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1837 C.D. Peac_ck Jewelers, "Time Is Money", Chicago, Illinois, HT-M23 / Low-368, Copper, 30.6mm Diameter, Plain edge, NGC MS63BN
Although actually struck circa 1900-1906 these are part of the Hard Times Token series since Lyman Low included them in his 1906 supplement on the series. The 1837 date on the obverse reflects the year of establishment. This is the scarcer earlier variety on which the high relief peac_ck's breast feathers did not fully strike up. The more commonly encountered HT-M19 was issued later struck from a completely different obverse die featuring a flat peac_ck design. I've sold numerous slabbed HT-M19's over the years however this is the first of this design. Dice/Hicks in 30 years forming their Hard Times Token collection only had a AU which was also previously in the Robert Vlack & Chester Krause collections. Glancing at NGC's population report this is the top pop of 5 total in all grades with none in RB. The HT-M23's all have heavy die polish lines and when encountered are usually not attractive. The example however is exceptional with lovely patina with absolutely no trace rub or rounding on the reverse dial or clock hands.
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On the HT-294 it states New York "Joint" Stock Exchange which was one of the most unusual business arrangements America has ever seen. "Tontine" was a legal device whereby survivors split an inheritance at some point specified and those unfortunate enough to die earlier get nothing. The Tontine Coffee House building at the corner of Wall and Wate Streets in New York was commenced in 1792 and completed in1794. It and a large amount of surrounding land was owned by and association of 203 city merchants and other prosperous persons who has subscribed at $200 per share which totaled the initial capital of $40,600. The Tontine scheme charter was signed Nov. 4, 1794 and was to divided equally when the original 203 holders had been reduced by death to just seven. Share purchasers often named their children not themselves as the share owners. Meanwhile shareholders shared the income of the entity which owned a good portion of what was then the 2nd Ward (bounded by Pine St., Nassau St., East River, and Gold and George St.). The first five trustees for the 203 shareholders who meet every year in the Tontine Coffee House where John Broome, Gulian Verplanck, John Delafield, William Laight and John Watts. The Tontine was also a hotel and rented street shop space to certain merchants such as John R. D. Huggins the famed hairdresser who operated his shop these from 1794-1800. The largest room in the Tontine housed the Merchants Exchange 1794-1825 but it soon outgrew its quarters with bargaining being conducted in the bar. A supposedly fireproof Merchants Exchange building was erected 1827 on Wall Street but it was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1835. From 1797-1812 the Tontine Coffee House served from 11AM to 1PM punch, lemonade, crackers, cheese, and codfish at their splendid bar which the merchants called lunch. Gulian C. Verplanck born in 1786 and William Bayard born in 1791 where original shareholders as children. The Tontine Coffee House was renamed the Tontine Building in 1843.
1841 Daniel Webster Credit Current / Millions For Defence, Low-58, Rulau HT-16, DeWitt-CE-1838-8, Rarity-2
Previously Charles Litman, Donald M. Miller, DuPont, Kenneth Rendell, George L. Tilden.
1880 Charles. W. Hamill & Co., Baltimore, Maryland, Miller-MD-67 / Rulau-Md-Ba-46 / Schenkman-MD-60-H15, Wright-417, Silvered White Metal, 28mm Diameter, Rarity-4
Struck for and distributed at the Baltimore 150th anniversary celebration by Charles W. Hamill & Company which was among the most successful firms in the city as manufacturers of silver plated ware and fine metal work. These tokens are usually always seen holed for suspension and in really low abused condition. If you look at the obverse you can see a small guide circle for tapping at 12 o'clock right between CO. & MF. as this is part of the obverse die design. With the full silvering is intact there's eye appealing pull-away patina. They are all seen with minor rim bumping. This is an extremely popular pictorial token which features the newly introduced circulation silver dollar design by George T. Morgan. These were struck by German born die-sinker Francis X. Kohler who was a medalist in Baltimore from 1851 until his death in 1886.
Top example is from the Louis Eliasberg Collection which was received as a gift from Abe Kosoff.
Thanks it's not the highest TPG graded but the finest... Make sense? As in the exonumia arena TPG wise sometimes a example 1, 2, or even 3 grades lower will have better attributes across the board and walk all over the so-called top pop. Professional grade opinions can vary on any given day just like coins, so just eyeing a slab label with a wallet won't get you far without properly attained knowledge.
A pair of 1892 Grover Cleveland Presidential Campaign 32mm Token Reverse Copper Die Trials Dewitt Unlisted
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