The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this play money 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: Bust of Ulysses Grant facing left. The legend reads: NATIONAL HEROES/ GEN. U. S. GRANT/ 1822/ 1885.
Reverse: The legend reads: MAZUMA/ PLAY MONEY/ 25.
