Lot 2236
1876. PCGS graded MS-61. Quite lustrous with brilliant golden color with a minor scuff in the hair above the hair bun. Crisply detailed.
This year is famous in U.S. history for the disputed presidential election similar to the one in 2000. The voting of 1876 resulted in a political dispute of serious proportions. Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican, had 184 undisputed votes, Samuel J. Tilden, Democrat, 165, with twenty from South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, and Oregon, in dispute. Tilden needed them all to be elected. Eventually, an electoral commission of fifteen men was appointed by Congress to decide the issue. On this there were eight Republicans and seven Democrats. Its decision was along strictly party lines, and Hayes became President (PCGS # 8976) .
Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700.
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| Realized $1,955 |
