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/wc...ctId=14732&langId=-1&parent_category_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/countries/qtrs/hr/display_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_$5_1923_Silver_Certificate.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$5HawaiiFRNPCGSAU55PPQFR2302SnL69061060A.htm Here's the S. Africa Silver Certificate courtesy of usrarecurrency.com: http://usrarecurrency.com/1934A$5SilverCertificateNorthAfricaCU64SnK44087956A.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:New_five_dollar_bill.jpg REVERSE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Series2006_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
I'm truly afraid our Mint is going to ruin coin collecting as what happened to so many other hobbies. Beanie Babies, Baseball/football cards, Hot Wheel cars, and US postage stamps. I've already stopped collecting quarters. I know many kids are all into those and the new baby sized dollars but what about the future? When those that still try to collect all that stuff find there are more and more and more of eveything, they too will say to busy watching TV or playing Video Games or whatever. I know most coin collectors will say that could never happen but so did a lot of others with all those other hot items. Just saw a bin of Beanie Babies at the flea market with a sign saying Please take all for $10. And attempt to find a place for massive varieties of all coins in an album will make Albums a mess. I'm already worried about my Lincoln Albums that would require a thousand places for just all the 2009's (slight exageration). I almost went nuts with those Nickel types not long ago.
Clinker I have to say that was a very enjoyable read, thanks for posting it. Now as a cent collector in my own little way I like the idea of the new ones to commemerate his life and think they will make a great addition to my album :hug:
What you posted I have had a lot of thoughts on myself. I have come to the conclusion the US quarter has become and will remain for many years a coin that will introduce many people to the "world of coin collecting". Many beginners and others as well will collect these quarters while many "veteran" collectors will snub there nose at them. I say to both whatever. As far as things like Beanie Babies fads have always come and gone, I'm sure this will continue. I'm more concerned about our coins only having dead presidents on them. I'm also concerned about the mint making Native American and Presidential Dollars at the the same time that apparently noone wants. To me the quarter is almost a "breath of fresh air" to our current circulation coinage. As for Lincoln he is as far as I know always voted as the best and most popular President. It is obvious he is going to on the obverse of the cent as long as it is around. So I'm glad after 50 years the reverse is going to change, I'm just very very concerned they are going to mess up the reverse. Going through two committees to make a decision it will probably get too crowded or busy. I'm hoping for something simple, tasteful, and elegant. I would love to see us change all the obverse coinage. I keep hoping another T. Roosevelt will come along. I would love for our coinage have obverses as beautiful as standing liberty, walking liberty, and etc. Not a repeat of these, but a repeat of the beauty and elegance we had at once upon a time.
Great post! Along with the coins mentioned by Clinker, don't forget the USPS has put out a series of stamps in a folio commemorating Lincoln. I ordered the folio, plus an extra sheet of stamps. Your local post office may not have the folio but it can be ordered online here: http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/sto...10152&storeId=10001&productId=43505&langId=-1 They also have several other Lincoln items, here: http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/sto...ltType=2&searchTerm=lincoln&searchTermScope=4 I thought those quite appropriate to go along with the commemorative dollars and the 2009 cents. Just a suggestion.
Clinker, Great post! I've actually been putting together a Lincoln type set for a couple months now, ever since I ordered my Lincoln dollars. I"m going to do a coin type set, a paper money type set, and a world coin and paper money type set, all in three or four separate shadow boxes to display on my wall. I'm actually having them all graded by PCGS, just so they will match, but also to make them easier to mount in the boxes. From what I see you're just missing the 1991 Mt. Rushmore commemorative clad half, silver dollar and $5 gold coins and the South Dakota state quarter. Also, you could consider the following, if you wanted to invest a substantial amount of money into it. All of the following portray Lincoln: 1861 $10 US Demand note 1862 $10 US Demand note 1863 $10 US Demand note 1863 $20 Interest Bearing note 1869 $100 US note 1869 & 1875 Fractional .50c note 1875 $100 US note 1880 $100 US note 1882 $500 Gold Certificate 1899 $1 Black Eagle Silver Certificate 1922 $500 Gold Certificate those are just some other things to consider very nice post Clinker!
To commidaddy: Thanks for reading and for pointing out the Lincoln coins and paper currency I failed to mention...and thanks for nominating this post as "Post of the Week!" Clinker
becky62 Hi, and thanks for reading, commenting and the Stamp suggestion PLUS your nominating this post as "Post of the week." Clinker
Have you considered contacting Charles D. Daughtrey on www.coppercoins.com for one of his artists portraits of Lincoln. He may have other items for you since he too is a Lincoln Cent person with a web site dedicated to that.
Clinker: I think I've told you this before. Your post are so educational and interesting I usually print them all out. One problem though is the links to other sources you have may not be of any use in the future. My plans are that eventually I'll take all your post, put them into a book form, have it published in MY NAME, make millions.:thumb: Naturally I would put a note somewhere of your contributions. :bow: Keep those great post coming.
Just Carl Providing I'm still alive when your book is published, I expect a "free" copy:mouth: Clinker
To Mr. Coin Lover: Permission is given to any member "in good standing" of Coin Talk to make copies of any of my trivia posts since I became a member for any reason:thumb: Clinker
