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Lot # 262: 1911 William Howard Taft Cufflinks Gifted by His Son

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 5 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Steel17",
which ran from 2/15/2017 10:00 AM to
3/17/2017 9:00 PM



This creative offering is a pair of actual 1911 Lincoln penny cufflinks personally owned by the 21st President of the United States, William Howard Taft. The set was gifted by Taft's son, Charles P. Taft, to long-time collector Jim Schendel in April of 1961 and comes with a letter signed by Charles reading, "I enclose a pair of cuff links which someone sent to my father and which my mother gave me." Each features a penny attached to two prongs, to make a custom cufflink. Also comes with an original envelope from Charles that he used to send the letter and cufflinks. Taft occupied the White House from 1909-13, and remains the only person to have been both President, and later, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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