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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lon Chaney, post: 24557864, member: 29844&quot;]My first hard times token, and a particularly ugly Liberty.&nbsp; $32.&nbsp; Problem-free examples go for a lot more. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1555450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1555451[/ATTACH]</p><p>From my limited research, &quot;Loco Foco&quot; refers to a faction of the Democratic party in New York.&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locofocos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locofocos" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locofocos</a></p><p>And the &quot;Benton&#039;s Experiment / Mint Drop&quot; refers to Senator Thomas Hart Benton, a supporter of President Jackson’s hard money policies.&nbsp; Mint drop was either a slang term for new lower weight gold coins, or a reference to Benton&#039;s monetary policies in general.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen conflicting explanations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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