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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Hard Times Coin
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Hard Times Coin

CultureAmerican
Date1837
MediumToken
InscribedOn front "ILLUSTRIOUS/I FOLLOW IN THE STEPS OF MY PREDECESSORS". On the back: "EXECUTIVE FISCAL AGENT EXPERIMENT" "SUB TREASURY 1837".
Credit LineGift of the Misses Borum in memory of their brother, Charles Borum, June 11, 1866-May 14, 1932.
Object number39.6.97C
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DescriptionHard time coin with a donkey on the front and a turtle with a treasury box on his back on the other side.

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