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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 723

1860 Presidential Campaign. Pair of Ferrotypes: Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. 24.5mm. Portrait 1 of Lincoln ¾ l.; ABRAHAM LINCOLN and date with spray around in metal frame, rev. Hamlin (with less hair atop his head) portrait ¾ r.; HANNIBAL HAMLIN and date with spray around metal frame. Cf.Dewitt AL-1860-100. Good VF-EF; and Stephen Douglas and Joseph Lane. 25mm. Small portrait of Douglas ¾ r., STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (small ornament either side) above on ferrotype; UNION OF THE STATES and date with spray around on metal frame, rev. Joseph Lane portrait ¾ r., JOSEPH LANE (ornament either side) on ferrotype above; THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS 1860 around on metal frame. Extremely Fine, near Choice; also BEP Souvenir Card from the Detroit 1984 ANA showing an 1882 Treasury $500 note with a Lincoln vignette and First Day Cover "Freeport, Ill. Aug 27 1958" with Lincoln Douglas Debate cachet. (4)

Estimate
$1,100 to $1,300