TILDEN / HENDRICKS

SKU 07303E
Celluloid token promoting Samuel Tilden for president and Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president, 1876. Dewitt lists this as #SJT 1876-20 and states that these were made by the Celluloid Company in Newark, New Jersey in several different colors - this is the white version. 1" diameter, looped for suspension. The first known use of celluloid for a campaign item. There is a vertical hairline scratch (NOT a crack) on the Hendricks side which extends from his forehead to his lapel.
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