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1840-1841
GUSN-10664
Political pewter coin from campaign of William Henry Harrison, the 9th president of the United States. Th coin shows a log cabin, a flag, a tree, and a table with a pitcher (or stein) and has an inscription.
commemoratives
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
Coin, Commemorative
Stamped on front: The People's Choice/ The Hero of Tippecanoe Stamped on back: Gen. W H Harrison Born Feb 9 1773 (Stamped)
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
1 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.556
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