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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 20062378, member: 101855"][ATTACH=full]1539872[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1539873[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Hard Times token, Low #1, has some very light graffiti in the obverse field. Most of examples of this piece have problems of one sort or another. I bought this piece many years ago for $2,000. I knew at the time that this same piece had sold in a Stacks' auction for $3,000. Someone took a hit. I had seen pieces that were nowhere near as nice as this have asking prices of $3,300. So I grabbed on to it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I now have a much better one, but I kept this one. There are three minor varieties of Low #1, and the two pieces I have a slightly different. Here is my up grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1539874[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here are the two obverses side by side. The hairstyle among other things is a little different. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1539875[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 20062378, member: 101855"][ATTACH=full]1539872[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1539873[/ATTACH] This Hard Times token, Low #1, has some very light graffiti in the obverse field. Most of examples of this piece have problems of one sort or another. I bought this piece many years ago for $2,000. I knew at the time that this same piece had sold in a Stacks' auction for $3,000. Someone took a hit. I had seen pieces that were nowhere near as nice as this have asking prices of $3,300. So I grabbed on to it. I now have a much better one, but I kept this one. There are three minor varieties of Low #1, and the two pieces I have a slightly different. Here is my up grade. [ATTACH=full]1539874[/ATTACH] And here are the two obverses side by side. The hairstyle among other things is a little different. [ATTACH=full]1539875[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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