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Hard Times Token - Merchants Exchange, old New York, NY
| Location | United
States |
| Year | 1837 |
| Type | Emergency merchant token |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | |
| Diameter | 28.1 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Reference(s) | HT#292 |
| Obverse description | Building in center. Years it was built and burnt below with location around circumference. |
| Obverse lettering | MERCHANTS EXCHANGE WALL ST. N.
YORK
BUILT 1827
BURNT 1835 |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | Dash under cent, Five berries within the wreath and three outside. |
| Reverse lettering | MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE
NOT / ONE / CENT / FOR TRIBUTE |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (1837) - R-6, 13-30 known -
|
| Catalog ID | 8455254900 |
| Comments | |
