Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hard Times Token: New York Joint Stock Exchange Co.
Object name
Hard Times Token: New York Joint Stock Exchange Co.
Date
ca. 1837
Medium
Copper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description
Tokens; metal; depiction of the Tontine Building on Wall St. on obverse; obverse "MERCHANTS / EXCHANGE" reverse " NEW YORK JOINT STOCK / NO 6 / TONTINE / BUILDING / WALL / STT / EXCHANGE COMPANY"
Object Number
1393f
Gallery Label
The Merchants Exchange held the largest room in the Tontine Coffee House until it built its own building in 1827. In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread red