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Hard Times Merchant Token – Ezra B. Sweet, Kitchen Supplies and Roofing New York, New York
1837 year| Copper | 8.30 g | 28.5 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1837 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.30 g |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#371852 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Business name and address encircling types of wares sold.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EZRA B. SWEET No. 200 CANAL-STREET, NEW-YORK.
STOVE & KITCHEN FUNITURE WAREHOUSE, TIN, COPPER, AND ZINC ROOFING
Edge
Plain
Comment
Ezra B. Sweet is listed in Longworth’s New York Directory 1837-1838 as Tinsmith at 200 Canal and his home at 57 Watts.The year he issued his tokens, the New York Daily Herald ran his ad to sell a farm in New York and lots in New Jersey.
HT-335 is R-3 with 201-500 known. It has a larger diameter and is on a heavier, thicker planchet than Sweet's HT-334. The design is the same on both.
On the obverse the Liberty head is larger on HT-334 & HT-335 than on a US 1837 large cent, but otherwise they look more like the real thing than any other Hard Times tokens.
1837 U. S. large cent obverse, c. tpal1961
