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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

U.S. Mint [Medal of Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08764 Author/Creator: U.S. Mint Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Object Date: 1871 Pagination: 1 medal ; 4.5 x 0.6 cm. Order a Copy

Medal series of the U. S. Mint. Bronzed copper. High relief image of Lincoln based on Barber portrait. With words "Abraham Lincoln President of the United States." On verso, "Emancipation Proclaimed Jan. 1, 1863."

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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