"Any man who would seek high office is precisely the last man you want for the job". The warnings and the example of George Washington set the stage for decades to follow on the issue of promotion of a particular political candidate. Candidates did not want themselves to be seen as seeking the presidency of their own choosing. Eventually, however, as the generation passed and politics became more heated, it became more okay for the parties to be seen as promoting their Candidates.

When Andrew Jackson ran for the presidency the first time in 1824 he was way ahead of his three rivals (John Quincy Adams, William Crawford and Henry Clay) when it came to bringing his campaign to the people. In the past, most of the members of the Electoral College had been picked by the state legislatures. By 1824, that had changed, and three-quarters of the members were elected by the popular vote of the people. Jackson noted that change and geared his campaign message to the voters.

Part of Jackson's strategy was to issue the first presidential campaign tokens, and they came with three different slogans. I believe that the scarcest tokens carry the slogan, "The Nation's Pride.

"There are a total of 6 coins produced about Andrew Jackson and/or his heroism. They were, however, careful not to put "for president" on them.  4 were "the nation's good, the nation's pride, the people's good, and the hero of the battle of New Orleans."  Another (minted by Whig party members to make satire of this coin) makes Jackson look like a Greek emperor (very common) and has the wrong inaugural date. The original depicts him dressed in his uniform with the correct inaugural date (uncommon).

This particular token listed in the auction is in an almost uncirculated state, which is very, very rare.

In the 1824 presidential election, Jackson received more popular votes and Electoral College votes than any other candidate, but he did not get a majority of the votes in the Electoral College. Therefore, under the rules set forth in the Constitution, the presidential election went to the House of Representatives, where each state, regardless of size, had one vote.

Henry Clay was out of the running because he had finished last in the field of four, but he became the king maker nevertheless. As Speaker of the House Clay was able to get the required votes to make John Quincy Adams president. When Adams appointed Clay to be secretary of state, which was then viewed as a stepping stone to the presidency, Jackson's supporters cried foul. The Clay appointment became known as "the corrupt bargain," in which Adams had appointed Clay to the state department in return for Clay's help in getting Adams elected president. Most historians do not think that there was a "corrupt bargain," but it made for a wonderful political slogan that would help propel Jackson into the White House in 1828.

The population of uncirculated examples of the original 6 coins is incredibly small because

In 1833, Andrew Jackson suspended specie (silver and gold) payments from the treasury to reign in inflation on the prices of federal lands being sold. This act caused hoarding of silver and gold coins during the great panic of 1833. Lacking currency for trading and no faith in paper bills, private minting of (large) penny sized copper tokens became common, and these were used in trade. There are many types of tokens, and they became a vehicle for political statements and even campaign tokens (Harrison 1840 Whig). They continued cirulating as currency until they were outlawed to be used as currency in the year 1863. By then, just about all these political and advertising coins were well worn and circulated.

This auction is for an authentic 1824 genuine original copper/brass Andrew Jackson coin/medal/token "hero of New Orleans" in AU-BU condition with pictured damage to obverse.

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