Political Token

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Political Token

Entry/Object ID

1966.60.4

Description

Small copper token with a small hole drilled through it near the top. One side is molded with a bust portrait of a man in a military uniform (in profile) and the words, "MAJ. GEN. W. H. HARRISON / BORN FEB. 9 1773." The other side is molded with an image of a log cabin and the words, "THE PEOPLES CHOICE IN THE YEAR 1840."

Context

Produced to the support the 1840 residential campaign of William Henry Harrison.

Acquisition

Accession

1966.60

Source or Donor

Woodcock, Alice H.

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Made/Created

Date made

1840

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Harrison Sr., William Henry (1773 – 1841)