1838 'Loco Foco' Hard Times Token

1838 'Loco Foco' Hard Times Token

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    1838 'Loco Foco' Hard Times Token
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    This Hard Times token is used to depict the animosity from a particularly bitter meeting at Tammany Hall in October of 1835 when there was a split in the Democratic Party of New York. One group, the “anti-monopolists” were dubbed the “Loco Focos” by the local papers.  
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