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Hard Times Merchant Token - Clark and Anthony – Jewelers and Watchmakers Providence, Rhode Island
Location | United
States |
Year | 1835 |
Type | Advertising token |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 11.09 g |
Diameter | 28.5 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Reference(s) | HT#425 |
Obverse description | Lafayette standing on a platform, holding a top hat and a cane in his right hand, surrounded by legend |
Obverse lettering | LAFAYETTE A FRIEND TO AMERICA AND
FREEDOM
H
DIED MAY 20
1834 |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | The legend is nine lines in successive arcs with an olive branch on each side of street number and address and an oak leaf on each side of R. I. |
Reverse lettering | CLARK & ANTHONY
JEWELERS
&
WATCHMAKERS
NOss.. 25 & 27
CHEAPSIDE
PROVIDENCE R. I
1835 |
Reverse script | Latin |
Mint | |
Mintage | 1835 - R-1, more than 1250 known -
|
Catalog ID | 8654338950 |
Comments | |