times token. Lyman Low did not list it as one in his book. This piece was intended to worn in a political campaign, and the gold color would have drawn attention to it.