• Section Contents
  • Theatre at New York Token: Introduction

    The Theatre at New York Token, 1797 or 98

    obverse

    large

      reverse

    large

    [1797 or 1798]                                Theatre at New York Token

    Obverse:  THE . THEATRE . AT . NEW . YORK .    AMERICA .
    Reverse:  MAY . COMMERCE . FLOURISH .
    Edge:   I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY X

    Weight:  not available                Diameter:  not available

    Comments:   Dalton and Hamer, Middlesex, Miscellaneous Series, no. 166. The obverse is signed JACOBS below the theater steps.

    Provenance:   Images used with permission from the December 11, 1999 online catalog of Early American History Auction, lot 877.

    <- ^ ->
    Castorland "Half Dollar" Section Contents North America Token


    For viewing tips and information on optimal computer settings click here.
    For our copyright statement click here.

    For questions or comments contact Special Collections by:
    E-Mail    , telephone: (574) 631-0290, or mail:
    Department of Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library,
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556