James Buchanan Cracker Jack Coin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This coin was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1930s. The Scovill Company 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. These coins could be mailed to Cracker Jack to become a Mystery Club member.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of James Buchanan facing right. Legend: 15TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1857-1861/ JAMES BUCHANAN.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Legend: "OLD BUCK"/ "OLD PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY"/ JOIN CRACKER JACK MYSTERY CLUB SAVE THIS COIN/ THE CRACKER JACK CO., CHICAGO, U.S.A.
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: 1981.0296.1263
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm; in