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Hard Times Token - Van Buren / Webster Ship token
Location | United
States |
Year | 1841 |
Type | Advertising token |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 9.79 g |
Diameter | 28.5 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Reference(s) | HT#20 |
Obverse description | Ship wrecked on rocks, word `experiment` written on the hull. |
Obverse lettering | VAN BUREN
METALLIC 1837 CURRENT
EXPERIMENT |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | 3 masted ship with `constitution` on the hull sailing on smooth seas. |
Reverse lettering | WEBSTER
CREDIT 1841 CURRENT
CONSTITUTION |
Reverse script | Latin |
Mint | Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury (Connecticut), United States (1802-date) |
Mintage | 1841 - Actually before 1841 -
|
Catalog ID | 1284413860 |
Comments | |