TODAYS FIND!!!

[Michael Karr]

SNOWED IN TODAY,SO I WENT THREW SOME OLD THINGS I HAD LAYING AROUND AND RAN ACROSSED THIS OLD COIN THAT WAS IN A ARTIFACT COLLECTION I BOUGHT SOME TIME BACK,SO HAS ANYBODY SEEN ONE OF THESE IT HAS A DATE OF 1860 ON IT AND ONE SIDE SAY HERSCHEL.V.JOHNSON AND THE OTHER SIDE SAYS STEPHEN.A.DOUGLAS. LOOKS LIKE BRASS RING AROUND STEEL INSIDE,ANY IDEAS? MICHAEL

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Cry Of The Eagle: History And Legends Of The Cherokee Indians And Their Buried Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[Gypsy Heart]

HISTORY OF TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY
Sovereignty," insisted that the settlers of an organized Territory should have the same power in the management of the matter, that the people of a State had, and thus admit or reject Slavery, as they might choose, while in such inchoate political condition, and not await the organization of a State Government. This portion had Stephen A. Douglas for their Presidential candidate, and Herschel V. Johnson for Vice-President


HISTORY OF TAMA COUNTY IOWA
The Democratic National Convention was called to meet at Charleston, South Carolina. The friends of Stephen A. Douglas were active in urging his claims to the nomination for the Presidency, many of the delegates from the Northern States being instructed to use all honorable means to that end. The claims of Douglas were stoutly contested by the leaders of the Democracy of the south, and it was evident some time before the convention assembled that it would be difficult to come to an agreement, especially as the rule of the Democratic National Convention (sic) required a two-thirds vote to nominate. Meeting in the city of Charleston, April 23, 1860
After six days' meeting Stephen A. Douglas was nominated for President and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, for Vice-President. The nomination of Douglas was received with very great enthusiasm. Mr. Fitzpatrick declining, Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia, was substituted. Mr. Johnson accepted the nomination.

...................Stephen A. Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln in the Senate election of 1858. They had debated across Illinois seven times. This is a life mask of Stephen A. Douglas created by Leonard Volk in 1857.

 

[Michael Karr]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION,AND THE COIN WAS FOUND IN LOGAN CO.,ILLINOIS(LAND OF LINCOLN). IS IT OF ANY VALUE? MICHAEL

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I dont know what it would be worth considering that it has both of them on it.
Douglas tokens alone are selling on Ebay for between 99.00 -150.00

 

[Michael Karr]

UNDER WHAT CATEGORY ARE THEY LISTED ON EBAY? MIKE

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I googled Douglas presidential Token and found the ebay link