Van Buren Hard Times Token
date: label: date made
content: ca 1841
name: label: referenced
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1841. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including coins.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This “hard times token” was made during the United States’ economic depression in the 1830s.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: A ship named “Experiment” is wrecked against rocks. Legend: VAN BUREN METALLIC CURRENT 1837.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: A ship named “Constitution” is sailing in a soft sea with full sails. Legend: WEBSTER CREDIT CURRENT 1841.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1132
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.9 cm; 1 1/8 in