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Since it's a bull, it rocks!
<< <i>Looks neat. Tell us about it and why it pleases you so much. >>
I'll second that.
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I know you were looking for one of those, and I'm glad you found it.
Lyman Low called a "Pro Democratic" piece. It's not a huge rarity, but it certainly hard to find one in that condition.
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And for the record, I'm betting the cow is actually a bull.
What's with the horns. Horns come out the side of a cows(or bulls) head above the ears and then sometimes curve upward. These look like they go straight up from the top of the head. A breed I'm unfamiliar with I guess, or just the work of a terrible artist.
Not to bust your balloon, but it's not a coin.
<< <i> I don't think I've ever been happer about finding any coin, ever:
Not to bust your balloon, but it's not a coin. >>
You forgot to point out that I spelled 'happier' wrong as well.
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<< <i>The 'Agriculture and Commerce' motto on the ship side seemed to make sense, but I never understood why the motto 'Friend to the Constitution' encircled the cow (is the cow the friend?) and that made me want it more. >>
The agricultural images that appear on this piece date back to Thomas Jefferson, who is credited with the founding of the Democratic Party. Jefferson believed that plantations, farms and agriculture in general were the foundation of America’s social values and commerce. Jefferson’s ideal American citizen was the yeoman farmer, living on his own piece of land and producing everything that he needed to be self-sufficient. Cities were loathsome places that bread crime and sloth. Farms were the backbone of America and were essential to the survival and progress of the nation.
The Democratic Party under Andrew Jackson continued to foster this image. Jackson was an advocate of a small central government and an economy that was driven by agriculture. His political opponents, the Whigs, favored a larger central government that levied higher taxes and used those receipts from extensive public works, like roads, canals and even a national university. This token, which was issued during the age of Jackson, symbolized the Democratic Party – Jackson point of view.
The Democrats continued to push the idea that agriculture was key to the nation’s commerce, ethics, morality and well-being. To paraphrase William Jennings Bryan in his 1896 “Cross of Gold” speech, “If our cities were destroyed our nation would survive, but if our farms were destroyed, grass would grow in the streets of our cities.”
Coins/tokens with cow pies aren't
This one is a conundrum
<< <i> I don't think I've ever been happer about finding any coin, ever:
Not to bust your balloon, but it's not a coin. >>
what possesses someone to make such a rude comment? No puppies or kittens to kick?
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<< <i> I don't think I've ever been happer about finding any coin, ever:
Not to bust your balloon, but it's not a coin. >>
what possesses someone to make such a rude comment? No puppies or kittens to kick? >>
I think robertpr was just trying to correct a false statement that this was a coin. I don't think he was trying to be malicious. People come here to learn and be educated and its good that any false statements be corrected.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Sorry Shamika, that's no bull. A couple things would be visible if it were. Could be a steer though, because if it were a cow you should be able to see its bag. >>
I think the bull is strolling along, simply swinging its business, which is hidden behind the hind leg.