Columbian Exposition Medal, Abraham Lincoln. About Uncirculated. King 504; Eglit 85A. By Henry H. Zearing. 45 mm. Created for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. An unbearded and distinctive bust of a younger Lincoln, slightly right, signed in the field left. Legend: ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1809-1865 around.
Reverse; Text from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE ° WITH CHARITY FOR ALL ° WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT AS GOD GIVES VS TO SEE THE RIGHT LET VS STRIVE ON (a line of 13 stars) LET VS HAVE FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT AND IN THAT FAITH LET VS TO THE END DARE TO DO OVR DVTY AS WE VNDERSTAND IT (text from an 1860 address at the Cooper Union in New York).
Estimated Value $150 - UP
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