1837 12 1/2c Feuchtwanger R.E. Russell Hard Times Token - HT-309 (R5) - Very Fine+ PF-1/Cr. 495 5 mm Edge Type Plain

5 mm Edge Type Plain Description Obverse King's bust left Description Reverse Denomination above date within beaded circle

2400 - Very Fine

open all night

Obverse: Features Lady Liberty holding the Lamp of Remembrance

denomination below Description Reverse Large head

1837 12 1/2c Feuchtwanger R.E. Russell Hard Times Token - HT-309 (R5) - Very Fine+ PF-1/Cr. 495 5 mm Edge Type PlainWhat a neat and tough (tough, tough) Hard Times token. All research now indicates this token was made for R. E. Russell of South Carolina. Russell ran a seed business, public bath and a boarding house (a couple of which have advertised prices reflecting his use of the bit at the time). While "Feuchtwanger Cent" tokens are not terribly scarce this alternate version is one of just a few he made and is indeed quite scarce. This is one of the more mark