LINCOLN, ABRAHAM HAIR EX-FORBES + 1909 PENNY DISPLAY

THIS AUCTION CONTAINS PIECES OF HAIR OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

THE STRANDS (APPROX. 10, &  APPROX 1/2" INCH each, in length) OF HAIR OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN APPEAR IN THIS DISPLAY. THESE STRANDS OF HAIR CAME FROM LOCKS OF HAIR COLLECTED BY MRS. CAROLINE WRIGHT, THE WIFE OF INDIANA, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT.  MRS. WRIGHT COLLECTED HAIR OF POLITICAL FIGURES DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND WERE GIVEN TO HER AFTER LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION IN 1865, AS A TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE WRIGHTS AND THE ABRAHAM LINCOLNS BIRTH.

ALSO IN THIS DISPLAY IS A "FINE" LINCOLN 1909 PENNY, (PLAN, 'PHILADELPHIA', NO MINT MARK), WHICH WAS ISSUED ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH.

THESE PIECES OF LINCOLN'S HAIR, PASSED THROUGH THE WRIGHT FAMILY UNTIL SOLD WITH OTHER ITEMS AT CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE IN 1992.  IN 2002, THESE RELICS WERE AGAIN SOLD BY CHRISTIE'S AS A PART OF THE FORBES COLLECTION (Lot # 121, (2002). A DESCRIPTION OF THE LOT IS ATTACHED TO A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

 Please see the close up scans of THE HAIR AND  PENNY, in this auction.

THE  DISPLAY HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY MADE, DOUBLE MATTED AND IT IS 10 INCHES X 8 INCHES X 5/8 INCHES THICK,  IN SIZE, WHICH WILL FIT A STANDARD SIZE FRAME.

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