1767 (ca. 1859) Sages Historical Tokens -- No. 13, The Old Swamp Church. Original. Bowers-12. Die State I. Copper. Plain Edge. 30.8 mm. Proof.Built in 1767, this building in lower New York City was used as a hospital for wounded Hessians (German mercenaries hired to fight the colonists) during the British occupation of that city.From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Cardboard 2x2 with attribution notation included.
