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Hard Times Merchant Token - P. Evens - Draper and Tailor Cincinnati, Ohio

Location United States
Year 1833-1835
Type Emergency merchant token
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Obverse description The obverse features the merchant's name P. EVENS arranged along the upper rim, with DRAPER & TAILOR reading vertically on the left and right sides respectively, all within a beaded border. The central field contains the address 149 MAIN ST. / CINCINNATI / OHIO in recessed lettering, with the die maker's imprint BALE. N.Y. in small letters at the lower field.
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Reverse description The reverse displays a circular legend reading KEEPS ON HAND A CHOICE SELECTION OF FINE GOODS IN HIS LINE arranged to fill the field, within a beaded border. A small four-petal rosette device appears in the upper central field above the word SELECTION.
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