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Happy Birthday Abe Lincoln!!!
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Victor D. Brenner's Lincoln medal, which is the closest to the cent ... There is great symbolism on the reverse with the "lone eagle" which was symbolic of Lincoln's position so many times during the Civil War.
W.R. Julian posted this medal on the fly leaf of his fantastic book Medals of the United States Mint - The First Century 1792 - 1892. The caption read, "Representative of the beautiful medal art produced by the Mint during its first century, this specimen is a superb example of the mahogany finish created by the Mint during the 1800s. Isn't it ironic that a medal dedicated to a man who was considered ugly during his lifetime would appear on a medal that is considered to be of great beauty.
More later if there is interest ...
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Nice MPL!
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And the die that was used to strike the obverse.
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NICE!
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The Rhode Island die sinker who produced this portrait was not noted for his abilities to reproduce the human face as noted by his image of General Burnside which is shown below the Lincoln (?) token.
Charnley's "Burnside"
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these are always a favorite with me
This is a very rare Lincoln presidential campaign token from the 1860 election. DeWitt - Sullivan lists it as AL 1860-62 and the Fulds list it as patriotic Civil War token 506/513 BR. The Fulds rate it as an R-8 (5 to 10 known) and I don't recall seeing another. This Lincoln obverse is most often seen with the "White House" reverse.
The fact that this piece is holed and has some wear which has removed part of the original silvering indicates to me that it was used during the 1860 presidential campaign. Collectively this piece is part of the "Wealth of the South" serious of Civil War tokens. They are unusual because unlike all other Civil War tokens the "Wealth of the South" pieces were first produced in 1860. All other Civil War tokens are dated from 1861 to '64.
The slogan on the reverse, "The Union Must and Shall be Preserved," dates from a toast Andrew Jackson gave at a Democratic Jefferson Day dinner. At the time South Carolina was threatening to nullify a protective tariff and vice president John C. Calhoun was heading up the movement. Calhoun's toast was "The Union, Next to Our Liberty Most Dear!" Jackson stared him down with his quote. The quote was consistent with Lincoln's pledge to preserve the Union at all costs.
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He was slated to be born on George Washington's birthday but came in early for Abe's.
I think he has a great destiny ahead of him.
Here is an image of a copper cent that I did for some self-slabs we did for his birthday party (and school party) a few years back.
Normally, I wouldn't post his picture anywhere around here, but I think that DW has curbed most of the jerks who would do bad things with pictures, and this is a few years old, so not a current picture anyway.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
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ambro51, Your lucky Abe can't hear you... Yet!
Not My Medal.
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And Happy Birthday to another great emancipator - Charles Darwin!
Eric
And here are two ferrotypes. Ferrotypes were the first campaign pieces to have actual pictures of the candidates. They are not tokens or medals, but many coin collectors seem to like them and expand their collections to include a few.
Here is an 1860 piece with Lincoln's first vice president Hannibal Hamlin on the reverse:
And here is one from the 1864 campaign with Andrew Johnson on the reverse. The 1864 pieces are much scarcer than the 1860 issues.
(And I just noticed....the avatar makes 3 generations.)