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Lot 52
Sale 6441 - Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln
May 21, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$5,440
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Lot Description
[LINCOLN-HAMLIN CAMPAIGN]. A presidential campaign token featuring ferrotype portraits of Lincoln and Hamlin, ca. 1860.
Back-to-back campaign token with obverse featuring a ferrotype portrait of Abraham Lincoln set in a metallic frame reading, "Abraham Lincoln / 1860" and reverse featuring a ferrotype portrait of Hannibal Hamlin set in a metallic frame reading, "Hannibal Hamlin. / 1860". Hole punched in frame, with faded red cloth string threaded and knotted. Overall diameter 1 in. (25 mm). Frame with some scattered soiling and nicking; portraits retain good clarity, with occasional spotting and small imperfections; red cloth string frayed and discolored.
The portrait of Lincoln featured here was produced by photographing the bust of a Currier & Ives print entitled, "Hon. Abraham Lincoln. 'Our Next President'". (Sullivan, p. 196). Not in Sullivan (possibly a variant of King #147).
Provenance:
Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California
Property from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation