Honesty, Integrity Elephant Coin

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Title: Honesty, Integrity Elephant Coin
Creator(s): Shopmaker, Helen S. (collector)
Content Type: other
Subject(s): Political campaigns
Presidents--United States
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Democratic Party (U.S.)
National Republican Party (U.S.)
Republican elephant (Symbolic character)
Time Period: 1950-1959
Description: Gold coin with face of an elephant and reads, "Honesty, Integrity." Reverse of coin features the backside of a donkey and reads, "Mink, 5%, Deep Freeze, Tax Scandal" used in opposition to the Harry S. Truman administration.
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Classification: HonestyIntegrityCoin.tif
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