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1841 Hard Times Token Webster

$ 10.56

Availability: 49 in stock
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Another find from my father's coin collection.
    I took these pictures both in and out of the mounting that it was in.
    My research tells me the following -
    This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1841. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including coins.
    This “hard times token” was made during the United States’ economic depression in the 1830s.
    Obverse: A ship named “Experiment” is wrecked against rocks. Legend: VAN BUREN METALLIC CURRENT 1837.
    Reverse: A ship named “Constitution” is sailing in a soft sea with full sails. Legend: WEBSTER CREDIT CURRENT 1841.
    Feel free to ask any questions.