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Couple Find 1860 Lincoln Campaign Token

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MANKATO, Minn. -

Before there were bumpers for bumper stickers, candidates used to hand out campaign tokens, and a local antique shop ran across one from Abraham Lincoln's first presidential run.

Antique Warehouse owners Christine and Rob Winter found the authentic 1860 Abraham Lincoln Campaign token in the bottom of a box of jewelry. The rare token features pictures of Lincoln and his running mate Hannibal Hamlin.

Christine says, "When you find something like this, it is just awesome and it almost send chills down my spine to think that Abraham might have passed this out to somebody."

Rob says, "It is amazing the awe that it inspires just to be able to touch it and look at it and handle it and know just what it really was."

For now the token will be on display at the Antique Warehouse for everyone to see, but the Winter's say for the right price, they are willing to sell it.