THE GREAT REPUBLICAN VICTORY OF 1880 / ...STEAMER HANCOCK...

Token promoting the Republican Party (and James Garfield for president) and disparaging Winfield S. Hancock and William English, 1880. Dewitt #JG1880-6. Brass, 28 mm., and in choice, almost uncirculated condition with original luster. Reverse features a steamship with the number 329 and the inscription: 'GOOD FOR A FREE PASSAGE ON THE STEAMER HANCOCK CAPT. ENGLISH NOV, 2, 1880 FOR SALT RIVER DIRECT CHINESE LINE". Rare and unusual, and the first we've handled.