1850s New York merchents token

djabend

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1850's New York merchents token

Here is a token I found in a hay field across the street from my house.
This field has yielded bank tokens and large cents from 1830's-1850's
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Here is what a similar one looks like in better condition.

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and here is an interesting related newpaper article I found dated May 14, 1855
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HH,
Donny


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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Here is some more info I found ;D.
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HH,
Donny
 

juju

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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

:thumbsup: Thats a great find. Congrats. :icon_pirat:
 

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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

wow, that is a sweet find and to have that much information on it to back it up is cool. I've seen a lot of tokens that are fake indian heads during the civil war but never a fake large cent. Several years ago, I found an 1842 Bank of Montreal half penny with a merchant stamp on it, but nothing like that. Sweet find!! HH, lko_88
 

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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Man, that is one nice token!
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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

That's a real nice find, now you need to find a Lyon's bottle to go with it. Ever dug privies?
 

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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

daytondigger said:
That's a real nice find, now you need to find a Lyon's bottle to go with it. Ever dug privies?
No, but I did see some bottles on Ebay, not that I would ever pay for one ;D

HH?
Donny
 

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Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Found another nice ad
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HH,

Donny
 

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