拍品描述： New Hampshire--Dover. 1837 Haselton & Palmer / A.C. Smith. HT-192, 193, Low-131. Rarity-2. Copper. 29 mm. Choice About Uncirculated.Superior quality and eye appeal for a relatively available, yet still conditionally challenging Hard Times issue. Both sides exhibit a soft satin texture that is free of troubling blemishes. The obverse (Haselton & Palmer side) has olive-gold and rose-brown patina, while the reverse is more boldly toned in golden-brown. Well struck throughout and pleasing in all regards.pMost major cities of this period had a crockery manufacturer such as A.C. Smith, a factory that could mine local clay, shape it, decorate it, and fire it. In these clay pots of varying sizes food and drink were stored, as there were no refrigerators obviously and the ice man had not yet become a regular feature of daily lives. Finding and collecting crocks from various manufacturers is popular and very similar to numismatics, involving condition, rarity, and beauty.From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merenas) Russell Logan and Gilbert Steinberg Collections sale, November 2002, lot 5382. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.