1840 (ca. 1860) William Henry Harrison Medal. Restrike. DeWitt-WHH 1840-4. Copper. Prooflike Mint State. 43 mm. Semi-reflective fields support fully impressed design elements on both sides of this lovely golden and olive-brown example. According to Edmund B. Sullivan (American Political Badges and Medalets: 1789-1892</em>, 1981), 26 copper restrikes from these dies were produced ca. 1860, which fact was confirmed by George Hampden Lovett in an affidavit displayed at W. Elliott Woodwards November 1862 sale. From Presidential Coin & Antique Co. Inc.s Auction #30, Part I, May 1981, lot 265. Lot tag included.
