Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Civil War and Lincoln Medals) // Hyku

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: This Swiss-struck huge Lincoln medal with its reverse depicting armed, nude torso Black insurgents (former slaves) at his tomb is perhaps the most visually stunning medal depicting Lincoln. A silver specimen is rumored and for many yrs the huge gold specimen given to his widow Mary Todd was thought to have been melted as Mary Todd Lincoln was in severe financial straits after the assassination. Only recently was I reliably informed the gold medal is ensconced in the Library of Congress where you have to be a recognized and approved researcher to even get into the "Library" which, theoretically, belongs to and is funded by the American public. I paid a record price for this bronze medal as it was accompanied by the only original round plush case and the original medal announcement / solicitation I'd heard of. In original case, with issue document.

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: This Swiss-struck huge Lincoln medal with its reverse depicting armed, nude torso Black insurgents (former slaves) at his tomb is perhaps the most visually stunning medal depicting Lincoln. A silver specimen is rumored and for many yrs the huge gold specimen given to his widow Mary Todd was thought to have been melted as Mary Todd Lincoln was in severe financial straits after the assassination. Only recently was I reliably informed the gold medal is ensconced in the Library of Congress where you have to be a recognized and approved researcher to even get into the "Library" which, theoretically, belongs to and is funded by the American public. I paid a record price for this bronze medal as it was accompanied by the only original round plush case and the original medal announcement / solicitation I'd heard of. In original case, with issue document.

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: A superb proof, unpierced & unissued IPM. Ex Andrew Zabriskie Lincoln coll'n. Zabriskie's interest in Lincoln was borne out of his attendance as a small child at Lincoln's funeral procession in 1865 & for approx 100 yrs his Lincolnia lay unseen and unappreciated in a box in a closet until his descendants brought it into Sotheby's NY auction house in 1999. Of course, Zabriskie's superb American coin coll'n was auctioned by the Chapman Bros in the early part of the century. I'll never forget my visit in Dec 1999 to the numismatic vaults of the Smithsonian. There was a thin metal cabinet drawer labelled "Lincoln Medals". I pulled it out and was confronted with six 76 mm silver Lincoln IPM's, 3 superb unissued pcs and 3 ringed, evidently issued but choice pcs. Nearby was the huge gold Grant 1863 cased Congressional medal, in a cabinet drawer (later to be exhibited with Grant's stuffed horse!).

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: A superb proof, unpierced & unissued IPM. Ex Andrew Zabriskie Lincoln coll'n. Zabriskie's interest in Lincoln was borne out of his attendance as a small child at Lincoln's funeral procession in 1865 & for approx 100 yrs his Lincolnia lay unseen and unappreciated in a box in a closet until his descendants brought it into Sotheby's NY auction house in 1999. Of course, Zabriskie's superb American coin coll'n was auctioned by the Chapman Bros in the early part of the century. I'll never forget my visit in Dec 1999 to the numismatic vaults of the Smithsonian. There was a thin metal cabinet drawer labelled "Lincoln Medals". I pulled it out and was confronted with six 76 mm silver Lincoln IPM's, 3 superb unissued pcs and 3 ringed, evidently issued but choice pcs. Nearby was the huge gold Grant 1863 cased Congressional medal, in a cabinet drawer (later to be exhibited with Grant's stuffed horse!).

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: A rare US Mint medal and, of course, unique in gold.

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: A rare US Mint medal and, of course, unique in gold.

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Two known in silver. I believe the few silvers that exist were given to either the recipient's family or, more likely, the Congressman or Senator proposing the issuance of the gold Congressional medal. The original gold medal is in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian, located "in a high security storage unit" (evidently never on exhibit) within the Division of Politics and Reform. This information was only recently revealed after a 2 year-long inquiry with the SI w/o response. The chocolate bronze is rather rare.

Descrição:: Alan V. Weinberg comments: Two known in silver. I believe the few silvers that exist were given to either the recipient's family or, more likely, the Congressman or Senator proposing the issuance of the gold Congressional medal. The original gold medal is in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian, located "in a high security storage unit" (evidently never on exhibit) within the Division of Politics and Reform. This information was only recently revealed after a 2 year-long inquiry with the SI w/o response. The chocolate bronze is rather rare.