I Take The Responsibility Token Diesinker: Edward Hulseman

1837

Numismatics

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

8.74 g, 6:00, 29.06 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Brian Altman

Accession Number

2001.87.24598

Geography

Made in Attleboro, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: I TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY. Jackson emerging from a chest in military dress with a money bag and a sword.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: THE CONSTITUTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT. ROMAN FIRMNESS. VETO. A donkey incribed with "LL.D," a mocking reference to the honorary law degree given to Jackson by Harvard.
Provenance
Brian Altman, to 1962; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1962–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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tokens

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