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Political Tokens

834          Blaine (busts of Blaine and Logan facing left) // The Republicans Have Ruled Since 1860 And With Blaine & Logan Are Good For Another Term (around Union shield).  Brass 26mm MS64 70% Bright holed for suspension.  Dewitt JGB 1884-21 (25-50)                  

 

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835  P      Brown Slavery The Sum Of All Villainies Marching Along John Brown (around bust of Brown quarter right) // Resistance To Tyranny Is Obedience To God Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death John Brown 1859 (around gallows scene of Brown being hung).  White Metal 32mm AU+ 20% Bright and Prooflike with some light staining.  An AU brought $485.10 in my July 2009 sale.  Dewitt SL 1859-1. (400-500)                                         

836          Buchanan James Buchanan. No Sectionalism (around bust right) // United States Of America (above eagle).  Brass 28mm AU 20% Bright, holed for suspension.  Dewitt JB 1856-9 (50-75)                                          

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837  P      Cass General L. Cass (around bust left with Leonard below) // The Sub Treasury & The Tariff Of Forty Six. (within wreath).  White Metal 41mm.  Said to be one of just 25 struck around 1860, very rare and desirable in any condition.  MS62 70% Bright.  Dewitt LC 1848-1 (750-1,000)             

838          Douglas Democratic Candidate 1860 Stephen A. Douglas (around bust left) // Liberty Union And Equality (around eagle).  Brass 28mm VG.  Dewitt SD 1860-11 (25-50)                                  

839          Douglas Stephen A. Douglas (around bust quarter right) // Intervention Is Disunion 1860 M.Y.O.B. (mind your own business).  Copper 20mm MS62 50% Red.  A Copper example in MS63 brought $226 in my December 2008 auction. Dewitt SD 1860-22 (150-200)                                           

840          Fillmore Millard. Fillmore. For The Whole Country (around bust right) // United States of America 31. S. (around displayed eagle).  Brass 28mm EF+ Trace Bright unholed.  Dewitt MF 1856-5. (50-75)                                     

841          Fremont John C. Fremont. Free Soil. & Free Speech. (around bust right) // Wm. L. Dayton Free Speech. Free Men. (around displayed eagle).  Dewitt JF 1856- 8 Brass 28mm EF 10% Bright without hole.  In a NGC holder graded XF40. (75-100)                                           

842          Fremont John. C. Fremont. Free Soil & Free Speech (around bust right)  // United States Of America (around eagle).  Brass 28mm VF+. Dewitt JF 1856-9 (50-75)                                           

843          Garfield James A. Garfield (around bust left) // Canal Boy 1845 President 1881 Inaugurated (under White House and canal scene).  Brass 25mm VF tiny obverse spot holed for suspension.  Dewitt JG 1880-9. (<25)               

 

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844  P      Grant General U. S. Grant (1868) Hughes Bovy Fecit Geneve (Suisse) (around bust left) // I Intend To Fight It Out On This Line If It Takes All Summer. Patient Of Toil, Serene Amidst Alarms, Inflexible In Faith, Invincible In Arms.  Bronze 60mm MS62.  Very detailed and well executed rendition of the candidate.  An MS63 brought $412.50 in my July 2006 sale.  Dewitt USG 1868-2 (300-400)                                     

845          Grant General U.S. Grant 1868 (around bust facing right with J. E. Ellis on truncation) // I Promise To Fight It Out On This Line If It Takes All Summer (around wreath).  Brass 28mm AU 20% Bright holed for suspension. Dewitt USG 1868-30 (25-50)                                  

846          Grant Sumner Chas: Sumner Born Jan. 6 1811 . Died Mar. 11 1874 . (around bust left) // Civil Rights For All 1851 Elec: Senator (around eagle).  Brass 24mm VF holed for suspension.  Dewitt USG 1872-13A (25-50)                                             

847  P      Greeley Horace Greeley 1872 (around but right) // B. Gratz Brown 1872 (around but right).  Two toned two piece Brass Shell with gilt brass frame and silvered centers 24mm.  MS65 90% Bright.  Rare and desirable.   Dewitt HG 1872-29 (500-750)                                     

848          Hancock Winfield S. Hancock (around bust right) // A Superb Soldier A Model President (around clover with 2 A C on leaves).  Silvered Brass 25mm AU+ 50% Bright holed for suspension. Dewitt WSH 1880-3 (25-50)                                      

849          Hancock W. S. Hancock W. H. English (around rooster) // (busts right of candidates).  Silvered Brass 25mm MS62 60% Bright holed for suspension.  Dewitt WSH 1880-4 (25-50)                            

850          Harrison Gen. Benjamin Harrison 1888 (around bust left) // Republican Candidate For President.  Brass 21mm AU 50% bright holed.  Dewitt BH 1888-25 (25-50)                                         

