Panama Railway Token
Panama Railway Token
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this token during the mid 19th 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, medals, coins, and tokens. This 2.5 cent token was likely used to purchase goods at Coll Brandon & Company store in Colon, Panama.
- Obverse: Locomotive traveling from left to right, with a palm tree in the background.
- Reverse: The legend reads: COLL BRANDON & CO./2 ½ Cts/COLON, (ASPINWALL)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- token
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.8 cm; 1 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1491
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1491
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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