16d Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Don't see these often: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...eName=WDVW&rd=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 35 samolians... not sure if that one is quite worth the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbycoin Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Ummm, can someone explain what that is? -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Cave_Troll Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 It is a "Hard Times Token" It was coined as a form of local payment during the depression of the 1820's-30's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbycoin Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Cool stuff... Looks like a hobo Large cent -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Cool stuff... Looks like a hobo Large cent -Bobby If I were still into buying coins, I would like to have it, it looks like a distorted large cent. I always wanted to get one of the Feuchtwanger 3 cent pieces in German silver, but never found one nice enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 "it looks like a distorted large cent." That's how it was classified on ebay. Lg Cents-Other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Pretty cool HTT. I like the ones that say Not One Cent in the middle. Here's mine: The Mint Drops are cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 A few words can be found here: http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/hard_times_tokens.html In the April 2004 Numismatist, Barbara Gregory wrote up these "Loco Foco" tokens in an article called "Token Without Match." The story of the Loco Focos is one of many from the Jacksonian Era that say so much about what America is today. A "loco foco" was a kind of match, a new invention in the 1830s. The Loco Focos were a radical wing of Jackson's Democratic Party. This was 1832, so "radical" back then meant laissez faire capitalism: no government interference in business, no government banks, gold currency, no tariffs, etc. The Loco Focos of New York City had no special name really until a Democratic party convention that turned raucus. (No kidding, that really happens...) Anyway, at the right moment, someone turned out the lights. Then, the radicals light up their matches and voted. There is much more to the story. Read Barbara's article or read Morison's Oxford History of the American People, or one of the other standard historians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Neat HWT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediccoin Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Neat coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 My Hard Times Token. (I have owned others, a set array, but got rid of most of my collection five years ago. This is one that I kept.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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