851          Harrison William Henry Harrison (above bust left signed Mitchell Boston) // Harrison Jubilee Bunker Hill Sept 10 1840 (around Bunker Hill monument surrounded by eagle, flags and canons).  White Metal 43mm EF+ 20% Bright holed for suspension but close to edge and has broken through the edge.  An AU with rim bumps and a similar broken through hole brought $137.50 in my June 2005 auction.  Dewitt WHH 1840-4 (100-150)                                                   

852          Harrison Maj. Gen. W. H. Harrison Born Feb 9 1773 (around bust left) // The Peoples Choice The Hero Of Tippecanoe (around log cabin).  Copper 29mm VG+ holed for suspension.  Dewitt WHH 1840-25 (25-50)                                        

853          Jackson Genl Andrew Jackson (around bust left) // The Nation's Good (within wreath).  Brass 24mm VF dark, a bit porous with planchet crack and holed for suspension.  Dewitt AJACK 1824-4 (<25)                                    

 

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854  P      Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Henning & Hymann NY  (around bust right) // Republican Candidate For Sixteenth President Of The United States (within wreath).  White Metal 40mm AU 40% Bright holed for suspension with two obverse rim nicks.  A holed AU with nick and rim bump in White Metal brought $401 in my May 2004 sale.  Ex. Henry South collection from PCAC's March 1999 sale where it realized $232. Dewitt AL 1860-6 (300-400)                                

855  P      Lincoln Hartford Wide-Awakes (above marcher in uniform carrying cane and lantern) // Organized March Third 1860 (around uniformed marcher carrying torch light).  Brass 28mm MS63 50% Bright.  An EF brought $82.50 in my December 2008 sale.  In a NGC holder graded MS64 PL. Dewitt AL 1860-40 (200-300)                                     

856          Lincoln Hon. Abraham Lincoln. 1860 (around bust right signed Ellis) // The Railsplitter Of The West (over scene of Lincoln and helper splitting log).  Brass 28mm EF unusual without hole.  Dewitt AL 1860-41 (150-200)                                      

857          Lincoln Abm: Lincoln, Rep. Candidate For President 1860 (around bust right signed R. L. Phila for Robert Lovett) // Protection To American Industry Free Homes For Free Men.  Copper 27mm EF Trace Red.  Dewitt AL 1860-52 (100-150)                                

858          Lincoln Millions For Freedom 1860 Not One Cent For Slavery // Success To Republican Principles (around eagle).  Brass 24mm AU+ 30% Bright. Dewitt AL 1860-60 (100-150)                                  

859          Lincoln Abraham Lincoln For President (around bust left) // (eagle on drums with flags).  Brass 22mm AU 20% Bright. Dewitt AL 1964-37 (100-150)                              

860          McClellan General George B. McClellan US Army (around bust left signed F. B. Smith) // We Can Ask No Higher Honor Than The Proud Consciousness That We Belong To The Army Of The Potomac.  White Metal 34mm EF+ 30% Bright.  Dewitt GMcC 1864-7 (100-150)                           

861          McClellan Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, U.S.A. (around military bust left signed R. L.) // My Country I Am Sworn To Defend (around eagle with shield and flags).  White Metal 34mm AU+ 50% Bright. Dewitt GMcC 1864-9 (100-150)                                       

862          McClellan George B. McClellan (around bust left signed G. H.) // The Union Must And Shall Be Preserved (around eagle).  Brass 25mm VG+.  Dewitt GMcC 1864-25 (25-50)                            

863          Pierce Gen Frank. Pierce The Statesman & Soldier (around bust right) // For President Gen. Frank Pierce Of New Hampshire For Vice President William R. King Of Alabama.  Brass 26mm AU+ 40% Bright holed for suspension.  Nice than the AU that realized $74 in my November 2004 auction. Dewitt FP 1852-5 (75-100)                                   

864          Scott Gen. Winfield Scott First In War First In Peace (around bust right) // Scott & Graham Union & Constitution (around eagle).  Brass 30mm VF. Dewitt WS 1852-11 (25-50)                                           

865          Taylor Hero of Palo Alto, Resace De La Palma, Monterey, Buena Vista 1847 Major General Zachary Taylor (around military bust left) // United States of America 1847 (around eagle).  Brass 25mm EF with a few light marks and residue traces. Dewitt ZT 1848-21 (25-50)                                     

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866  P      Tilden Tilden's "Convention" Bitters S: J: T. - 1880 - X - IT (around bust right) // Drake's Plantation Bitters S. T. - 1860 - X.  Gilt Brass 27mm.  MS65 80% Bright.  Dewitt SJT 1876-9 (300-400)                                               

867          Van Buren VOTE THE LAND / FREE counterstamped on the obverse of an 1830's Large Cent VF coin AG but dark and porous with a number of cuts some arraigned to create a W and V.  A similar example brought $192.50 in my July 2006 auction.  Dewitt MVB 1848-3 (75-100)                            

868          Van Buren Martin Van Buren Born Dec. 5. 1782 (around bust left) // Weighed In The Balance & Found Wanting (around scales favoring Democrats over Whigs).  Brass 24mm EF+ Trace Bright with small reverse stain, holed for suspension.  Dewitt MVB 1840-9. (25-50)      

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