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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26756549, member: 101855&quot;]1844 Polk campaign tokens are among the most expensive and hardest to find. The Democrats were offended by the flood of tokens that the Whigs issued for William Henry Harrison in 1840 that they included a line in their platform that they would not &quot;insult the people with camaign trinkets&quot; Here are a couple of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1708557[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Press onward - Enlarge the boundries of freedom&quot; That&#039;s code for &quot;manifest destiny&quot; which met, let&#039;s to war with Mexico and take some land! </p><p><br /></p><p>This is tough one. I have five or six over 30 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1708558[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This token called for Texas statehood which would almost certainly end up in a war with Mexico. Former president, Martin Van Buren came out against it. He went from the frontrunner for the 1844 Democratic presidential nomination to out of the race. Henry Clay tried to have it both ways. It hurt him too. This is very hard token to find. I&#039;ve seen two or three in 30 years of collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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