A cool token!

A friend of mine is consigning some coins/tokens for me to sell on eBay. Check this one out! It's about the size of a modern quarter.

 

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That is cool, looks like a Hard Times token. I don't know what the HTT number would be on it though.

 

Pretty cool

 

Looks like he changed his address. "424" Broadway looks like it had a digit punched under the last 4...

 

I'm not sure. I'm guessing that it might be the NY 509, Brass, 28mm, Reeded Edge. It is the only one mentioned in the Rulau book with 5 stars above her head. The others have either 6 stars or "E. LYON" along the rim. It doesn't have a photo or illustration, but all of the others do not have the dashes between "BROADWAY - NEW - YORK". All of the Lyon tokens are from the 1850's.

Chris

 

Cool! It does have a reeded edge.

 

Nice token C-B-D. I'm going to check out some old city directories and see if I can find out something about that address.

Bruce

 

Very cool token.

 

I found this guy in the old New York City directories C-B-D. You may be right about the last number in the street address being recut.

Emanuel Lyon first appeared in city directories in 1848. He was listed as a chemist at 420 Broadway. In 1851 his address changed to 424 Broadway and he remained there until 1859 when he disappeared from the records. BTW, his business was known as E. Lyon & Co.

Can you see any evidence of a "0" under the "4" in the street number? At least you know now that you can date your token between 1851 and 1859.

Bruce

 

That is completely and utterly fascinating! Thank you for your time and efforts... I am impressed!

 

And those tokens were made at the Scovill Brass Factory in Waterbury, CT. My birthplace. Unfortunately the factory was demolished and thee is a mall there now.

 

CBD: How about a link?

 

Link? This is not a current listing, and linking to a live auction here would be breaking a CT rule.

 

I was interested in how much this would bring. Maybe you could add it to the auction forum when it goes live.

 

Sure thing.

 

There's one on Ebay now, calling it NY 510, BIN of $65

 

Here's an advertisement for the actual product. I wonder if it really worked...

http://books.google.com/books?id=mX...=magnetic powder for insects and rats&f=false

 

Looks more to me like a 2 under the 4. You can see the bottom left point of the 2, compare it to the first 2.

 

If that's the case then, it was just a mistake on the original die . Lyon never did business at 422 Broadway.

Bruce

 

I hope it did JA. Fifty cents was a hefty amount to pay in those days. I love those old ads.

Bruce