Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
INV.13707j
Object Number:
INV.13707j
Date:
1834
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "I TAKE THE / RESPONSIBLITY"
Inscription: "THE CONSTITUTION/AS I UNDERSTAND IT"
Inscription: "ROMAN FIRMNESS/VETO"
Description:
Circular copper "Hard Times" token; recto: depiction of Andrew Jackson in military garb, emerging from a banded chest with a sword and purse in hand, inscribed "I TAKE THE / RESPONSIBLITY"; verso: a donkey labeled "C [&] D" in circular inscription "THE CONSTITUTION/AS I UNDERSTAND IT" AND "ROMAN/FIRMNESS/VETO"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
