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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4802633, member: 101855&quot;]Your Grant token is a piece from the 1868 presidential campaign. It is listed in DeWitt / Sullivan as USG 1868-30. It is one of the common varieites, but it is quite interesting because it referrs to Grant&#039;s comment when he took over the Army of the Potomac in the spring of 1864.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the piece in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166359[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, my piece is holed also. That&#039;s okay for collectors who specilize in these pieces. They were met to be worn, like a political button is today. You either had to have hole you could use to hang it on something or a bezel, which is more expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a much older piece, from the 1840 Martin Van Buren campaign, that still has its original string.[ATTACH=full]1166361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166362[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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