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Abraham Lincoln is the only person to appear on two sides of a US coin and banknote.
On the US one cent and the five dollar bill on the Obverse is the portrait of Lincoln on the Reverse is the Statue of Lincoln seated in his chair in the monument. (Penny collectors get out your magnifers and check).
Now for the fun part get out your microscopes.
The vignette on the reverse of the one cent and five dollar note depicts the Lincoln Memorial. You may be aware that, engraved on that Memorial are the names of the 48 states in 1922, which was the year the Memorial was dedicated. There are engravings of 26 State names on front of the building, which appears on the one cent and the five dollar note.
The upper frieze of the Memorial bears the States of Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. The lower Frieze lists the States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, and New York. In addition, the engravings show the abbreviated names "Hampshire" (for New Hampshire) and "Carolina" (for South Carolina). We have no information why the prefixes for these states were not used.
just a little fun fact for today.
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
Edited by rggoodie
08/18/2005 07:14 am
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Forum Mom
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Very cool info, Richard. I never knew any of this. I love learning new things!  |
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Forum Kid
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I saw it through my micro!
I was astounded.
Thanks for some unbelievable info!
TheKid!
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Technically I will give this one to you. For regular U.S. issue you are right.
However,
The Lafayette Dollar bears Lafayette on the obverse and reverse.
The Double Head Cent (178?) bear Washington on obverse and reverse.
The Daniel Boone Half also bears Daniel Boone on obverse and reverse.
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Originally posted by national dealer
Technically I will give this one to you. For regular U.S. issue you are right.
However,
The Lafayette Dollar bears Lafayette on the obverse and reverse.
The Double Head Cent (178?) bear Washington on obverse and reverse.
The Daniel Boone Half also bears Daniel Boone on obverse and reverse.
Thank you but that is why I qualified both on a coin and a banknote one cent five dollar rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I know, but commems are coins. Some of the civil war notes also bear the same person on both sides.
This way, new collectors can also offer a bit of trivia
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Forum Dad
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OK lets get technical. Here is Richard's statement... quote:
Abraham Lincoln is the only person to appear on two sides of a US coin and banknote.
ND, do any of those people you mentioned appear on both sides of a coin and a banknote.  Edited by Mike
08/18/2005 12:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Technical ?
technically Lincoln does not appear on a bank note , he appears on a Federal Reserve Note !
Rick
Edited by Metalman
08/18/2005 12:52 pm
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Does anyone else notice how ND plants these little seeds of doubt, ocasionally steps back in, waters them.....then sits back and grins at the "plant" he has grown?/Mike  |
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Ah you are thinking again. That is what I like to accomplish.
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Forum Dad
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Ah you are thinking again.
I thought I smelled something. |
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I am ready with my Lincoln type set for 2009. To complete it, I am looking for a MS63/64 RB Indian 09-S.
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Slightly off topic bit of trivia about the statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln memorial. Did you know that his hands are in the American Sign Language forms for the letter "A" and "L"? Pretty cool if you ask me...
Rachel [:p]
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I tried ,ans still didn't see all of it
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It is only approipriate that my 500th post contain an admission of error.
In this thread I posted that Lincoln is the only person on both sides of an American coin.
As I was reading a coin book today (about Lincoln cents) it stated that Lincoln is one of two people who are on both sides of an American Coin.
Trivia:
Who is the other person on both sides of an American Coin?
What is the coin?
Can you post a photo?
rggoodie
aka Richard
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Posted 08/18/2005 01:00 am
