Token: Weighed in the Balance and Found...1840
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1393g
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hard Times token: Robert B. Ruggles Gold Beater
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1832-1835
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; metal; depiction of an arm and hammer on obverse; obverse "ROBERT B. RUGGLES GOLD BEATER / 225 CANAL / STT. / NEW-YORK" reverse "GOLD & SILVER LEAF, GOLF & SILVER BRONZE. / DENTISTS GOLD / AND TIN FOIL, / WHOLESALE / AND RETAIL."
Object Number:
1393e
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:
5710
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
U.S. Merchant token: Doremus & Nixon, Dry Goods and Upholstery
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1852
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of ship on obverse; obverse "METROPOLITAN / INSURANCE COMPANY" reverse "MARINE & FIRE / CAPITAL / $300.000 / WITH A LARGE / SURPLUS, / 108 BROADWAY, / NEW-YORK, / 1852"
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. M. F. Savage, 1929.
Object Number:
1393a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1852
eMuseum Object ID:
5708
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token: Marine & Fire 1852, Metropolitain Ins.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1393d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1936.535a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5707
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1936.535b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin: half dollar, Connecticut, 1635-1935
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1935.115b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin: half dollar, Connecticut, 1635-1935
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1935.115a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5704
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1936.419
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token: Scobills Daguerreotype Materials
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.13795
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5654
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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