(No Date) Token HT-A258, New York NY

Coin Details

Description

This undated token is another variant in the extensive Doremus, Suydam & Nixon series from New York City. The firm's wholesale dry goods importing business at 209 Pearl Street generated sufficient advertising volume to support one of the most diverse token programs in the Hard Times series, with varieties spanning multiple years, compositions, and die combinations. The A-prefix in the catalog number (HT-A258) indicates this variety was added to the Hard Times Token reference after the original numbering sequence was established. Such additions are common as numismatic research uncovers previously unrecorded die varieties or compositions within established merchant token series. The discovery of new varieties decades or even centuries after production reflects the inherent complexity of cataloging privately issued tokens whose production records were never systematically maintained. Doremus, Suydam & Nixon tokens are collected both as individual pieces and as a series subset. The firm's multiple varieties offer collectors the challenge of assembling a complete representation of one of antebellum New York's most important dry goods importers.

Rarity Notes

Scarce. Later catalog addition. Rarity R-3 to R-4.

Cross References

Rulau HT-A258