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I Take the Responsibility (Constitution reverse)
Die cutter: Edward Hulseman (American, active 1833–1841)
Struck by: Robinson's Jones & Co. (American, active in Attleboro)
Struck by: Robinson's Jones & Co. (American, active in Attleboro)
Hard Times (1833–1844)
1833
Mint: United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 29 mm, 10.8 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 Number2004.1173
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
HT 70
DescriptionObv: I TAKE THE-RESPONSIBILITY, separated by rosette between two pellets, around General Jackson in uniform, bareheaded issuing from chest and facing dexter, holding sword in right hand and bag of money in left;surrounded by beaded circle. Signed H below trunk. Rev: VAN BUREN / *METALLIC 1837 CURRENCY* around wrecked ship, with three broken masts and broken bowspirit, upon wave, running forepart upon rocks to dexter; surrounded by beaded circle unattached to rim; EXPERIMENT upon ship. 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.