Scarce MULED COIN - Memorial Charles Sumner
Dewitt USG 1872-13, gilt brass 24mm, with observe inscription around "FOR PRESIDENT U.S. GRANT" three stars to right and left, enclosing bust of Grant to left. Verso with inscription around "FOR VICE PRESIDENT H. WILSON" enclosing displayed eagle bearing U.S. shield on breast, with olive branch in right claw and three arrows in left, 1872 below. The reverse is found muled with an obverse issued after the death of Senator Sumner in 1874. Drilled hole at top. Rare. 1872 Campaign / 1874 Memorial Mules: Following the end of the Civil War and Sumner's death in 1874, medal makers occasionally paired Sumner's memorial portrait obverse with unrelated political or fantasy reverses.
Dewitt USG 1872-13, gilt brass 24mm, with observe inscription around "FOR PRESIDENT U.S. GRANT" three stars to right and left, enclosing bust of Grant to left. Verso with inscription around "FOR VICE PRESIDENT H. WILSON" enclosing displayed eagle bearing U.S. shield on breast, with olive branch in right claw and three arrows in left, 1872 below. The reverse is found muled with an obverse issued after the death of Senator Sumner in 1874. Drilled hole at top. Rare. 1872 Campaign / 1874 Memorial Mules: Following the end of the Civil War and Sumner's death in 1874, medal makers occasionally paired Sumner's memorial portrait obverse with unrelated political or fantasy reverses.
