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1 Cent - Hard Times Token - I Take The Responsibility Roman Firmness

Features

Issuer United States
Type Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year 1833
Value 1 Cent (0.01 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Mosiądz
Weight 11.12 g
Diameter 28.5 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
121629
References HT# 71
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.

Obverse

(en) Andrew Jackson in full military regalia coming out of a money chest; holding saber in right hand, with money bag in left hand. Lettering above and below, separated by a flower. Letter H below box

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
· I TAKE THE ·
· RESPONSIBILITY ·
H

Reverse

(en) Democrat donkey (with LLD lettering on) standing left; above it "Roman Firmness" and below it "Veto". Other lettering around

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
THE CONSTITUTION
· AS I UNDERSTAND IT ·
ROMAN FIRMNESS and VETO
LL.D.

Edge

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Comments

(en) This token HT-71 was made with the same dies as HT-70 but is brass.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1833)  (en) R-3, 201-500 known

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