1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AL-1860-6 WM “Handsome” NGC MS63 Campaign Medal Ex. Dewitt

1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AL-1860-6 WM “Handsome Medal” NGC MS63 Campaign Medal Ex. Dewitt 

40mm, white metal. High grade, uncirculated. Tied for Finest Graded. Original thin planchet. Beautiful piece! Dewitt AL-1860-6, King-6, Cunningham 1-070W.

Per J. Doyle Dewitt: “These pieces were issued by the New York firm of Henning & Eymann at seventy-five cents in copper and twenty-five cents in white metal. As such, they were struck for distribution in the campaign. The copies in silver, bronze, brass and lead, usually found on a thicker flan, were probably struck for sale to collectors” 

Obverse: “Abraham Lincoln” around beardless bust, right facing. Microscopic “Henning & Eymann. N.Y.” under bust.

Reverse: “Republicans Candidate for Sixteenth President of the United States.” inside wreath.

Condition: Please see photos. NGC MS63 Uncirculated

Census: (2/0) Finest graded!!

Provenance: Ex. J. Doyle Dewitt Collection!! Author of: A century of campaign buttons, 1789-1889; a descriptive list of medalets, tokens, buttons, ferrotypes, and other lapel devices relating to the national political campaigns in the United States from 1789 to 1889, who amassed one of the largest collections of United States Presidential Memorabilia.

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