Robinson's & Co. Military Buttons Hard Times token.Opinions on grade?

NumisOxide

Picked this one up a few weeks ago.

lostincoins

I am in no way an expert but I am very intrigued bu CWTs and I have collected ove 50 now. I would say Fine to very fine but it could be to the strike. Wonderful find !

LotsoLuck

Looks like a weak strike to me. As for it's grade some more edjacated peeps will chime in.

NumisOxide

Thanks. It has a small amount of luster left. I liked the color

coinsarefun

Nice pickup. This is one of my favorite HTT.
I agree it looks like a weak strike and grade around a vf.

Broadstruck

The obverse is wear not a weak strike and grades in at VF.

It's a HT-153 / Low-76 and below is a uncirculated example showing full details as struck.

NumisOxide

Wow nice example Broastruck! I also thought it was a weak strike at first but thanks for confirming it wasn't.

NumisOxide

<< <i>Nice pickup. This is one of my favorite HTT.
I agree it looks like a weak strike and grade around a vf. >>


Yup the design is great!

TwoSides2aCoin

XF. It's worn, but not that circulated.

LotsoLuck

Very uneven wear. What caused that?

Broadstruck

<< <i>Wow nice example Broastruck! I also thought it was a weak strike at first but thanks for confirming it wasn't. >>



Really sorry coinJP as I shouldn't have commented on this earlier as I was pressed for time. I needed to get of the computer when I did and only glanced at the obverse centers. Now glancing at the word AMERICAN on the obverse and the upper reverse script this was struck through grease. Robinson Jones struck their own store cards and this was a benchmark for the quality they could offer others. Quality control wise off the top of my head I've never seen any error or even a clipped planchet that escaped. It's the first strike through I've seen and although it did circulate briefly, glancing at the sharpness of the reverse date and rims this closer to AU then the VF I mentioned earlier.

johnny9434

nice token broad struck.

NumisOxide

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<< <i>Wow nice example Broastruck! I also thought it was a weak strike at first but thanks for confirming it wasn't. >>



Really sorry coinJP as I shouldn't have commented on this earlier as I was pressed for time. I needed to get of the computer when I did and only glanced at the obverse centers. Now glancing at the word AMERICAN on the obverse and the upper reverse script this was struck through grease. Robinson Jones struck their own store cards and this was a benchmark for the quality they could offer others. Quality control wise off the top of my head I've never seen any error or even a clipped planchet that escaped. It's the first strike through I've seen and although it did circulate briefly, glancing at the sharpness of the reverse date and rims this closer to AU then the VF I mentioned earlier. >>


Oh thats ok! AU was the grade I was thinking. Interesting

PerryHall

It looks like it actually circulated as money during the hard times which really adds to its history. Really cool pic up.

BillJones

The technical grade for this piece is probably EF, but the strike is weaker than average from what I remember about this issue. It would probably sell for VF money. I sold my merchant HTTs a long time ago and have concentrated on the political pieces for past twenty years. So I've been out of this market for a while. But as memory services, this piece is nicely preserved, but it was a "below average" product when it was made 180 years ago.