USA Hard Times Token - Our Country 1800s 

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USA Hard Times Token - Our Country 1800s
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6640567
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
USA Hard Times Token - Our Country 1800s
Type
Token coins
Publisher
Value
Country
Verenigde Staten
Year
1837
Collection / set
Hard times tokens
Material
Copper
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
OUR COUNTRY
Reverse
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
17 mm
Number
Details
In 1837 no half cent coins were struck. In order to cope with shortage of small change, local businessmen made tokens with the same diameter and weight as the original half cents.