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Hard Times Merchant Token - JML and WH Scovill (Waterbury, Conn) , United States
1837

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Obverse
Description:
Phoenix rising 1837
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
J.M.L & WH SCOVILL 1837 WATERBURY CON
Reverse
Description:
Buttons Lettering around edges and in center
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
GILT BUTTONS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION SHEET BRASS PLATED METAL & GOLD PLATE
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