George Washington Commemorative – 29mm

1ST PRESIDENT, U.S.A.
1789 1797
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Reverse
Legends at center and surrounding

Lettering:
“AMERICAN FABIOUS”
FIRST
IN WAR
FIRST IN PEACE
FIRST IN THE HEARTS
OF HIS COUNTRYMEN
SERVED EIGHT YEARS
AS PRESIDENT
WITHOUT
PAY.
“FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY”

This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. 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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