Martin Van Buren Cracker Jack Coin
- Description (Brief)
- This coin was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1930s. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods. These coins could be mailed to Cracker Jack to become a Mystery Club member.
- Obverse: Bust of Van Buren facing right. Legend: 8TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1837-1841/ MARTIN VAN BUREN.
- Reverse: "KING MARTIN THE FIRST"/ "THE LITTLE MAGICIAN"/ JOIN THE CRACKER JACK MYSTERY CLUB SAVE THIS COIN/ THE CRACKER JACK CO., CHICAGO, U.S.A.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- depicted
- Van Buren, Martin
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1265
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1265
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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