Executive Experiment Hard Times Token dated 1837. Obverse: A tortoise carrying a large safe labelled "SUB TREASURY", with legend: "EXECUTIVE FISCAL AGENT EXPERIMENT 1837". Reverse: A running jackass: “I FOLLOW IN THE STEPS OF MY ILLUSTRIOUS PREDECESSOR". Nice collectable condition, see photograph. Rulau No: HT 33. Low No: 19. Diameter 28.5mm. VF+. £30.00 e-mail David at d-stuart@d-stuart.demon.co.uk to order. |