1834 Running Boar Hard Times Token HT-9

Description

1834 Running Boar Hard Times Token HT-9

The 1834 Running Boar Hard Times Token HT-9 comes from a period in US history when political and financial strife was a crisis condition, 1833 to 1843. Merchants created private and usually satirical tokens in place of currency.

Obverse Details: MY THIRD HEAT across the boar.  PERISH CREDIT PERISH COMMERCE MY VICTORY DOWN WITH THE BANK 1834

Reverse Details: Bust of Andrew Jackson and MY SUBSTITUTE FOR THE U.S. BANK EXPERIMENT MY CURRENCY MY GLORY

30mm Ungraded copper token