Details Graded - Still Delicious!
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I normally do not buy anything punctured for suspension, but this token beyond the hole condition wise is probably in the top five and the second prettiest I've seen. It has great patina, on lustrous surfaces, with cool pull-away original red.
1837 E.F. Sise & Co., Portsmouth, NH, HT-195 / Low-132, Hard Times Token, 28mm Diameter, Copper.
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Very cool! I too love the pull away toning.
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I like it!
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I like it, too. Still a very attractive piece with likely contemporary damage.
In an advanced collection like yours, it should fit right in.
Thanks everyone!
The E.F. Sise & Co., hard times token although just rated R-1 rarity wise even in AU is quite tough to locate. It took me close to 8 years to find one in UNC for my collection. In the last 6 years only 1 other problem free example in UNC has crawled out of the woodwork. It seems that many of the script only hard times tokens just didn't get plucked from circulation by collectors as did the pictorials. Many R-1 to R-2 script only tokens are only readily available upwards of Extra Fine condition. So winning an attractive example in a UNC Details holder for a song made me quite happy. Below is my main example and some info on the company.
Edward F. Sise was the founder of the firm of general commission and forwarding merchants which issued this card. He was born in Dover, N.H. on Sept. 19, 1799 and died May 25, 1868. The firm advertised itself as importers of crockery and glassware and dealers in coal. The Company part was E.F Sise and John Walker but after Sise's withdrawal about 1854, Walker continued the business in partnership with sons William H. Sise and Joseph Sise, until Walker retired in 1883 and Joseph Sise died in 1894. This firm occupied the same premises from 1822 until at least 1895, according to Lyman H. Low.
The example below was the most attractive example I had ever seen. It was a Holy Cow kinda token when I first glanced at it in hand many years ago as the luster was off the charts. Until I glanced at the reverse as although straight graded the central portion has a blotch of mild corrosion. So I could never pull the trigger on it and now many years later thanks to a tiny hole managed to find one for 19 times less in cost
Nice tokens!
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Details................SSMEATTAILS ! That is a great example of a Token from New Hampshire
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buying this one 
Nice
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Very nice token... and thanks for the history behind it... Cheers, RickO
On a token that nice and scarce; I'd be willing to overlook the small hole. Nice addition!
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