Numismatic comments: Very Scarce. ca 1840. Side One: HIRAM JUDSON/WATCH MAKER/SILVER SMITH/JEWELLER/SYRACUSE NY. Side Two:  MILITRY GOODS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS as outer legend inclosing PIANO/FORT(ES)/& PRINTED MUSIC. B&S NY at bottom (for Bale & Smith).

HN: Hiram Judson. Was in business from the 1820s to the early 1850s during the entire Hard Times period. He lived over in his store in downtown Syracuse. He was also a Justice of the Peace and a town officer. He was a respected member of the Syracuse community.