James Monroe Commemorative Token
James Monroe Commemorative Token
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- Description (Brief)
- This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. 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 including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.
- Obverse: Bust of James Monroe facing right. Legend: 5TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A. / 1817 1825 / JAMES MONROE.
- Reverse: "THE LAST COCKED HAT"/ "MONROE DOCTRINE"/ SOLDIER OF REVOLUTION MINISTER TO FRANCE GOVERNOR OF VIRIGINIA SECRETARY OF WAR SECRETARY OF STATE PURCHASED FLORIDA FROM SPAIN ERA OF GOOD FEELING.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- date made
- early 20th century
- depicted
- Monroe, James
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1275
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1275
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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