Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1837
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of a clock with Roman numerals, with the time reading 10:14, on obverse; obverse "TIME / IS / MONEY" reverse "SMITHS / CLOCK / ESTABLISHMENT / No 7 1/2 / BOWERY / NEW YORK / 1837"
Object Number:
INV.13769
Gallery Label:
In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
6578
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1835
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of Marquis de Lafayette, with hat and cane in hand, on obverse; obverse "LAFAYETTE, A FRIEND TO AMERICA & FREEDOM / DIED MAY 20 / 1834" reverse "WALSH'S / GENERAL STORE / LANSING BURGH / (N.Y.) / 1835"
Object Number:
INV.13758
Gallery Label:
In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
6574
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hard Times token: City Coal Yard Providence, R.I. 1833
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1833
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of a fire fender on obverse; obverse "CITY COAL YARD / PROVIDENCE, R.I." reverse "EPHRAIM A. HATHAWAY / ANTHRACITE / BITUMINOUS / COAL / 1833"
Object Number:
INV.13751
Gallery Label:
In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
6568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hard Times Token: Bentonian Currency. Mint Drop 1837
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1841
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of Lady Liberty surrounded by a ring of garland on obverse, ring of garland on reverse; obverse "E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1841" reverse "BENTONIAN CURRENCY / MINT / DROP / 1837"
Object Number:
INV.13749
Gallery Label:
"Bentonian Currency" was hard money as opposed to paper money. "Mint Drops" refers to the hard money of the Jackson and Van Burren. In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
6567
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of 2 tokens: Webster Credit Current 1841
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.13748
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
6566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1838
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Circular metal token, obverse with kneeling African-American woman in chains, inscribed "AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER"; reverse with laurel wreath, inscribed "LIBERTY" and "1838" at center and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" around perimeter.
Object Number:
INV.13745
Gallery Label:
In 1837 the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York commissioned a New Jersey firm to issue copper tokens featuring a kneeling slave with the legend "AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER." Based on an earlier design of a chained and kneeling slave used for the seal of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, founded in England in 1787, this version substitutes a woman for the customary enslaved male. The appearance of the female icon in Britain and the United States symbolized not only a growing awareness of the special vicissitudes that women suffered under slavery as victims of sexual exploitation but also recognition of the prominent role that women were playing in the antislavery movement.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
6565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of 2 tokens: I Take the Responsibility
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.13744
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
6564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Franco-American Jeton: Token with envelope
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1751
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/16 in. ( 3 cm )
Description:
Copper struck token with obverse depicting draped and armored bust of Louis XV facing right, legend: "LED.XV.REX CHRISTIANSS." Reverse contains standing figure of Native American with bow and quiver, looking at cluster of lilies at his right; palm trees in distance at left; legend above: "SUE OMNI SIDERE CRESCUNT"; in exergue: "COL. FRANC. DE/L'AM. 1751."
Object Number:
INV.10693
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1751
eMuseum Object ID:
6555
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of 3 tokens: I Take the Responsibility
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Object Number:
INV.13743
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
6513
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hard Times token: Specie Payments suspended, May 10, 1837
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1837
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Tokens; metal; depiction of Lady Liberty's profile on obverse; obverse "E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1841" reverse "SPECIE PAYMENTS SUSPENDED / MAY / TENTH / 1837"
Object Number:
INV.13738
Gallery Label:
In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
6512
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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