Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
Object Number:
INV.13758
Date:
1835
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; copper; depiction of Marquis de Lafayette, with hat and cane in hand, on obverse; obverse "LAFAYETTE, A FRIEND TO AMERICA & FREEDOM / DIED MAY 20 / 1834" reverse "WALSH'S / GENERAL STORE / LANSING BURGH / (N.Y.) / 1835"
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.
