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Hard Times Merchant Token - Walsh's General Store Lansingburg, NY
Location | United
States |
Year | 1835 |
Type | Advertising token |
Composition | |
Weight | 11.22 g |
Diameter | 28.5 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round (Alignment with Lafayette`s head at 8: 30 on clock) |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Reference(s) | HT#217 |
Obverse description | Store name at top, location in middle, and date at bottom with a leaf on both sides of date |
Obverse lettering | WALSH`S
GENERAL STORE
LANSINGBURG
(N.Y)
1835 |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Lafayette standing facing forward with his left arm akimbo and his right hand holding hat and cane, words surrounding and date of his death at bottom. |
Reverse lettering | LAFAYETTE. A FRIEND TO AMERICA &
FREEDOM
DIED MAY 20
1834 |
Reverse script | Latin |
Mint | |
Mintage | 1835 - R-2 (501-1,250 known) -
|
Catalog ID | 9967321860 |
Comments | |