The Eisenhower dollar was the culmination of a long-running battle over the use of silver in coins.
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Andrew Jackson
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I’ve enjoyed collecting Hard Times Tokens for many years now. These are some of the more notable ones in my collection.
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If you’re head of state, you’ll be on coins– even if you last about as long as “The Chevy Chase Show.”
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There are no shortage of myths when it comes to the Confederate States of America. It’s the same when it comes to Confederate coinage.
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Can’t afford a coin? Wait for the restrike!
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Henry Clay may have failed to win the Presidency on five different occasions, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t on a lot of tokens.
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As mentioned in Part I, Napoleon Bonaparte was on plenty of his empire’s official coinage. That was also true of unofficial ones.
Why doesn’t Martin Luther King, Jr., have a U.S. Mint-issued coin honoring his life and commemorating his legacy?
It’s hard to believe that only one Supreme Court justice (who wasn’t previously President) has ever been on a government-issued coin.
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“Am I Not a Woman & A Sister”: A Hard Times Token That Foreshadowed Even Harder Times Ahead. (UPDATED)
A look at one of the most famous, and consequential, Hard Times Tokens.