Medalet promoting Abraham Lincoln for president, 1860. White metal. DeWitt AL 1860-38. OBV: Inscription around, ABRAHAM LINCOLN BORN FEB. 9. 1809., enclosing bust of beardless Lincoln to right with MERRIAM (engraver) at truncation; ropelike border. REV: Inscription around REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE 1860, leaf ornament to right and left, enclosing NO MORE/ SLAVE/ TERRITORY, ornaments between each line, enclosed by laurel wreath, MERRIAM (engraver) below date; ropelike border.
Some trivial surface marks and scratches in the obverse field, but a high grade specimen of one of the classic Lincoln campaign tokens from 1860, referencing the issue over which the union foundered the following year.
