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Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Nice examples! |
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Very nice commems!
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The $2 1/2 gold is a beauty!
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In 2009, the US Mint issued a four-coin series to honor the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth; Lincoln was the 16th US President (March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865). He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who shot Lincoln on April 14th while Lincoln attended a show at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. The first one-cent coin of the series had a theme of "Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky (1809-1816)" and depicted a cabin in which it was long-believed Lincoln was born. The cabin can be found in Hodgenville, KY within the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Memorial.   (Image Credits: US Mint. Media Images.)Abraham Lincoln Memorial - Interior (Hodgenville, KY) (Image Credit: National Park Service. Public Domain.)Abraham Lincoln Memorial - Exterior (Hodgenville, KY) (Image Credit: National Park Service. Public Domain.)More on the Abraham Lincoln Memorial and alleged birthplace cabin can be found here: - 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Cents - Part ICollecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Good information commems. Errers and Varietys.
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The third coin of the four-coin series of one-cent pieces to honor the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth featured a "Professional Life in Illinois" theme. Its commemorative design features a standing Lincoln addressing an audience in the foreground with the Illinois State Capitol (circa 1860) in the background.  The Old Capitol Building in Springfield, IL (Image Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public Domain.)The Illinois capitol building of Lincoln's time was the State's fifth such structure. It was built between 1837 and 1840, and functioned as the State's capitol from 1840 to 1976. The building was the site of Lincoln's famed "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" speech in 1858. Lincoln gave the speech after he was chosen to be the Republican candidate for US Senator from Illinois - he later lost the election to Democratic Party candidate Stephen A. Douglas, but gained such a positive reputation from the Senatorial campaign (including the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates) that he went on to win the US Presidential Election of 1860. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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More good information commems. Errers and Varietys.
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The fourth coin of the series of one-cent pieces to honor the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth featured a "Presidency in Washington, DC" theme. Its commemorative design presents the US Capitol with an under-construction Dome, as it appeared at the time of Lincoln's first inauguration (March 4, 1861).  (Image Credits: US Mint. Media Images.) (Image Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public Domain.)The Dome of the Capitol was designed by Thomas U. Walter of Philadelphia, and was constructed between 1856 and 1866; it was not completed until January 1866 - Lincoln did not live to see its completion. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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You may have noticed that I skipped the second coin of the Lincoln Bicentennial cent series...it was by design vs. forgetfulness. The coin's commemorative design reflects a theme of "Formative Years in Indiana." A young Abraham Lincoln is depicted sitting on a log, taking a break from his rail-splitting job and reading a book. It is a fairly generic scene that could have taken place in many Indiana locations.  (Image Credits: US Mint. Media Images.)More on the "Formative Years" cent can be found here: - 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Cents - Part ICollecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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The aluminium 50-filler coin issued by Hungary from the 1960s to the 1990s shows the Elizabeth Bridge, which spans the Danube in Budapest. This slim postwar suspension bridge replaced a more ornate 19th-century bridge destroyed in the Second World War,  You can just see the bridge in my photo of the Inner City Parish Church, taken from a cruise ship moored on the Danube:  |
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Very nice NumisRob!
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