1834 Running Boar Hard Times Token HT-9

Description

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

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

Non Graded copper