Abraham Lincohn Stick pin

[Scurvydog]

I got this at an estate sale today. Lady said her grand father had aquired it and it was genuine. She said it was from lincohns second term. can anyone tell me anything about it?
Scurvydog

 

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[Scurvydog]

Back of pin

 

[PBK]

First, welcome to TreasureNet... it's great to have you with us!

Actually, your item is of somewhat later vintage. Pinback buttons featuring this type of construction were not in use until the early 1890's, when they were introduced by the Whitehead & Hoag Co. of Newark, NJ.

"Honest Abe of the West" was a political slogan used in the 1860 presidential campaign; however, this button imitates the design of an 1864 brass or silvered brass Lincoln medalet, on which a ferrotype (tintype) image was framed by curved tabs embossed with Union shields, as shown below (left).

An eBay listing for a similar pinback button with a different portrait (below, right) describes it as "a reproduction made in 1976":

http://cgi.ebay.com/Honest-Abe-of-The-West-political-pin_W0QQitemZ220165353192

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[Angelo]

Mr. PBK does it again!

How many researchers are under your command? Hard to believe that one person is responsible for such knowledge.

Tony

 

[Scurvydog]

Thank you PBK. I did figure it for the late 1890's. I saw it and could not resist getting iot. Usually do not aquire stuff like this but, it looked so old and rusted. As I am a republican I ghad to have it
Scurvydog

 

[Montana Jim]

PBK... I see you got all the information I sent you on the Lincoln Pin... good work posting it.









LMAO...

That's another fine ID you've made... and it ain't easy to impress Tony!

 

[PBK]

PBK... I see you got all the information I sent you on the Lincoln Pin... good work posting it.

Thanks, M.J.!

I'm really enjoying your correspondence course, and the newsletter's great, too!

 

[nebstater]

No doubt about it. This is a fantacy piece. Celluloid pins weren't available until about 1894, and weren't used to any great extent until the election of 1896 between Wm. McKinley (Republican) and Wm. Jennings Bryan (Democrat). Your pin is one of a set of many that picture several different candidates. On the bottom curl of the pin, if you can read it thru the staining, it states: (C) Art Fair 1967 N.Y. 10003. Since it is now 2007, your pin is only 40 years old, and not a 140. Sorry.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thank you PBK. I did figure it for the late 1890's. I saw it and could not resist getting iot. Usually do not aquire stuff like this but, it looked so old and rusted. As I am a republican I ghad to have it
Scurvydog

it looks like someone went through a lot of trouble to make it look old. It may also have been out in the weather, dampness, or underground for a short period.