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UNITED STATES: AE medalet (5.22g), ND (1860), AU

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UNITED STATES: AE medalet (5.22g), ND (1860), AU
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UNITED STATES: AE medalet (5.22g), ND (1860), 22mm uniface bronze presidential campaign medalet for Stephen A. Douglas, bust left within inner circle with FOR PRESIDENT STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS OF ILL. around, "O" above bust in outer band for potential piercing guide, brown with hints of red, plain edge, AU, RR. Stephen Douglas ultimately lost the election of 1860 to Abraham Lincoln. He was a major proponent of the Compromise of 1850, as he felt that the states had the right to determine their own position on the slavery issue. He died in June 1861 of typhoid fever.Bill Jones states that there are probably no more than 30 to 40 tokens with the Douglas obverse.