Hard Times Token – Bucklin’s Interest Tables – 1835 – HT-353
A scarce and historically interesting Hard Times Token featuring Bucklin’s Interest Tables, dated 1835 and cataloged as HT-353. This token represents the commercial and financial side of the Hard Times Token series, which includes a wide variety of political, merchant, and economic pieces issued during the 1830s.
The reference to Bucklin’s Interest Tables connects this token to the practical financial needs of the period, when merchants, businesses, and individuals relied on printed interest tables for calculating loans and other financial transactions.
Subject: Bucklin’s Interest Tables
Date: 1835
Catalog: HT-353
Type: Hard Times Token
Country: United States
Period: 1830s
Category: American Exonumia / Financial Token
An excellent piece for collectors of Hard Times Tokens, early American financial history, merchant tokens, and 19th-century exonumia, with an especially interesting connection to the commercial practices of the period.
