(1864) Token DeWitt AL-1864-68 Copper Lincoln-Johnson Campaign

Coin Details

Auction Record

$156 AU53BN 05-29-2019 Stack's Bowers

Description

This copper campaign token for the Lincoln-Johnson ticket from the 1864 election is cataloged as DeWitt AL-1864-68. The sequential DeWitt catalog number from AL-1864-67 indicates this is a different die combination sharing the Lincoln-Johnson pairing theme. The 1864 election produced a significant body of joint Lincoln-Johnson campaign material because the National Union ticket was specifically designed to emphasize bipartisan unity. Campaign tokens bearing both names reinforced the message that supporting Lincoln was not a partisan act but a patriotic one — that Democrats and Republicans could unite behind the war effort and against the Copperhead peace movement. The copper composition of this AL-1864-68 type indicates a moderate-quality production. Lincoln's second inaugural address on March 4, 1865 — delivered just six weeks before his assassination — is remembered as one of the greatest speeches in American history, with its call for "malice toward none, with charity for all." The campaign material that helped secure his re-election made that inaugural moment possible, and each surviving token is a small but tangible contribution to that outcome.

Rarity Notes

Copper campaign token from 1864. DeWitt AL-1864-68. Lincoln-Johnson ticket. Sequential catalog number from AL-1864-67 but distinct dies.

Cross References

PCGS #659360; DeWitt AL-1864-68; 1864 Presidential Election; Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Johnson