Presidential Campaign Token

[beepingbob]

I've found this "presidential campaign token", or at least that's what I've been calling it. Not sure who is pictured on it or the time period. The 50 cent piece is shown for size comparison. Any ideas?

 

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[cudamark]

Welcome to Tnet! Someone should have some info on your find. Good Luck!

 

[jeff of pa]

I may be wrong But it looks like it is a depiction of a treasure chest on the reverse.
Making me think Pirate or Van Buren

What do ya Think ?
1836 Campaign Medal ?




Not Exact but Close

https://historical.ha.com/itm/polit...3=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

 

[Mackaydon]

Martin Van Buren Campaign Medal | National Museum of American History
Don.......

 

[beepingbob]

I may be wrong But it looks like it is a depiction of a treasure chest on the reverse.
Making me think Pirate or Van Buren

What do ya Think ?
1836 Campaign Medal ?


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Not Exact but Close

https://historical.ha.com/itm/polit...3=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

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Jeff,Close enough for me! I searched a ton of Van Buren medals but nothing as close as yours. I think you nailed it! Hopefully, someone will identify the back as fast as you did with the front!


Thanks so much for your help.

 

[Mackaydon]

If you had the rare original variety, the reverse would look like this:
https://historical.ha.com/itm/polit...-25059.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
Don......
PS: And the value would be very nice;as here:https://historical.ha.com/itm/polit...-25059.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

[nhbenz]

Good work guys!
Don, what was the auction price from your link? (It won't show without being logged in)
It seems like this must also be a rare version?, as I couldn't find one like it, even knowing what the front looked like!

 

[Mackaydon]

nhbenz:
Would you believe.......$597.50 with buyer's premium !!
Lot # 25059 (12-15-05)
Don....

 

[jeff of pa]

Jeff,Close enough for me! I searched a ton of Van Buren medals but nothing as close as yours. I think you nailed it! Hopefully, someone will identify the back as fast as you did with the front!


Thanks so much for your help.

It's a chest of money



One of the most widely circulated tokens of the era depicts Jackson emerging from a chest of money.holding a purse in one hand and a sword in the other. This was a reference to the fear, subsequently reported in the Albany Argus on October 1, 1842, that the liberties of the Union were threatened "by Union of the purse and sword in the same hands," a reference in this instance to the following administration of Martin Van Buren.

https://www.pcgs.com/books/garret/Chapter13-002.aspx

 

[beepingbob]

It's a chest of money

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One of the most widely circulated tokens of the era depicts Jackson emerging from a chest of money.holding a purse in one hand and a sword in the other. This was a reference to the fear, subsequently reported in the Albany Argus on October 1, 1842, that the liberties of the Union were threatened "by Union of the purse and sword in the same hands," a reference in this instance to the following administration of Martin Van Buren.

https://www.pcgs.com/books/garret/Chapter13-002.aspx

Jeff, Getting to be quite a history lesson,I like it! You guys searched the obverse so fast with results , would searching Scovill be a lead for pictures of the reverse ?
Thanks again for all your interest and help.

 

[jeff of pa]

This is the Hard Times Token Mentioned above .
Hard Times Tokens are about the Size of a Large Cent




Scovill has done So many things, i'm not sure there is an entire list

At this point I'm Still trying to find yours