July 1, 1973, Page 27 The New York Times Archives ONE of the two, or possibly three, surviving specimens of the storecard token issued by a New Orleans hardware merchant in the 1830's has been sold at auction for $1,575.A survey of leading token specialists confirms that this is far and away the highest price ever recorded for any merchant token. There are pieces of equal or even greater rarity (i.e. Only one specimen known) in transportation, political, Civil War and other token fields, but pone has so far produced this kind of bidding action. The token, issued by Puech‐Bein & Co., New Or‘leans, “Importers of Hardwares Guns & Pistols Cutlery &c,” and dated 1834, is one of a limited series known as Hard Times tokens.

The name stems from the period of economic recession and political upheaval in the 1830's and 1840's during the Presidencies of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The series was first catalogued comprehensively in 1900 by Lyman H. Low, one of the early greats of American numismatics.

The auction in which it sold for $1,575 was mail‐bid sale Number, 14, conducted last;month by H. Perc H710 Mini Windows 2003 Driver. Joseph Levine's Presidential Coin & Antique Company, Inc., 6222 Little River Turnpike, Alexandria, Va. The piece was one of a consignment of 15 rare Low tokens—both political and storecard. Jan 25, 2013. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that, if this continues and the lake water drops below the level of the Chicago River, the river could reverse course and begin flowing back towards its source. (Thankfully, there's a series of locks separating the two, which will help prevent the. Samples were screened by real-time reverse transcriptase–PCR (RT-PCR) for influenza A virus, and virus isolation was performed on samples that were positive. Thus, the prevalence rate among Copper River Delta shorebirds in our study is lower than that found in the 16-year Delaware Bay study (3).

He listed 183 pieces which are still identified according to the numbers assigned to them in the Low catalogue. The first 71 of them are politically oriented, either for or against Jackson personally or his policies, such as his opposition, to Alexander Hamilton's United States Bank. Many of the tokens’ slogans and images were extreme in their personal vilification. The remaining 112 Lownumbered Hard Times tokens are storecards, issued by manufacturers as well as retail and wholesale merchants, jewelers, ship chandlers, liquor distributors, grocers haberdashers and the like. Download Glee Season 4 Episode 17 Torrent there. While their principal purpose was advertising, the tokens also were circulated and served to alleviate the shortage of small change.

(Most of the tokens were made to resemble the large copper onecent coin of the period.). Advertisement The Puech‐Bein token, Low No. 82, has always been regarded—even in Mr. Low's day—as one of the superrarities of the storecard field. The auction in which it sold for $1,575 was mail‐bid sale Number, 14, conducted last;month by H. Joseph Levine's Presidential Coin & Antique Company, Inc., 6222 Little River Turnpike, Alexandria, Va. The piece was one of a consignment of 15 rare Low tokens—both political and storecard types—from the estate of the late Otto T.

Sghia, a leading figure in national and local numismatic activities for half a century. Some 800 other items of American and foreign exonumia—tokens, medals, memorabilia—were offered in the sale. A question very much open to debate is whether the Hard Times token field has more deeply dedicated collectors than any other, or merely has a greater number of rich collectors. One non‐debatable fact, however, is that several collectors submitted mall bids above $1,000 for the PuechBein piece. Levine also reports that the winning bidder had actually submitted a top bid—and thus was prepared to pay—in excess of $3,000.

And all this bidding fervor was in spite of the token's condition—noticeable wear and a deep gouge on both obverse and reverse (see photographs above). The great rarity of the piece obviously made such flaws meaningless. Among the other almostas‐rare Bard Times tokens in the sale was an 1843‐dated issue by A. Bohemia New Rap Songs Mp3 Free Download. Loomis of Cleveland, a “Dealer in Groceries Liquors Wines &c,” (Low number 158). It brought $735, with several other bids near that figure.