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Liberty - Not One Cent
Struck by: Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut (1820–1905)
Hard Times (1833–1844)
1837 (over 1857)
Mint: United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 8.5 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.3 oz.)
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
HT 46R
DescriptionObv: Liberty head facing left, band above E. PLURIBUS UNUM, seven stars at left, six stars at right, 1837 at bottom
Rev: MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE around wreath containing NOT / ONE / CENT / FOR TRIBUTE
Edge: plain
Rev: MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE around wreath containing NOT / ONE / CENT / FOR TRIBUTE
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.