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Hard Times Token - Mahonys Wholesale Clothes Boston, Massachusetts
| Issuer | Mahony's Wholesale Clothes Warehouse, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1850-1859 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse lettering | MAHONYS' WHOLESALE CLOTHES WAREHOUSE NO. 50 ANN ST BOSTON |
| Edge | Plain |
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The "Hard Times" label is a misnomer here — the original Hard Times token era ran from roughly 1832 to 1844, tied to the banking crises and Jacksonian anti-bank politics of that period. Mahony's piece dates a full decade later, placing it squarely in the merchant token revival of the 1850s, when Boston tradesmen issued store cards less from monetary necessity than as a cheap and durable form of advertising. Rulau's attribution to Miller Mass 49 confirms this as a recognized Boston merchant issue, though surviving population figures for this specific piece remain thin.