1856 John Freemont. DeWitt-JF 1856-1. Bronzed copper. 61 mm. MS-64 BN (NGC).,Lovely light mahogany bronze and very uniform save for small marks on the cheek and in the high points of the hair and beard. Glossy with fine satin luster throughout. Relatively few pieces were issued by the Freemont campaign, and this is at once the largest and most impressive. Dies by Anthony Paquet, New York, who also did the large piece celebrating Buchanans inauguration. A beautifully rendered portrait and quite rare. According to Sullivan, Bushnell and Satterlee knew only of white metal examples and a "bronze was listed in the Henry W. Holland sale at No. 2508 [in 1878]." None appeared in the Ford Political sale in 2013 in any metal. Very rare, particularly in this composition.,From the Brian Dobbins Collection of American Political Tokens. Earlier ex NASCA, June 1980, lot 421.,