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Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
1952.80
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Unidentified Artist

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Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835

Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
Object name 
Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
Date 
1835
Medium 
Copper
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description 
Token; copper; depiction of Marquis de Lafayette, with hat and cane in hand, on obverse; obverse "LAFAYETTE, A FRIEND TO AMERICA & FREEDOM / DIED MAY 20 / 1834" reverse "WALSH'S / GENERAL STORE / LANSING BURGH / (N.Y.) / 1835"
Object Number 
INV.13758
Gallery Label 
In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group