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1841 Hard Times Token-Cent Credit Webster Currency - Not One Cent For Tribute
1841 Hard Times Token-Cent Credit Webster Currency - Not One Cent For Tribute
1841 Hard Times Token-Cent Credit Webster Currency - Not One Cent For Tribute
1841 Hard Times Token-Cent Credit Webster Currency - Not One Cent For Tribute

1841 Hard Times Token-Cent Credit Webster Currency - Not One Cent For Tribute

$ 42.23

Availability: 15 in stock
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  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: Very Fine
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
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    Description

    You are looking at a Great 1841 Hard Times Token-Cent Credit Webster Currency - Not One Cent For Tribute
    Obverse: Credit Webster Currency - 1841
    Reverse: Millions for Defence - Not One Cent For Tribute
    High-Grade Coin: Very Fine or better
    Where is the quote on the reverse coming from?
    Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was born in South Carolina in February 1746 and died there in August 1825. He was educated in England, first at Oxford then at Middle Temple in London for law. Next, he studied military affairs at the Royal Academy in Caen, France after which he returned to Charleston to practice law.
    He served in South Carolina’s  first provincial congress in 1775 and in the Continental Army during the Revolution where he became a Brigadier General. In 1787, he was an active member of the United States Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. And in 1790, Pinckney participated in the State Constitutional Convention of South Carolina.
    In 1796, General Pinckney became the Plenipotentiary to France. Ordered by France to leave, he returned to the US. Upon his return, President Washington promoted Pinckney to Major-General.
    Before throwing Pinckney out of their country, the Directory of France attempted to extort money from the US for the French recognition of the new country. Supposedly, General Pinckney replied, “Millions for defence but not a cent for tribute.”
    This is not the whole truth, but I'll leave some research for you to do :-) The whole story is even more interesting and this incredible piece directly represents it...