Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this token around 1880. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill is an important example of early American industrial manufacturing that adapted armory machines to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, and coins.
- Obverse: The legend reads: HENRY DE LISSER/COLON
- Reverse: The legend reads: 5/CENTS
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- date made
- ca 1880
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.1 cm; 13/16 in
- Object Name
- coin
