 1830 Scovill Manufacturing Company Medal. White metal. 45.6 mm. Unsigned. Choice Uncirculated. Medium silver gray color with brightly reflective fields. Some evidence of tin pest peppers the front. The obverse shows Scovill's rebuilt works in 1830, the inscription noting the fire of March that burned the place down and its restoration just three months later. The reverse bears the firm's advertising message. There are said to be only two of these known. This piece was used to illustrate the catalogue of the Ford Collection sale of Hard Times Tokens in June 2004.
Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection via New Netherlands Coin Company on February 28, 1955.
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