Hard Times Token - Not One Cent - Daniel Webster Millions for Defence
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1841 |
| Value | 1 Cent (0.01 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Weight | 10.2 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 121196 |
| References | HT# 16, 16a Russell Alphonse Rulau, Lyman Haynes Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens: 1832-1844: A complete revision and enlargement of Lyman H. Low's 1899 classic reference. (6th Edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. American Business Tokens (2 volumes). |
Obverse
(en) Sailing ship at sea labeled "Constitution"
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
WEBSTER
constitution
* CREDIT 1841 CURRENT *
Reverse
(en) "MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE" around border with a circle of stars.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE
NOT
ONE CENT
FOR
TRIBUTE
Edge
Zwykły lub z trzcinką
Comments
(en)
Token suggests that if Webster became President in 1841, then the Constitution would be compromised
HT-16 Smooth Edge (common)
HT-16a Reeded Edge (rare)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1841 | HT# 16Russell Alphonse Rulau, Lyman Haynes Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens: 1832-1844: A complete revision and enlargement of Lyman H. Low's 1899 classic reference. (6th Edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. |
17% | |||||||||||||
| 1841 | HT# 16aRussell Alphonse Rulau, Lyman Haynes Low; 1996. Hard Times Tokens: 1832-1844: A complete revision and enlargement of Lyman H. Low's 1899 classic reference. (6th Edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. |
86% | |||||||||||||
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