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Little Mack / McClellan Medal for One Cent
Die cutter: S (American, active around 1863)
Civil War (1861–1865)
1863
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 20 mm, 3.3 gm (13/16 in., 0.12 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.1974
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
DescriptionOBV: Thirteen stars with LITTLE MACK around bust of General McClellan facing left and closed by a laurel wreath with 1863 at the base and signed S below the bust, the whole surrounded by a beaded circle attached to raised rim
REV: * McCLELLAN * (curved) / MEDAL / FOR / ONE CENT (curved), the whole surrounded by a beaded circle attached to raised rim
Edge: plain but angled
REV: * McCLELLAN * (curved) / MEDAL / FOR / ONE CENT (curved), the whole surrounded by a beaded circle attached to raised rim
Edge: plain but angled