Pre-Civil War Token: John Ashby, Stock Broker


Pre-Civil War token depicting John Ashby, a stockbroker. The obverse features a bear with the face of Moses Mocata, and the reverse shows a bull with the face of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, a major financier of US infrastructure. Date is estimated circa 1820.


Associated People/Businesses

  • MAYER, NATHAN / MOCATA, MOSES

Geography

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 10