Today's campaign collectible from a calmer time takes us all the
way back to 1920, a lopsided battle between two newspapermen and among the
rarest of campaign buttons.
Republican Warren Harding was roundly expected to trounce
Democrat James Cox.
Harding, running on an "America First" platform, won a
26.2 percent popular vote victory, still a record.
Democrats didn't spend much on what they knew was a lost cause,
and as a result, didn't produce many campaign items, like pins.
Good-condition pins, especially those with photos of a Cox with
running mate Franklin D. Roosevelt, are among the most sought after and
expensive.
I found a more affordable, roughed up version of a pin with just
the names after years of searching. It's among my favorites.
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