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spacehayduke
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I just received a new Hard Times Token - an HT-34. It is a bit more 'colorful' compared to my other 3 turtles shown below. What I did not capture was the booming luster of this amazing token, but the color is accurate. Getting a set of these is interesting for comparing strike, die wear, and the different types. I only have two types -the 34 and 33, still looking for the others.
Best, SH
Best, SH
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Nice - very nice....
This!!!!!
that is a herd of high end turtles
this!
nice.
why does the ms64 look 2 grades higher than the others?
well, the top one is nice i concede.
the super scarce ones for this type are very neat and unless found cut in half, will probably run into the 4 figures.
the 64/65 gotta run 3-500, no? or maybe not for the common ones.
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A herd on the way to becoming a hoard! Those are amazing.
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nice.
why does the ms64 look 2 grades higher than the others?
well, the top one is nice i concede.
the super scarce ones for this type are very neat and unless found cut in half, will probably run into the 4 figures.
the 64/65 gotta run 3-500, no? or maybe not for the common ones.
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5 years ago, 64's were 2-300-ish, now days 3-400 when having strong eye appeal. 65's with eye appeal anywhere for 500 to name your price. The more original red remaining will really drive up the price as astute collectors such as Broadstruck really want those.
Keep in mind that 'common' means that maybe 1-200 are in holders -
for the HT-33 at NGC there are 151 ttl, 33,14,8 in 64,65,66 with 4 in Rb of those. One is in RD at 64.
for the HT-34 at NGC there are 138 ttl, 32,28,9 in 64,65,66 with 29(!) in Rb of those.
PCGS just got in the game and have graded only 5 of these combined so far. I have a few PCGS graded HTT's and it looks like mostly they are doing a good job with the grades.
There are likely to be more that are not in holders in the MS range as many early copper collectors still do not get their collections certified.
This makes the 33's and 34's some of the most 'common' you can obtain in holders, and you can find them online in a 63 or 64 holder almost everytime you do a search. 65's pop up here and there. Getting ones with no problems and strong eye appeal tho, you have to wait for the right one to pop up and that does not happen every day.
The other ones, HT-31, HT-32, much less than 100 each and much less in MS. There have been elusive to me in eye appealing examples. I'll bet Broadie has some examples he could show(?).
In terms of grading, in many cases you really can't judge them by the grade on the holder. You have to see them in hand and make your determination. None of my 4 have any major hits that detract, the 64's have boominig luster, the 65Rb has megaboom flash, color and red and eye appeal is huge. The 33 at the bottom has silky luster and only came in at 62. So for comparing the attribrutes of these 4, they seem to be graded correctly in terms of overall quality compared to each other, at least in terms of strength of luster.
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Best, SH
cool. ty for that. i am in the range for all my info. now i need to expand my knowledge across more htt types/grades/pops.
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