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Auction 739 April.

Boston
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Lot 16

Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

Opening: $200

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Extremely desirable ferrotype button from the 1860 presidential campaign, 1˝ in diameter, featuring a portrait of the beardless Abraham Lincoln on one side, with his vice presidential running mate Hannibal Hamlin on the other. Their portraits are encircled with raised text, "Abraham Lincoln, 1860" and "Hannibal Hamlin, 1860." In fine condition, with marks to the Hamlin image; Lincoln's image is uncommonly sharp.