Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Hard Times Token - Loco Foco, Mint Drop
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Year | 1838 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bust of Liberty facing left, wearing a headband inscribed LOCO FOCO, with flowing hair and a decorative cap; thirteen six-pointed stars surround the device in the field. The date 1838 appears in the lower exergue, all within a beaded border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | LOCO FOCO / 1838 |
| Reverse description | A tied laurel wreath occupies the central field, enclosing the two-line inscription MINT DROP; the legend BENTON EXPERIMENT arcs around the periphery reading from lower left to upper right and upper left respectively, flanked by small stars at each side, all within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |