TRIVIA: Lincoln Collection?

Clinker · 04-19-2009, 11:36 AM

This post gives me a chance to applaud the 2009 Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar.

The Mint's site reads. "The beautiful Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar commemorates the bicentennial anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. This proof coin is extraordinarily brilliant and features sharp relief and a mirror-like background to highlight the images on both sides of the coin. The obverse of this coin features an image of Lincoln."

Did you get yours yet? I got mine. I like it! Take a look to make up your own mind (for an enlargement click photo):

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs...egory_rn=10141

The proof Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar is limited to a total of 500,000 coins.

Since we own one what do we do with it?

How can we showcase it?

What's compatible? How about the new reverse 2009 Lincoln Cents?

Would a display showcasing the 2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar and the 2009 P Lincoln Cents be interesting?

Here's a photo of a 2009-P Lincoln Cent (courtesy of Coast to Coast Coins):

http://www.coastcoin.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=114380&eq=&Tp=

The Mint promises three more 2009 different reverse designs. All four reverses plus the Lincoln Silver Dollar would make an interesting display, don't you think?

How about acquiring a 1918 Illinois Centennial Silver Half Dollar? Here's a photo of one courtesy of Roundmetal and coinpage:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-468.html

I'm thinking ahead to the debut of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dollar; are you?

What if we add a 1909 V.D.B. and a 1909 no V.D.B. Cent? Can you imagine the collection then? Here's a couple photos courtesy coinpage.com:

1909 No V.D.B.

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1816.html

1909 V.D.B.

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7352.html

Much better collection, right?

What about including a 1943 Zinc Coated Steel Cent like this one?

1943 OBVERSE

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-895.html

1943 REVERSE

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-896.html

You know what else we do? Add a 1919 Lincoln Cent which has the V.D.B. restored in miniature form on the slant of Lincoln's shoulder:

http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=2378

Are you thinking about the 1959 Lincoln Cent with the Lincoln Memorial reverse?

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3889.html

How can we even better enhance our display?

How about adding the Illinois State Quarter (photo courtesy of Don's World Coiin Gallery)?

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...isplay_IL.html

Now we have a very impressive Display showcasing all the important U.S.A. coinage featuring Abraham Lincoln, right?

Is there something else we can do to make our display even better and more interesting? What about the U.S. $5.00 Bill?

The first Large-Sized U.S.A. $5 Bill to bear Lincoln's portrait was produced in 1914. It is a Federal Reserve Note bearing a red Treasury seal and red serial numbers. Later in 1914, the Treasury seal and serial numerals were changed to blue. That's two items to add to our Lincoln Showcase.

Lincoln's portrait was carried over in 1915 on non-Federal Reserve Notes. These $5.00 Bills were issued by five different Federal Reserve banks authorized by the Treasury Department who were solely responsible for their redemption so they bear the legend Federal Reserve Bank Notes.

In 1918 six more Federal Reserve banks were allowed to issue Federal Reserve Bank Notes making a total of eleven different $5.00 Bills for the 1918 series.

1923 series of Lincoln Portrait $5.00 Bills were not Federal Reserve Notes, but were issued as Silver Certificates and bore a new designfeaturing the Great Seal of the United States. The other memorable difference in the design gave it the nickname "porthole" note. The Bill's legend "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" encircles Lincoln's portrait. (Here's a look, courtesy of Wickimedia Commons):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US...ertificate.jpg

Since 1929 Lincoln's portrait has graced the obverse of the U.S.A. Small-sized $5.00 Bill beginning with the 1928 Series in two different Notes (red seals and red serial numerals United States Note and a green seal and serial numbers Federal Reserve Note:

Take a look courtesy of Wikimedia Commons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:5dollar.jpg

Here are the major changes $5.00 Bills underwent from the 1933 series through 2008:

1933: As an emergency response to the Great Depression, additional money was pumped into the American economy through Federal Reserve Bank Notes. This was the only small-sized $5 bill that had a different border design. The serial numbers and seal on it were brown
1934: The "redeemable in gold" clause was removed from Federal Reserve Notes due to the U.S. withdrawing from the gold standard. Take a look courtesy of banknotes.com:

http://www.banknotes.com/US414A.JPG

1934: The first $5.00 Silver Certificates were issued with blue seals and serial numbers along with a blue numeral 5 on the left side of the obverse.
1942: Special World War II currency was issued. HAWAII was overprinted on the front and back of the $5 Federal Reserve Note; the serial numbers, and seal, were changed to brown from green. This was done so that the currency could be declared worthless if there was a Japanese invasion. A $5 Silver Certificate was printed with a yellow instead of blue treasury seal; these notes were for U.S. troops in North Africa. These notes, too, could be declared worthless if seized by the enemy.

Take a look at the Hawaii Note's obverse courtesy of usrarecurrency.com:

http://usrarecurrency.com/1934A$5Haw...L69061060A.htm

Here's the S. Africa Silver Certificate courtesy of usrarecurrency.com:

http://usrarecurrency.com/1934A$5Sil...K44087956A.htm

1950: Many minor aspects on the obverse of the $5 Federal Reserve Note were changed. Most noticeably, the treasury seal, gray word FIVE, and the Federal Reserve Seal were made smaller; also, the Federal Reserve seal had spikes added around it.

1953: New $5 United States Notes and Silver Certificates were issued with a gray numeral 5 on the left side of the bill and the gray word FIVE with a blue seal imprinted over it on the right and blue serial numbers.
1963: Both the $5 United States Note and Federal Reserve Note were revised with the motto IN GOD WE TRUST added to the reverse and WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND removed from the obverse. Also, the obligation on the Federal Reserve Note was changed to its current wording, "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE." Here's a photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_$5_1963_USN.jpg

1967: Production of the $5 United States Note ends.
1969: The $5 bill began using the new Treasury seal with wording in English instead of Latin
1993: The first new-age anti-counterfeiting measures were introduced with microscopic printing around Lincoln's portrait and a plastic security strip on the left side of the bill.
May 24, 2000: To combat evolving counterfeiting, a new $5 bill was issued under series 1999 whose design was similar in style to the $100, $50, and $20 bills that had all undergone previous design changes. The $5 bill, however, does not feature color-shifting ink like all the other denominations.

1999 series compliments banknotes.com:

http://www.banknotes.com/US505.JPG

Series 2003 photo courtesy of banknotes.com:

http://www.banknotes.com/us517.htm

June 28, 2006:The BEP announced plans to redesign the $5 note, likely with similar features as newer $10, $20, and $50 notes.

September 20,2007: The BEP revealed the redesigned $5 note to the public.The new bill began circulating on March 13,2008.

Take a look at the obverse and reverse of the Series 2006 Note (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons):

OBVERSE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ne...ollar_bill.jpg

REVERSE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Se...NoteBack_5.jpg

Hope you enjoyed this trivia, did you?

P.S. Since Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 There are three other considerations you might enjoy taking:

1) Collect all USA coins dated 1809.

2) Collect all USA coins dated during President Lincoln's term in office (March 4, 1861 to April 16, 1865)

3) Collect both.

Thought you might like to consider the possibilities. If so, what about tokens, medals and foreign coins bearing his image?

Clinker

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