Hard Time Tokens

Author : Lyman Haynes Low
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282880613
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Hard Times Tokens (Classic Reprint) written by Lyman Haynes Low and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hard Times Tokens Although these issues are of trifling intrinsic value, yet, by reason of their sarcastic devices, their satirical quips, and the political war cries, humorous, scornful, and sometimes triumphant, - which distinguished them, they have won a well recognized place in the cabinets of collectors of americana. Indeed, the interest in them seems to be increasing rather than diminishing, especially as the difficulty of obtaining complete sets is found to grow greater and greater as time goes on. Closely allied to the foregoing are what may be termed necessity pieces, and the Shop Cards, which were put forth to supply the great lack of a circulating medium in those Hard Times which gave the series its popular name. In attempting to trace the origin and home of many of the latter class, I have been fortunate enough to succeed in ascertaining many items of interest, through a correspondence extending over many years, which in a large number of cases has been conducted with representatives of the parties who struck the tokens and cards, or their business successors. From letters thus received I have made occasional extracts; I trust these will add a little freshness to what might otherwise be thought an arid field of bare descriptions. With these preliminary words of explanation the following pages are offered to those who may chance to feel an interest in the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.