Lincolniana

The Lincoln Centennial Medal Book, 1908, with 1909 Lincoln Birth Centennial and Emancipation Proclamation medal bound in.

The book measures 5 inches x 8 inches x 1 inch, with 70 gilt-edged numbered pages, copyright by Robert Hewitt, and dedicated to Archer M. Huntington, then president of the American Numismatic Association. The book contains, in addiction to the medal, an article on the origin and symbolism of the medal as well as "certain characteristic writings of Lincoln," such as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. The medal is Cunningham 11-150C, King-309, copper, 62 mm, and is housed in a heavy cardboard cut-out page in the center of the book. The medal is About Uncirculated, the book in excellent condition, complete and undamaged. Cunningham mentions this medal-book combination on page 105 of his 2015 reference Lincoln's Metallic Imagery. Remaining original combinations such as this are quite rare.

From the Richard Jewell Collection.