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Professor Johnson, New York
U.S. Merchant (1845–1860)
1850s
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 6.9 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.24 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.1697
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Miller 397A
DescriptionObv: PROFESSOR JOHNSON'S SOAP & STARCH POLISH (straight line) around 317. BROADWAY to the left of a Coronet Liberty bust facing left, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Rev: FOUNTAIN BLACKING / BRUSH & FRENCH BLUEING around UNITED STATES over a perched eagle with a shield on its chest and an olive branch and arrows in its talons, the whole surrounded by a beaded circle
Edge: milled
Rev: FOUNTAIN BLACKING / BRUSH & FRENCH BLUEING around UNITED STATES over a perched eagle with a shield on its chest and an olive branch and arrows in its talons, the whole surrounded by a beaded circle
Edge: milled