Medal token, "Perish Credit", 1834
date: label: associated date
content: 1834
name: label: associated person
content: Jackson, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: Party symbols drawn from the natural world helped to dramatize political issues to reach 19th century Americans, including those who could not read. The donkey (also known as a jackass) as a Democratic symbol dates back to the late 1820s, when Whig attacks against Andrew Jackson rendered his name as “A. Jack-ass.” Medals illustrated with donkeys and pigs bore slogans criticizing Jackson for removing federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Politics
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1834.B03
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1834.B03
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; 2.54 cm