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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1936757, member: 22729"]Good to have you here Captain. That's an interesting find, but it's hard to pin down which variety it is. All the Seward tokens like this were struck about  1834 or 1835 and there's 7 or 8 different varieties. They're considered Hard Times Tokens and were used in commerce much like private issues were used during the Civil War when people hoarded regular circulating coinage.The Seward tokens are listed in Russ Rulau's catalogue of U.S. tokens. His designation numbers go from HT26 and HT26a through HT 29A. All are very similar in style but yours appears to be either HT28 (27.1 mm brass) or HT29A (27 or 28 mm brass). As far as value...very difficult to say but all of them are fairly rare with a few exceptions. Being dug, your piece is damaged and its value would be reflected in that. Rather than hazard a guess, I'd advise you to search eBay for other examples that have sold recently. There are some pretty good Hard Times token collectors on the forum, so hopefully they'll chime in with their opinions. In any case, it's a great find. Thanks for showing it to us. Bruce[/QUOTE]