Help with this Large Lincoln Medal .... Please

Smittys

help please
Needs an acetone bath

No I need help in identifying it and info on value etc ...

lkeigwin

What help are you asking for? You need someone to give it an acetone bath?

I've never had a problem with brown copper and acetone. It can give the coin a dried out look, from removing oils that have built up over the years. A little Blue Ribbon helped.
Lance.

Smittys

<< <i>What help are you asking for? You need someone to give it an acetone bath?

I've never had a problem with brown copper and acetone. It can give the coin a dried out look, from removing oils that have built up over the years. A little Blue Ribbon helped.
Lance. >>



info on the piece itself..

nencoin

I Googled salvator patriae lincoln medal and got plenty of results, including some auction prices realized for the WM issue. I'm sure a few more minutes of searching would have yielded some bronze results for me.

lkeigwin

From some "artfact" auction.
Lance.

Lincoln Related Rare and Impressive Salvator Patriae Lincoln Medal Ahuge (83 mm) medal in olive-colored Bronze, with a high relief bust of Lincoln facing right on the obverse, the legends SALVATORE PATRIAEsurrounding. Tiny letters below the bust indicate that the dies were engraved by Emil Sigel. The reverse shows a wreath encircling the following, multi-line inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE LIFE ACTS AND DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809. DIED APRIL 15, 1865. Tiny letters on a thin scroll woven through the wreath read: PUB. BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK 1866. The example we offer here is essentially perfect, with bright, glossy surfaces and no marks or rim bruises. A wonderful piece for the Lincoln enthusiast.Only 16 Bronze and a few White Metal examples of this medal were struck before the dies broke and became unusable. This was the first medal produced by the American Numismatic Society and the cost overruns were excessive. 1866 Abraham Lincoln SALVATOR PATRIAE Mourning Medal in Bronze, Gem Uncirculated.

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AnkurJ

Some were made in 1909 as well.

Aegis3

The first medal of the American Numismatic Society. Issued in copper and white metal. Numerous unofficial reductions also exist (from the 19th century). I'd have to check but it's at least a high three figure item, most likely four.

coindeuce

All of the info you need other than value is in Robert King's reference, "Lincoln in Numismatics"
Emel Sigel is familiar as a designer of many Civil War patriotic tokens as well.

A similar condition piece (King 244) was sold in PCAC's Auction 82 (lot #349 - 6/30/2012, Baltimore) from fellow R.N.A. member Ken Traub's A.N.S. medal collection, where it realized $1,250, which included a 15% buyer's fee.

Smitty, please remember this when I ask you again about the medal that you haven't been willing to sell to me.