hard-times token

noun

A copper token, struck from about 1833 to 1843, serving as unofficial currency during a time of political and financial crisis in the United States.

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Meanings

nounhard-times token (plural hard-times tokens)

plural hard-times tokens

  1. historicalA copper token, struck from about 1833 to 1843, serving as unofficial currency during a time of political and financial crisis in the United States.
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