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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24591254, member: 101855&quot;]And here are a couple Zachary Taylor pieces. Taylor didn&#039;t say too much about the issues. Most of his campaign was based around the fact that he was a hero of the Mexican War. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a shell token with a list of battles Taylor won during the Mexican War. A shell token is made of two thin embossed sides that are held together with a bezel. This is a scarce piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561868[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a large, original Zachary Taylor piece that is showing some &quot;tin pest pox.&quot; These pieces are subject to corrosion. They were made to last for the duration of the election campaign, not 170+ years later. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reference to &quot;a little more grape Captain Bragg&quot; refers to Braxton Bragg, who was a Confederate general in the western theater during the Civil War. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561873[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the most common Zachary Taylor campaign piece that was issued in 1848. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561874[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Taylor was president for less than two years. After sitting out in the hot sun during a Washington, DC 4th of July celebration event, he went back to the White House and gobbled down a bowl of cherries and iced milk. The water that was used to wash the cherries or the ice that was used to cool the milk was probably contaminated. Taylor took sick and died. </p><p><br /></p><p>He was succeeded by everyone&#039;s favorite obscure president, Millard Fillmore. Here is an 1856 Fillmore campaign piece. He was the &quot;Know Nothing Party&quot; candidate that year. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561876[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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