Very scarce Samuel Tilden Presidential (smear) token! Led to the contested election o

[Scrappy]

Very scarce Samuel Tilden Presidential (smear) token! Led to the contested el...

Today I dug an phenomenal token, and certainly one of my favourite finds of the year! Not only is it full of history, it's listed as scarce (SJT 1876-7 in DeWitt/Sullivan).




The backstory is even better than the find....

The election of 1876 was one that led to a contested election between Hayes and Tilden. Not only was this election one of the most disputed in American history, it led to changes in the electoral college and the compromise of 1877.

What's better is this smear token talks about fraud and income tax cheating. Sound familiar? Not much changes in 140 years!

Here's a link to some history...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden



A great find for me is something I've never found before, and from which I learn something new. I hope you all find this token as awesome as me!! This guy got trashed on it!!! Back then they didn't have Twitter and TV to smear one another, they minted tokens.

Also found today is some modern silver, some Indians, and an 1823 large cent I zapped. Yep, ZAPPED!


Enjoy the history!!

Steve

 

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[Tommy G]

Great finds! I love it when I find something that makes me hit the history books. So, Steve, thanks for sharing the finds and the history lesson!

 

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Great finds! I love it when I find something that makes me hit the history books. So, Steve, thanks for sharing the finds and the history lesson!

Haha, no worries. I'm glad it made you dig into some books Tom, or at least my anecdote lol