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1869 Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Philadelphia Fiftieth Anniversary Grand National Celebration, Philadelphia, 51mm Diameter, Silvered White Metal

















1860 Aaron White "Bungton" Token, CT-185, 28mm Diameter, Copper.

A forgotten satirical token re-strike by eccentric Connecticut lawyer and coin dealer Aaron White. It's a reproduction of a 27mm diameter British evasion half penny featuring Colonel Kirk. White added the first name "Pierce" to the obverse and the word "Own" and a "1686" date. A bungton or also known as bungtown is humorous name used in the colonies up until the first half of the 19th century. It was originally applied to imitation British half pennies which circulated in American between 1784-1789 some bearing fictitious dates and also used for any copper coin of depreciated value or insignificance. White struck about 200 of these and did not distribute them as his other medals. Upon his death in 1886 along with his 3 ton hoard of coinage a remaining group of 191 Bungton was discovered. After Elliot Woodward auctioned off the first group of White's coins Edouard Frossard followed with another sale in 1888. Frossard listed all 191 of the Bungton tokens in one lot but described them as Pierce Clark in error.



Aaron White Satirical, HK-829, SC$1, Copper, Rarity-6


Aaron White Satirical Dollar - Early Civil War Period

Aaron White, eccentric Connecticut lawyer, believed that the financial strain of the War of the Rebellion would bankrupt the United States and that as a result, all paper money, "greenbacks" in particular, would become worthless. He hoarded hard money as insurance against such catastrophe.

When the hoard was examined several years after White’s death, it was found to contain 350 gold and 100 silver dollars, 200 silver half dollars, 5000 2-cent pieces, 60,000 large and 60,000 nickel cents, 250 Colonials, and more than 20,000 foreign coins.

White struck his satirical pieces to show contempt for greenbacks, printed to finance the war. Specie or hard money was so scarce when the war commenced that the government had to print money to meet its needs. White remembered the suspension of specie payments by U.S. banks and the resultant hard times of 1837 and the Great Panic of 1857. Also in his memory was the issue by wildcat banks and private concerns of an avalanche of paper money, value of which fluctuated greatly, and much of which was worthless. He wished to refresh the memories of the people to the curses of paper money.

Obverse: Sow, hanging from hook; to l., Sus; to r., Pendens; above, 1837; below, 1857; legend to l., near edge, Never Keep; to r., A Paper Dollar. Line below 1837 and above 1857.

Reverse: Sow, to r., rooting in jar marked $10; above, Sus (sow); below, Toll Ens (rooting); to r., Deux Sous (two sous); to l., Di Oboli (two oboli—small Greek copper coins); legend, near edge, above, in Your Pocket; near lower edge, Till Tomorrow. (Complete motto, from both sides, Never Keep a Paper Dollar in Your Pocket Till Tomorrow.).

In the May 1884 sale of the J.N.T. Levick collection W. Elliot Woodward stated that these are now very rare tokens as they were suppressed by the government.





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