Hard Times Token - Wm H Milton and Co Boston, Massachusetts
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1834-1835 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 10.89 g |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 301413 |
| References | HT# 165 Russell Alphonse Rulau, Lyman Haynes Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens: 1832-1844: A complete revision and enlargement of Lyman H. Low's 1899 classic reference. (6th Edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. |
Obverse
Star above M (MILTON), Boston bottom
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES & VESTINGS
WM. H. MILTON
& CO
MERCHANT TAILORS
NO. 4 & 6
FANEUIL
HALL
BOSTON
Reverse
Five pointed star before and after Warehouse, which in on bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FANEUIL HALL CLOTHES
AN EXTENSIVE
ASSORTMENT
OF FASHIONABLE
READY MADE
CLOTHING
WAREHOUSE
Edge
Plain
Comments
This is the only one of the four varieties of Wm. H. Milton Hard Times tokens (HT#163, 163A, 164 & 165) in which it's location Faneuil Hall is spelled correctly on both sides. There are three reverse die states: 1) Perfect 2) with linear crack 3) with crack and with cud covering NEU (FANEUIL). The photo shows the 3rd type.
R-4 (76-200 known)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1834-1835) | |||||||||||||||
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