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Hard Times Token - Liberty / Webster Ship token

Location United States
Year 1837
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Obverse description Draped bust of Liberty facing left, wearing a laurel wreath, occupies the central field. The legend E PLURIBUS UNUM appears on a ribbon scroll above, flanked by thirteen six-pointed stars arranged around the periphery, and the date 1837 is in the exergue below.
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Reverse description A fully rigged three-masted sailing ship, identified as CONSTITUTION in an incuse legend on the hull, dominates the central field sailing on stylized waves. The circular legend WEBSTER / CREDIT / CURRENT surrounds the device, with small leaf or star ornaments flanking WEBSTER at top, and the date 1841 appears in the lower exergue.
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Reverse lettering WEBSTER / CREDIT / CURRENT / CONSTITUTION / 1841
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