Second hunt - second token

[drkp88]

I went back to a location I hit last April. An 18th cent. house had been torn down but the surrounding area was fairly overgrown. Last yearI pulled two silver washingtons out of the same hole and I managed to find a beautiful 19th cent two piece hunting button - Had a stag being overtaken by a dog as the design.
Sunday I spent a while finding only a few wheats ( I noticed a few recent divots scattered about) then I found a very nice LC token. Has E PLURIBUS UNUM
over the bust and on the reverse around the edge says MILLION FOR DEFENSE. In the center says NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE. The date is 1837.
(Last Sunday on my first hunt I found an 1863 New York Store token).
Bruce in Ct

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Very cool find !

 

[born2hunt]

Super token congrats

 

[TokenDigger]

Neat find! Looks to be a Hard Times token. This one is the satirical type which were usually aimed at either Andrew Jackson or Martin Van Buren. Most of this had to do with their fights with the national bank. Because of the lack of hard currency due to financial panic, a lot of people feel that these tokens may have circulated as currency. Neat find and really full of history. HH

 

[DougF]

If I remember right, the motto "millions for defense, not one cent for tribute" originated during the Madison adminstration (maybe Monroe?) when the Barbary pirates were demanding payments (protection money) to leave the US ships alone. That's a really nice token, with a motto that has meaning still today. Congrats.

 

[drkp88]

DougF - That's the way I understand it. I've foud a number of varieties of LC tokens with this motto - all 1830's-1840's period.
Thanks for the info
Bruce