I think in my 60+ years of collecting I may(?) have owned one token. But since I've been hard at work trying to complete my Classic Head half cent set I got hooked on this one. My intro to it was looking in the Red Book and seeing it listed right after the 1835 Classic Head half cent. It may be the only token listed in the Red Book. It showed up in my mail box a short while ago.
Love it! I have a few Hard Times Tokens From the same era, but that’s cool! Here’s the last one I got
@ldhair, thanks for posting your token. Mine bothered me when I looked at the images and saw that the "O" in "OF" was larger than the "F". Thought it might added or retooled. Looks like the larger "O" is correct. And it looks like mine has a die crack through the "C" in "COPPER" which doesn't show on yours. Die State!? (Looks like I've been spending too much time ID'ing varieties. My wife is looking a bit different than she used to. ) This sequestering thing must be getting to me. And I haven't had a beer since late February.
Hmmmm, I can't even conjure up an idea. Just way different. Might be a nice images to send to the Coin World/Collectors' Clearinghouse: Errors & Varieties column. Looks like the addy is: cweditor@coinworld.com
Wait. Do you have a magic mailbox? Please tell me where can I get one? LOL Neat token to have. Love the design.
LOL! I’d love to have one of those as well. It would be so cool to look at something and then have it magically appear in my mailbox! Especially with all the online shopping I’ve been doing in the last few weeks!!!
Nonetheless a wonderful example. Wherever the color came from, it's awesome! Curious! I wonder if there were multiple dies for these tokens or not? Perhaps a change in alignment of the dies / collars could change the appearance of the rim?
A really nice addition. I'm really enjoy seeing almost any well preserved early 19th century coins. "If they could only talk.."
