NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE

Here's another interesting tidbit for American numismatists taken from The Historical Magazine (Third Series, Vol. 2, No 5, November 1873), concerning a phrase seen often on U.S. "Hard Times" and Civil War tokens:

SCRAPS - The famous sayings of great men are, one by one, dropping from sight. The last to suffer is the "Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute." Nearly eighty years ago, General Pinckney, then Minister to France, was informed that the payment of a certain sum might settle the diplomatic dispute between the two countries; and history says that General Pinckney indignantly replied: "Millions for defence, but not a cent for tribute." And now comes a respectable citizen of Charleston, S.C., and shows, by indisputable authority, that, at a meeting of the Cossack-club, of which General Pinckney was a member, the latter was asked by another member whether he ever made such remark, and replied: "No: my "answer was not a flourish like that, but "simply, 'Not a penny, not a penny.''"

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 02, Number 13, March 29, 1999, Article 4

NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE

Wayne Homren, Editor