Token
Classification:
Date:
ca. 2000
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Description:
Prototype token from proposed NYC public toilets, Herald Square, "PUBLIC/TOILET/NEW/YORK/CITY"
Credit Line:
Gift of Betty Spitz
Object Number:
2009.18.2
Gallery Label:
Token relates to the proposed public toilets for midtown. A prototype was placed at Herald Square for a period of time.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
64297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Identification Token
Classification:
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 3/4 in. (2.5 x 4.4 cm)
Description:
Decorative, silver id tag/token with hole, front Abraham Straus 100312S; back text: FINDER PLEASE RETURN TO ABRAHAM & STRAUS BROOKLYN, NY
Credit Line:
Unknown
Object Number:
Z.3633
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
64082
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token
Classification:
Date:
ca.1965
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Description:
Round, silver 21 Club token with man and arrow, "21" on front; back: "JACK & CHARLIE'S 21 NEW YORK" with gates
Credit Line:
Gift of Roy Eddey
Object Number:
2009.8.1
Gallery Label:
Also of interest is a metal token from the 21 Club, acquired by the donor in the mid-1960s, as a souvenir of a memorable dinner at the famed restuarant and evening out in NY. Although the Society's Library includes two books on the history of the club and the celebrities who frequented it during the Prohibition era and beyond, there are no objects relating to 21 in the Museum's holdings. Submitted by Amy Weinstein, Associate Curator, 20th and 21st Century Collections, August 1, 2006
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
64081
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin
Classification:
Date:
1908
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
diameter: 31.3mm (1 1/4 in.)
Description:
Silver struck coin with obverse showing left-facing hatted bust-length portrait of Columbus; legend: "CRISTOBAL COLON/ UN PESO/ AMERICA CENTRAL." Reverse shows coat of arms in wreath under the radiant cap of liberty; legend: "REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR/ 15 SET DE 1821/ 900 CAM. 1908."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Object Number:
2008.42.160
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1908
eMuseum Object ID:
63665
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Piece of Spanish Coin
Classification:
Date:
1750
Medium:
silver
Dimensions:
1/2 x 1/4 x 1/16 inches
Description:
silver Spanish colonial coin, Peru (probably Lima or Part au sea), half-real, half-bit
Object Number:
1750.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
63341
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fugio cent
Classification:
Date:
1787
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.8 cm )
Description:
Obverse: a sundial, above which is the sun resplendant; Reverse: a circular chain of thirteen links.
Object Number:
INV.13879c
Gallery Label:
The design and inscriptions on the "Fugio" cent, the first coin issued by the United States, were suggested by Benjamin Franklin. The obverse of the one-cent coin features a sun and sundial with the legends "FUGIO" (I fly) and "MIND YOUR BUSINESS," while the reverse depicts thirteen linked chains , representing each of the thirteen colonies, with the legend "WE ARE ONE."
Date Begin:
1787
Date End:
1787
eMuseum Object ID:
61426
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fugio cent
Classification:
Date:
1787
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.8 cm )
Description:
Obverse: a sundial, above which is the sun resplendant; Reverse: a circular chain of thirteen links.
Object Number:
INV.13879b
Gallery Label:
The design and inscriptions on the "Fugio" cent, the first coin issued by the United States, were suggested by Benjamin Franklin. The obverse of the one-cent coin features a sun and sundial with the legends "FUGIO" (I fly) and "MIND YOUR BUSINESS," while the reverse depicts thirteen linked chains , representing each of the thirteen colonies, with the legend "WE ARE ONE."
Date Begin:
1787
Date End:
1787
eMuseum Object ID:
61425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fugio cent
Classification:
Date:
1787
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.8 cm )
Description:
Obverse: a sundial, above which is the sun resplendant; Reverse: a circular chain of thirteen links.
Object Number:
INV.13879a
Gallery Label:
The design and inscriptions on the "Fugio" cent, the first coin issued by the United States, were suggested by Benjamin Franklin. The obverse of the one-cent coin features a sun and sundial with the legends "FUGIO" (I fly) and "MIND YOUR BUSINESS," while the reverse depicts thirteen linked chains , representing each of the thirteen colonies, with the legend "WE ARE ONE."
Date Begin:
1787
Date End:
1787
eMuseum Object ID:
61424
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fugio cent
Classification:
Date:
1787
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.8 cm )
Description:
Obverse: a sundial above which is the sun resplendant; Reverse: a circular chain of thirteen links.
Object Number:
INV.13867a
Gallery Label:
Fugio cents were the first coins struck by the United States for regular cirulation.
Date Begin:
1787
Date End:
1787
eMuseum Object ID:
61423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fugio cent
Classification:
Date:
1787
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.8 cm )
Description:
Obverse: a sundial, above which is the sun resplendant; Reverse: a circular chain of thirteen links.
Object Number:
INV.13869c
Gallery Label:
The design and inscriptions on the "Fugio" cent, the first coin issued by the United States, were suggested by Benjamin Franklin. The obverse of the one-cent coin features a sun and sundial with the legends "FUGIO" (I fly) and "MIND YOUR BUSINESS," while the reverse depicts thirteen linked chains , representing each of the thirteen colonies, with the legend "WE ARE ONE."
Date Begin:
1787
Date End:
1787
eMuseum Object ID:
61422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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