Token - James Madison (Scovill) ND

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
"FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION"
SECRETARY
OF STATE
UNDER JEFFERSON.
AS A DEBATER
AND DEFENDER OF
THE CONSTITUTION
HE BECAME ONE OF
AMERICA'S GREAT
STATESMEN.
"DECLARED WAR OF 1812"

Edge

Plain

Comment

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.
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