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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26397171, member: 101855"]I really don't know very much about these pieces. I can't lay my hands on the one book I have which mentions them. My specialty is 19th century presidential campaign medals and medelets. Here is the one piece I have, which I believe is part of the series. [ATTACH=full]1684087[/ATTACH] The reverse kind of says all I know. The series was sponsored by Augustus Sage. The medalets show the president's home. The dies were cut by George Lovett. I have this piece because a group of ladies were selling them to raise money to save Mt. Vernon which had fallen into disrepair. That's what drew my interest to it. Here are a couple of campaign for the two presidents who were covered in the OP. All Poke campaign medals are scarce to rare. In the 19th century, the quality of a collection was judged by the Polk and Lewis Cass medalets a collector had. This one is rather rare. It supports the admission of Texas as a state. That was a problem in 1844 because it almost guranteed a war with Mexico. [ATTACH=full]1684088[/ATTACH] Zachary Talor campaign pieces are more common. This one is a brass shell piece. It is made from two thin pieces which held together with a bezel. There was less wear and tear on the dies to make the pieces this way. The Taylor campaign mostly emphasized his war record and stayed away from the issues. The reverse lists his major battles during the Mexican War. [ATTACH=full]1684091[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]