Token - Merchant exchange Wall St. N. York

Token - Merchant exchange Wall St. N. York - obverseToken - Merchant exchange Wall St. N. York - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Composition Copper
Weight 9.25 g
Diameter 28.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
121129
References HT# 291,
Russell Rulau, Lyman H. Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens (6th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
HT# 292,
Russell Rulau, Lyman H. Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens (6th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
HT# 293,
Russell Rulau, Lyman H. Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens (6th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
TC# 663839,
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)
TC# 236563
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Commemorative issue

Merchant exchange burning

Obverse

Building center. Year built and burnt below with location around circumference.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Merchants Exchange Wall St. N. York
Built 1827
Burnt 1835

Reverse

Outer circle of words: Millions for defence. Inner wreath. Center states not one cent for tribute. There is a dash under CENT. Six berries within the wreath and four outside.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE
NOT / ONE / CENT / FOR TRIBUTE

Edge

Plain

Comments

This is one of three Hard Times Tokens (HT-291, 292 & 293) for the Old Merchants' Exchange. Their obverses are identical with different reverses. HT-293 is distinguished in having no dash under CENT. HT-291 and HT-292 both have a dash under CENT. HT-291 has six berries within the wreath and four outside, with two inside berries close together opposite the space between the D & E in DEFENCE. HT-292 has five berries within and three outside the wreath, with only one inside berry opposite the space between the D & E in DEFENCE.
Variety 1
HT#291 Has a dash under CENT and has six berries within the wreath four on the outside
Variety 2
HT#292 Has a dash under the CENT and has five berries within the wreath, three on the outside
Variety 3
HT#293 is distinguished in having no dash under CENT

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