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
Not on view
DescriptionHard time coin with a donkey on the front and a turtle with a treasury box on his back on the other side.
1837-1841
1837
Gibbs, Gardner, and Company; American Anti-Slavery Society
1838
