I Take the Responsibility Hard Times Token
I Take the Responsibility Hard Times Token
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- Description (Brief)
- This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1834. 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 tokens. This “hard times token” mocked President Andrew Jackson for his economic policies.
- Obverse: Andrew Jackson popping out of a chest holding a money bag and a sword. Legend: I TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY.
- Reverse: Donkey with label “LLD.” Legend: THE CONSTITUTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ROMAN FIRMNESS and VETO.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- date made
- 1834
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.9 cm; 1 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1140
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1140
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- American Enterprise
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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