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HT 277, Low 253

Hallock & Bates were at 234 Pearl St. 1835-37. The other partnership does not appear in the New York directories. Reeded Edge.

Researcher Wesley S. Cox Sr., who has done extensive study on die hard variations of struck tokens of the Hard Times period, has proven that Scovill Mfg. Co. of Waterbury, Conn. prepared HT 275, 276, and 277. WILLIAM is misspelled WILLAM on reverse of HT 277.

(Rulau 9th Edition)