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| Title | Commemorative Coin, depicting Lincoln as railsplitter and friend |
| Coverage / Year | 1860;
Middle Victorian United States |
| Description | Copper coin with Lincoln, railsplitter and friend. One of first coins struck during campaign. Beardless Lincoln facing right, inscription & decorative border along edge. Back: tall man wields mallet while other holds wedge into trunk of tree, log cabin in background. Obverse: "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, 1860" & engraver's name under shoulder. Reverse: "The Railsplitter of the West" Diam 1" x H 1/16". |
| Interpretation | Campaign coin similar to LIHO 6771 & 6772. Campaign "advertisement" for the 1860 presidential election. Typical for the 19th century. Coins would frequently carry different slogans for different states/regions, to appeal to different groups. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; History of Money |
| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Author or Creator | Ellis |
| Source | Transferred from Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C. |
| Subject / Keywords | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Coin; Commemorative; Memorabilia; Election; 1860 |
| Collection Publisher | Lincoln Home National Historic Site
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | LIHO 6773 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 10932151262003_6773.jpg |
