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Hard Times Tokens

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Hard Times Tokens
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Pair of Hard Times Tokens (Low 56) Martin Van Buren and Sub-Treasury AU50, EF45 both with some edge nicks, rarity 2. Van Buren political piece used extensively as a coin substitute during the Hard Times, holed, well detailed with hints of red. Extremely Fine, slight porosity on companion piece. Martin Van Buren, the "Little Wizard of Kinderhook" advocated the independent Sub Treasury as a viable replacement for the Bank of the United States. This token is an early appearance of the expression, "OK" with its obverse legend "the sober second thought of the people are ok." Strange spelling like Independent and Equality on the reverse point to an unschooled die cutter and the space limitations of the design.