Depicted are (from the Left) President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, William H. Seward, Secretary of State around a writing table.
Reverse lettering
ABRAHAM LINCOLN`S EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION / JANUARY 1, 1863
`ALL PERSONS HELD AS
SLAVES WITHIN ANY STATE
OR DESIGNATED PART OF STATE
THE PEOPLE
WHEREOF
SHALL THEN BE IN
REBELLION
AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES,
SHALL BE THEN,
THENCEFORWARD, AND FOREVER
FREE.`
~ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
