HAYES / WHEELER

Celluloid token promoting Rutherford B. Hayes for president and William A. Wheeler for vice president, 1876. 1" diameter, looped for suspension, in excellent condition. Dewitt lists this as #RBH 1876-31 and states that these were made in several different colors by the Celluloid Company of Newark, New Jersey. This is the white variety, and the first time celluloid was used for a campaign item.