Hard Times Token - Liberty / Not One Cent
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1837 |
| Value | 1 Cent (0.01 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Weight | 8.56 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 307550 |
| References | HT# 47 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. |
Series: Hard Times Tokens
Obverse
(en) Left facing Liberty head, tiara of olive leaves, plain hair cords, E PLURIBUS UNUM on scroll above with 7 stars on left & 6 on right. A tiny, leftmost leaf is opposite P & medium 1837 date below. The lower hair curl touches the neck and falls below curling to the left.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
E PLURIBUS UNUM
1837
Reverse
(en) Wreath with a line below Cent. There are 4 berries outside the wreath, one opposite the first E in Defence and the last is tiny at the base of the leaf that points to C. There are 6 berries inside the wreath of which the last 2, one of which has no stem, are above and to the right of the E in One.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE
NOT ONE CENT
FOR TRIBUTE
Edge
Zwykły
Comments
(en) One of a set of Liberty / Not One Cent Hard Times Tokens. Because of their similar appearance to legal tender large cents and charges of counterfeiting, these were likely discontinued by the end of the year.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1837 | (en) More than 1,250 known | ||||||||||||||
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