Dix Token
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this token around 1860. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods. With the Civil War starting, Secretary of the Treasury James Dix sent a telegram to Treasury agents in Louisiana: "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." This quote is on the token’s reverse.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: U.S. flag surrounded by 13 stars. Legend: THE FLAG OF THE UNION.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: IF ANYBODY ATTEMPTS TO TEAR IT DOWN/ SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT/ DIX.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1604
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1604
objectType: label: Object Name
content: token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.95 cm; 3/4 in