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Honestly, when I got home I was feeling blue for only finding two flatties... That is until I cleaned them and read the back of one.... PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON 1829.
I've never seen a button like that, and after googling it, I found this:
The following Andrew Jackson Button was the first campaign button used in a Presidential Election.
The Jacksonian Democrats were keen on bringing their candidate to the attention of the voting
public and did not overlook the use of buttons as a means of advertising their candidate. Although
hampered by the current fashion, which permitted not the least ruffle on the fronts of buttons,
found a way of putting over their slogan on the back of the buttons. The buttons were stamped as
appears below "ANDREW JACKSON PRESIDENT 1829". This began the use of campaign buttons
in the promoting of candidates. --- Uniform Buttons by David F. Johnson
The Andrew Jackson Button is an extremely rare button with a RV of 250. This indicates a very
low number of such buttons known. These are shown in the Alberts Book as PC83.
I've never seen a button like that, and after googling it, I found this:
The following Andrew Jackson Button was the first campaign button used in a Presidential Election.
The Jacksonian Democrats were keen on bringing their candidate to the attention of the voting
public and did not overlook the use of buttons as a means of advertising their candidate. Although
hampered by the current fashion, which permitted not the least ruffle on the fronts of buttons,
found a way of putting over their slogan on the back of the buttons. The buttons were stamped as
appears below "ANDREW JACKSON PRESIDENT 1829". This began the use of campaign buttons
in the promoting of candidates. --- Uniform Buttons by David F. Johnson
The Andrew Jackson Button is an extremely rare button with a RV of 250. This indicates a very
low number of such buttons known. These are shown in the Alberts Book as PC83.
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VERY GREAT FIND, A PIECE OF HISTORY 
