Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this discount token during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
- Obverse: The legend reads: THE BRASS CENTER/1674/WATERBURY/1924/OF THE WORLD.
- Reverse: The legend reads: GOOD FOR 50ยข/UPSON, SINGLETON, & Co. on a $5.00/ PURCHASE.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- date made
- ca 1924
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.1 cm; 1 1/4 in
- Object Name
- token
