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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2905067, member: 81887&quot;]Thanks for the comments, everyone.&nbsp; Glad to hear that everyone else likes my Arados stater.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure it will make my year-end Top 10 list.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Food prices in the lobby are indeed high, but the crab cake sandwich is actually pretty tasty.&nbsp; (Crabs are a Baltimore specialty, after all.)&nbsp; I would have skipped lunch, but I had foolishly gone without breakfast and then couldn&#039;t eat for a couple of hours after my dental procedure, so I had to eat something.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Yes, it is indeed a Hard Times Token, part of the large series of tokens issued after the financial crisis of 1837.&nbsp; This one is political, making fun of Andrew Jackson for his role in the crisis.&nbsp; This specimen was only $18 in the stock tray of a token dealer.&nbsp; There are other types, including the famous anti-slavery designs &quot;Am I not a man and a brother/ Am I not a woman and a sister&quot; and a type showing </font>Andrew<font size="3"> Jackson popping out of a box like a Jack-in-the-Box.&nbsp; Guess I need to start another sub-collection...</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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