Token: A Plain System Void of Pomp, 1834
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.13735
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
6511
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of 2 tokens: My Substitute for the USA Bank 1834
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.13734
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
6510
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token: Borden's Econo-way Service 1 1/2 cent
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1938-1939
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Token; obverse: "BORDEN'S/ Econo-way / SERVICE" reverse: "REDEEMABLE ONLY WITH YOUR BORDEN MAN / 1 1/2 / PRIOR TO JAN. 31, 1940"
Object Number:
1943.300
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
6509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token: Jacob Elishewitz& Sons...Hats, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1943
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Token; metal; obverse "STYLED EXCLUSIVELY BY / E / SUPREME QUALITY / "Elis" / NEW YORK" reverse "JACOB ELISHEWITZ & SONS CO. INC. / MANUFACTURERS / OF / MEN'S FINE STRAW / AND / BODY HATS / 721-727 BROADWAY / NEW YORK"
Object Number:
1943.302
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1943
eMuseum Object ID:
6508
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hard Times token: Half cent worth of Pure Copper
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1837
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of a bald eagle with a shield on its breast on obverse, ring of garland on reverse; obverse "U.S. STANDARD WEIGHT & VALUE / 1837" reverse "HALF / CENT / OF / PURE COPPER"
Object Number:
INV.13742
Gallery Label:
n 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. In 1857, the United States eliminated the half cent.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
6507
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token: 1939 Convention Am. Numismatic Ass. A. Kosoff
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1939
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Souvenir token; white metal; obverse "FAIR DATE IN N.Y. / DEAL AT / Kosoff / 122 EAST 57th ST. / NEW YORK CITY" reverse "1939 / ANNUAL / CONVENTION / AMERICAN / NUMISMATIC / ASSOCIATION / SEPT. 30-OCT. 5"; token is enclosed in white 2"x2" envelope which reads "Convention / Souvenir / 1939 / Compiments of / A. Kosoff / Numismatist / 122 E. 57th ST. / PLaza 8-2656 N.Y.C."
Object Number:
1943.301
Gallery Label:
The American Numismatic Assoc. is a nonprofit educational organization, which promotes the study and collection of money, including coins, tokens, medals and paper currency. The association has held annual conventions since 1891, and this token is a sovenir of its 1939 convention in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
6506
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token
Classification:
Date:
1937-1943
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Token; white metal encasing a 1937 U.S. penny; depicts the Stork Club's logo on both sides; "STORK CLUB / LUCKY PENNY" on both sides.
Object Number:
1943.304
Gallery Label:
The Stork Club was a famous nightspot in New York City from the early to mid-1900s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1943
eMuseum Object ID:
6505
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token with coin in center: Churchhill's Rest.a few pennies
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1937-1943
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Token; white metal with 1937 U.S. penny in center; obverse " CHURCHILL'S RESTAURANT / 139 BROADWAY N.Y. / CORTLANDT 7-6575" reverse "A FEW PENNIES MORE / FOR THE BEST"
Object Number:
1943.303
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1943
eMuseum Object ID:
6504
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Religious Token: 1870 Puton the whole Armor of God
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1870
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Token; metal; bust of Henry Ward Beecker on obverse; obverse "MBR / SYC / 1870" reverse "PUT ON / THE / WHOLE ARMOR / OF / God"
Credit Line:
Gift of Lucille deLuze Foley, 1941.
Object Number:
INV.13730
Marks:
small tattered envelope: hand written "Beecker, Henry Ward / 1870 / 'Put on the whole armor / of God' / Gift of Lucille deLuze Foley, 7-10-41"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
6503
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token: Rockefeller Center N.Y.C.
Classification:
Date:
1934-1936
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Souvenir token; metal with depiction of Rockefeller Center on obverse and the New York State seal on the reverse; obverse "ROCKEFELLER CENTER N.Y.C. / THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK"
Object Number:
1943.299
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
6502
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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