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LANG, Charles  (fl 1858-63) Early American engraver,
            diesinker, proprietor Knox and Lang (1858-60) with
            Joseph B. Knox, Worcester, Massachusetts, and possibly
            Kinney and Lang, as the 1861 Bullock medal is signed.
            He modeled his Lincoln portrait after a photograph by Hessler.
            He also struck Civil War tokens.

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

1860 Lincoln (Abraham) Freedom National Slavery
            Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . King 52, DeWitt AL 1860-55
            Auctions:. . . . . .  PCA 56:1408, PCA 63:90, PCA 64:90,
                  PCA 67:210, PCA 70:146-148, PCA 70:1126, PCA 72:1384,
                  PCA 73:338, PCA 75:189
         Illustrated: N47 {2012} Reed, Abe Lincoln Am Icon, p . .9
1860 Lincoln (Abraham) Freedom National Slavery
            Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWitt AL 1860-56
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 63:548, PCA 68:175

         M   E   D   A   L   S

1854 Davis (John) Medal (engraved by Lang). . . . . . . .Storer 1900
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 26:410; PCA 74:2174
            Collection: American Numismatic Society. .0000.999.4485
1860 Lincoln (Abraham) National Slavery Sectional Medal
            (two varieties: with and without buttons on
            Lincoln's shirt) . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .King 52, King 53
            Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1].0000.999.40319
1861 Worcester Massachusetts High School Bullock Medal (by
            Knox & Lang, Lang was the engraver). . . . . . . Julian SC-71
            Auctions:. . . . . .  . . PCA 53:346, PCA 61:336, PCA 71:505
            Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . ..  366:214
1863 Lang (Charles) Die Sinker & General Engraver
            Storecard. . . . .MA 970a-1, Storer (Mass) 1799, Fuld 970A
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  BMP 1:4088; PCA 72:179

         A  R  C  H  I  V  E  S

DS  Schenkman (David) Engravers, Diesinkers Databank.

         C O L L E C T I O N S

C4  {1912} Comparette 214, p 366.
         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 383.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1941.

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

P1  {1895} Green (S.A.)  A Medal in Memory of Gov. John Davis. American Journal of
            Numismatics, 1895.
E3  {1902-30} Forrer 3:294.
M10{1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 1799, p 234, 1900 247 (plate 3).
S1   {1924} King 52, 53, p 10.
S11 {1959} DeWitt AL 1860-55, AL 1860-56, p 190.
E10 {1970} Gladfelter. Civil War Die Sinkers. Journal of the Civil War Token Society
            4:2 (Summer 1970) p 12; 12:4 (Winter 1978) p 133.
M37 {1977} Julian SC-71, p 278.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 69.
E18 {1985} McSorley.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 140, (Alexander Hamilton Bullock) 45.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 348.
"There has been no scholar better qualified to create 'the American Forrer' than Dick Johnson."
-Cornelius C. Vermule III, Curator Emeritus
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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