1834 Running Boar. HT-10A, Low-9B, DeWitt-CE 1834-10, W-10-210b. Rarity-3. Silvered Brass. Plain Edge. Thin Planchet. 28.5 mm. MS-64 (NGC).Coin alignment. This is a beautiful example of a popular design type in the political Hard Times token series. Antique olive-gray patina blankets both sides, the surfaces with a smooth, hard, satiny texture. A touch of softness at the top of the boars front leg and in the opposing area on the reverse is easily overlooked, the overall strike boldly to sharply executed. This is one of several lovely Uncirculated examples for this HT number that we have had the privilege of bringing to auction over the past decade. Finer than the Q. David Bowers specimen in PCGS MS-63 that we sold as lot 231 in our August 2019 ANA sale, it will be just right for inclusion in a significant collection of Hard Times tokens.
