cheffer
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- Sep 17, 2004
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- Metal Detecting
Pulled off the road for a quick hunt where I noticed some large old stumps, got a really good large copper signal right away and found a 1833 "hard times" token:
Haven't messed with it at all, will try to pick some of the crud off with a toothpick and see how it looks underneath.
Here's some information I found about the coin:
Hard Times tokens were issued privately when banks suspended payments and would no longer issue coins in change. The “I Take Responsibility” token shows President Andrew Jackson coming out of a money chest holding a money bag and a sword wearing a royal military uniform. This satire expresses the idea that it is bad for the executive to control both the treasury and the army. Because Jackson was not a good speaker and poorly educated, he was sometimes portrayed as a jackass especially when Harvard gave him an honorary LL.D degree. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY is what Jackson said after he put the funds of the Bank of the United States into twenty-five state “pet banks.” His explanation was, THE CONSITITUTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT. ROMAN FIRMNESS was a taunt of the day to describe him. The word VETO below the Jackass referred to his veto of the Third Bank of the United States.
Haven't messed with it at all, will try to pick some of the crud off with a toothpick and see how it looks underneath.
Here's some information I found about the coin:
Hard Times tokens were issued privately when banks suspended payments and would no longer issue coins in change. The “I Take Responsibility” token shows President Andrew Jackson coming out of a money chest holding a money bag and a sword wearing a royal military uniform. This satire expresses the idea that it is bad for the executive to control both the treasury and the army. Because Jackson was not a good speaker and poorly educated, he was sometimes portrayed as a jackass especially when Harvard gave him an honorary LL.D degree. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY is what Jackson said after he put the funds of the Bank of the United States into twenty-five state “pet banks.” His explanation was, THE CONSITITUTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT. ROMAN FIRMNESS was a taunt of the day to describe him. The word VETO below the Jackass referred to his veto of the Third Bank of the United States.
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....lol......cannot believe it has Pittsfield on it first of all but also Cheffer on the back
