Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
Object Number:
INV.13769
Date:
1837
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of a clock with Roman numerals, with the time reading 10:14, on obverse; obverse "TIME / IS / MONEY" reverse "SMITHS / CLOCK / ESTABLISHMENT / No 7 1/2 / BOWERY / NEW YORK / 1837"
Gallery Label:
In 1837 and again in 1857, financial crises caused loss of confidence in paper money and widespread redemption of currency in coin. Banks were soon forced to suspend specie payments, and tokens and fractional notes had to serve as smaller change.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
