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HENNING, Alfred J.  (active 1855-1868) diesinker, engraver,
          Hartford, Connecticut (1855-56), New York City (1859-68)
            Name variant: Albert.
          Partner with J.E. Eymann in firm Henning & Eymann,
          primarily daguerreotype case makers in New York, also
          struck Civil War tokens.

          C  A  M  P  A  I  G  N    I  T  E  M  S

1860 Lincoln (Abraham) Republician Candidate
          Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . King 6, DeWitt AL 1860-6
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 43:307
1860 Lincoln (Abraham) Thou Art The Man Medal (signed
          A.J. Henning in full). . . . . . . . . . King 7, DeWitt AL 1860-7
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PCA 43:308, PCA 70:95
          Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1]0000.999.40242
            Illustrated:  N41{2009} Reed. Lincoln, The Image, p . . . 32
1860 Douglas (Stephen A.) For Sixt. . . . . . . . . .  DeWitt SD 1860-1
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 43:305
          Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1] 0000.999.40108
1860 Douglas (Stephen A.) Popular Sovereignty
          Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .  DeWitt SD 1860-5
          Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1]0000.999.40112

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1859 Irving (Washington) Portrait Medal . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . .  CAL 28:412; NAS 65:2183; PCA 50:1494,
                    PCA 72:660, PCA 80:382
          Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1]  0000.999.4520
          Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . . 391:375
1860ca Henning (A.J.) New York City Storecard. . . . Rulau 255,
                                                                                                         HT 630AH
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 61:75
1860ca Bailey (J.C.) City Hotel Jersey City Sorecard (muled
          with Bennett (Thomas) New York City Storecard
          Collection: Newark Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1861 Douglas (Stephen A.) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . .. . . .  202
1869 New Jersey State Agricultural Society Medal
          (dates/ issue: 1869-71). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  CAL 29:341; PCA 62:395
          Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1]0000.999.45098
          Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . . . . .  24

           A  R  C  H  I  V  E  S

DS  Schenkman (David) Engravers, Diesinkers Databank.
Mss {undated} In List of diesinkers in Scovill archives Baker Library, Harvard.

          C O L L E C T I O N S

C4  {1912} Comparette 375, p 391.
C14 {1996} Marqusee 24, p 4, 202 40.

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 308.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1531.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 7:438 [2 lines].
S1  {1924} King 7, 8, p 5.
S11 {1959} DeWitt AL 1860-7, p 176; SD 1860-1 214.
E10 {1970} Gladfelter. Civil War Die Sinkers. Journal of the Civil War Token Society
          4:2 (Summer 1970) p 10-11; 12:4 (Winter 1978) p 132.
E17 {1983}Pessolano-Filos, p 53 (entry confuses the two Hennings, Alfred and John H.).
E18 {1985} McSorley.
R10 {1990} Bazelon and McGuinn, p 64 (Albert J.).
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 192; 2525 257, HT 630AH 396.
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