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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8487302, member: 101855"]Here is the Lincoln Medal that Victor D. Brenner made for Lincoln. He showed an example of this piece to President Theodore Roosevelt, and the Lincoln Cent got its start from there. [ATTACH=full]1502488[/ATTACH] There are 12 images of Lincoln in the Civil War Token series. Here is the most common one. [ATTACH=full]1502489[/ATTACH] Here an early image of Lincoln from his 1860 presidential campaign. This was the first rail splitter variety. It was issued by the Childs Company in Chicago. [ATTACH=full]1502490[/ATTACH] Some newspapers and other print media did not get Lincoln's name right. They called him "Abram Lincoln." Here is an 1860 medalet that featured that name with the "Wade Awakes" political group symbol on the reverse. The Wade Awakes were a political club that held huge torch lit parades and rallies for Lincoln in northern cities. This piece is quite scarce. This obverse was paired with three other reverses. [ATTACH=full]1502491[/ATTACH] Lincoln was known as "Honest Abe" before he ran for President. Here the phrase is used on an 1864 Campaign medalet. In almost all cases you can distinguish an 1860 campaign piece from an 1864 item. Lincoln grew the beard after he was elected President. [ATTACH=full]1502492[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]