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Collection Highlights

Grenadier cap
1740-1770
1890.3
Wool, linen

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Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837

Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837
Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837
Object name 
Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837
Date 
1837
Related People 
Artist/Maker: unknown
Medium 
Copper
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description 
Token; copper; depiction of a donkey on obverse, a tortoise carrying a bank on it shell on reverse; obverse "ILLUSTRIOUS / I FOLLOW IN THE / STEPS / OF MY / PREDECESSOR" reverse "EXECUTIVE / SUB / TREASURY / 1837 / FISCAL AGENT / EXPERIMENT"
Credit Line 
Miss Charlotte M. Boyer, 521 West 122nd. St., NY
Object Number 
INV.13920
Marks 
small card: printed "Miss Charlotte M. Boyer" hand written "521 West 122d St., N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.