The 8 Presidents Medal by William Henry Bridgens
Zoins
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I'm a big fan of William Henry Bridgens and this may be his largest medal.
I found the following interesting regarding this the restrikes.
Has anyone seen this paired with the 1856 James Buchanan medal? Is the other side also by Bridgens?
Stack's Bowers said:
Originals with the diesinker's name on the reverse are extremely rare, with restrikes like this the most frequently seen in collections. The obverse die was muled with campaign medal dies for the 1856 James Buchanan presidential race so it is assumed that all such restrikes were produced for collectors around that time.
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@Zoins... Were there any special pieces made in silver? Cheers, RickO
Here the Buchanan campaign medal that is in question, The dies for both sides were made by William Key of Philadelphia.
The rebus "buck - cannon" obverse was married to the eight presidents reverse. According to DeWitt / Sullivan, the eight presidents variety was made in the 1860s, well after the 1856 election.
Both of the "buck - cannon" with either reverse are rare and expensive (Close to $2,000 ten years ago, maybe more now.). I have chances to buy the piece with the eight presidents, but never pulled the trigger because of their "restrike" sort of status.
According to DeWitt / Sullivan the "buck - cannon" / eight presidents was only made in copper.
@BillJones .... Thanks Bill. I was just curious, not that I had seen or heard of any. Seems something like that might have been done in silver for presentation to donors or influential politicians. Cheers, RickO