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  The Engraved Signatures of Edwin Stanton and Abraham Lincoln

Summary:   The Engraved Signatures of Edwin Stanton and Abraham Lincoln Like other partially printed original presidential documents from the Civil War personal information names dates rank etcetera was filled in by a clerk s hand However not original are the signatures of Edwin M Stanton and Abraham Lincoln Their signatures were prepared from traced engravings onto the printing plate as part of the form document Over the years copies of the Hundred Day Volunteer certificates have gradually entered the autograph marketplace as authentically signed Lincoln documents It s understandable why To the trained or untrained eye at first glance without several certificates to compare with the signatures of Lincoln and Stanton appear to be original On close inspection however what stands out is the contrast in ink between the clerical writing and the rest of the document The iron based ink from the clerk s hand has rusted and turned brown and relatively faded with age Secondary is the uneven flow and impression one would expect from handwritten script In comparison the facsimile signatures of Lincoln and Stanton perfectly imprinted onto the document are the same color ink and age toned as the printed text of the document Though naïve unsuspecting and yes unscrupulous dealers and collectors alike have bought and sold the volunteer certificates as original Lincoln Documents Signed in recent years awareness of the printed signatures on the document has grown The practice of has been stemmed in large part by the informative efforts of honest dealers and auction houses and websites like the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency The practice that does continue and what dealers and collectors need to be aware of is the printed Lincoln signatures that have been cut from the document and sold as authentic full Abraham Lincoln signatures These signatures were sold into the marketplace in the late 1990s and early 2000s by a handful of unscrupulous dealers via the web The rise of online auctions in particular eBay with no checks standards or independent qualified authenticating authority allowed for the proliferation of the facsimile Lincoln signatures The telltale signs you may have a facsimile Lincoln signature cut from the Hundred Days certificates are a Lincoln placed a period at the end of his name for the engraving b The dark even flow of ink which is common of printed text c The faded browned text common of iron based ink is absent   The Engraved Signatures of Edwin Stanton and Abraham Lincoln Like other partially printed original presidential documents from the Civil War personal information names dates rank etcetera was filled in by a clerk s hand However not original are the signatures of Edwin M Stanton and Abraham Lincoln Their signatures were prepared from traced engravings onto the printing plate as part of the form document Over the years copies of the Hundred Day Volunteer certificates have gradually entered the autograph marketplace as authentically signed Lincoln documents It s understandable why To the trained or untrained eye at first glance without several certificates to compare with the signatures of Lincoln and Stanton appear to be original On close inspection however what stands out is the contrast in ink between the clerical writing and the rest of the document The iron based ink from the clerk s hand has rusted and turned brown and relatively faded with age Secondary is the uneven flow and impression one would expect from handwritten script In comparison the facsimile signatures of Lincoln and Stanton perfectly imprinted onto the document are the same color ink and age toned as the printed text of the document Though naïve unsuspecting and yes unscrupulous dealers and collectors alike have bought and sold the volunteer certificates as original Lincoln Documents Signed in recent years awareness of the printed signatures on the document has grown The practice of has been stemmed in large part by the informative efforts of honest dealers and auction houses and websites like the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency The practice that does continue and what dealers and collectors need to be aware of is the printed Lincoln signatures that have been cut from the document and sold as authentic full Abraham Lincoln signatures These signatures were sold into the marketplace in the late 1990s and early 2000s by a handful of unscrupulous dealers via the web The rise of online auctions in particular eBay with no checks standards or independent qualified authenticating authority allowed for the proliferation of the facsimile Lincoln signatures The telltale signs you may have a facsimile Lincoln signature cut from the Hundred Days certificates are a Lincoln placed a period at the end of his name for the engraving b The dark even flow of ink which is common of printed text c The faded browned text common of iron based ink is absent

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