Martin Van Buren Campaign Token
Unknown American, American
1840
Brass
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ralph Becker, Father of William Becker, Class of 1964
165.31.31562
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Communication Artifacts: Documentary Artifact
Research Area
American History
Not on view
Inscriptions
obv: Inscribed: THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHTS / OF THE PEOPLE ARE O.K,; [Star to right and left, enclosing bust of Van Buren facing left] rev: Inscribed, around edge: THE INDEPENDANT. SUB. TREASURY / THE. CHOICE OF. THE. PEOPLE; [Star to right and left, enclosing safe surmounted by eagle with scroll in beak] Scroll inscribed: JUSTICE EQUALIT.
Course History
HIST 18, US Political History of the 19th Century, Robert Bonner, Fall 2012
HIST 18, Nineteenth Century American Politics, Robert Bonner, Spring 2014
Provenance
Collected by Raph E. Becker (1907-1994), father of William W. Becker, Class of 1964; given to present collection, 1965.
Catalogue Raisonne
Satterlee #59; Low #172; Bushnell Election Medalets #9
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