Van Buren hard Times Token

[The Fog]

I thought this was a Large cent when I pulled it, I was pleasantly surprised when I cleaned it up and saw that it was a token. It has a good deal of wear/corrosion but still held up pretty well.

 

[markinga]

Cool! How old is it?

 

[The Fog]

1841

http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=13551

 

[kschae4]

Fog , longtime no see. Great find. Hard times token on my wishlist.

 

[The Fog]

Yep its been a while since I've posted for sure. I still detect quite often, still swinging the safari, going on about 7 years now. I'll try to post more often, hope you are well.

 

[Goldstrike]

Nice token find!!! I like the galleon image

 

[kschae4]

Doing well, too. Hope all members have an outstanding year of finds.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on finding the cool Token - a real piece of history !

I found two of the 1837 dated Martin Van Buren tokens with the turtle and jackass on them a few years ago.
Found them a few months and approx. 20 miles apart from each other.
There's a photo of the tokens I found on the website link you put in your post.

Good Hunting !