James Buchanan, President of the United States Token

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Title: James Buchanan, President of the United States Token
Creator(s): Shopmaker, Helen S. (collector)
Content Type: token
Subject(s): Presidents--United States
Buchanan, James, 1791-1861
Geographic Area: United States
Description: 1 and 1/14-inch gold-tone token with profile portrait of James Buchanan and the text "James Buchanan, President of the United States 1857" in low relief surrounding the portrait. On the reverse, the figures of a male settler and a Native American stand facing one another in front of an American flag with the words "Labor, Virtue, Honor" above the scene, all in low relief.
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Classification: JamesBuchanan_PresoftheUS.tif
Owner: St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis