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<p>[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1335739, member: 75105"]It's a Marten van Buren "The Young Magician Token". </p><p><br /></p><p>I've found mentions of it on the internet, but I can't find an approximate age.</p><p><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0042-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0041.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did find this:</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #424A2A"><font face="arial unicode ms">This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company 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. Obverse: Bust of Martin Van Buren facing right. Legend: 8TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1837-1841/ MARTEN VAN BUREN. Reverse: “KING MARTIN THE FIRST"/” THE LITTLE MAGICIAN"/ U.S. SENATOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK MINISTER TO ENGLAND SECRETARY OF STATE VICE PRESIDENT REVOLUTIONIZED THE BANKING BUSINESS THE RED FOX IN POLITICS.</font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1335739, member: 75105"]It's a Marten van Buren "The Young Magician Token". I've found mentions of it on the internet, but I can't find an approximate age. [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0042-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0041.jpg[/IMG] I did find this: [LEFT][COLOR=#424A2A][FONT=arial unicode ms]This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company 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. Obverse: Bust of Martin Van Buren facing right. Legend: 8TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1837-1841/ MARTEN VAN BUREN. Reverse: “KING MARTIN THE FIRST"/” THE LITTLE MAGICIAN"/ U.S. SENATOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK MINISTER TO ENGLAND SECRETARY OF STATE VICE PRESIDENT REVOLUTIONIZED THE BANKING BUSINESS THE RED FOX IN POLITICS.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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