Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Token
Object Number:
INV.13778.8d
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
depiction of Lady Liberty's facial profile on obverse, bald eagle with a seal on its chest and arrows and a branch in its claws on the reverse; obverse " PROFESSOR JOHNSON' SOAP & STARCH POLISH / 317. BOWERY N.Y. / LIBERTY" reverse " FOUNTAINBLACKING / UNITED STATES / BRUSH & FRENCH BLUEING"
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.
