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Andrew Jackson (Running Boar)
Hard Times (1833–1844)
1834
Mint: United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 29 mm, 10.9 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.38 oz.)
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1170
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
HT 9; Low 8
DescriptionOBV: PERISH CREDIT. PERISH COMMERCE-1834 around boar galloping in dexter direction upon grassy ground [see register-word(s) undetermined]; body of boar inscribed MY-THIRD HEAT; MY -VICTORY above ; DOWN WITH THE-BANK below whole surrounded by beaded circle REV: MY SUBSTITUTE-FOR THE U.S BANK , separated by rosette between two pellets at each end around plain bust of General Jackson in uniform, slightly turned towards dexter; -MY on bust-EXPERIMENT-MY CURRENCY-MY-GLORY; surrouned by beaded circle. Edge plain
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.