(c.1867) Medal JAB-M8 Copper Lincoln

Coin Details

Auction Record

$3,600 MS66BN 11-30-2021 Stack's Bowers

Description

This circa 1867 copper medal, cataloged as JAB-M8, features Lincoln on both sides or Lincoln paired with a non-portrait design, creating a Lincoln-focused muling from Bolen's die inventory. The M8 designation places this among the later entries in Bolen's muling series, which grew as he accumulated more dies and explored additional combinations. Lincoln medals and tokens from the 1860s are among the most actively collected areas of American numismatics, with hundreds of distinct varieties cataloged across all private and government issuers. Bolen's contributions to the Lincoln medallic corpus are distinguished by their quality of engraving and extreme rarity relative to commercially produced Lincoln tokens. The copper composition was standard for Bolen's muling production, ensuring that examples could be distributed to his network of collector correspondents at modest cost.

Rarity Notes

JAB-M8, copper. Lincoln-focused muling. Part of the extensive Bolen Lincoln medallic production.

Cross References

PCGS #887102; JAB-M8; Lincoln, Copper