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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4314125, member: 101855"]Let's do a common one and a rare one. This one uses sailing ships to make its point. The obverse shows "the good ship Daniel Webster" sailing along peacefully. The reveres shows "the wrecked ship Martin Van Buren" on the rocks because of "metallic currency" (Classic Head gold coins). Webster is famous historical figure today, who is noted as a great public speaker. His hopes to be elected president never took off, however. [ATTACH=full]1096993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1096994[/ATTACH] Here is a very tough Martin Van Buren variety. This piece is almost always quite ugly. There is book called The True Hard Times Tokens. The author, Robert A. Schuman, is a very well to do doctor who collects the best. It's the only piece in my collection that is mentioned in his book. [ATTACH=full]1096997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1096998[/ATTACH] The subtreasury was the Democrat's answer to how the government paid its bills. After first Jackson put the government's money in "pet banks," but when some them failed and lost government money, the Democrats pushed for the sub treasury system which did the government's banking. The subtreasury was in existence until the early 20th century.[/QUOTE]