Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Token
Object Number:
INV.13778.8h
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Token; metal; depiction of plough in center of obverse, depiction of screw and nut on reverse; obverse "N. STARBUCK & SON / PLOUGHS, / PLOUGH CASTINGS, / & SLEIGH / SHOES. / MILL CLEARING, POTASH KETLES, & CAULDRONS. / TROY AIR FURNANCE" reverse "MACHINE SHOP / SCREWS / FOR PAPER, / OIL & CIDER / MILLS, & C. / TURNING & POR INC."
Gallery Label:
During the Civil War, there were no metallic coins of any denomination in circulation. Tradesmen were thus forced to issue a medium that would save commerce. Many of these tokens depicted patriotic subjects.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
