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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2067661, member: 19065&quot;]The Lincoln wheat cent was already his recognition in coin. There&#039;s also several different series of paper currency Lincoln has appeared on. Then the 1959 design change with Lincoln on both sides of the cent! Then we have the 2009 design changes to the cent, with four new reverse designs, some feature Abe on both sides... PLUS a silver dollar issued as a 2009 commemorative. Next up, Abe is still on the Shield cent and in 2010 also appears on the golden $1 coin... Let&#039;s move to Postage Stamps... too numerous are they, and not my area to quote how many exist to memorialize the great slain man.&nbsp; <span style="color: #0000ff"><i>Edit:</i></span> And there&#039;s the 1918 half dollar, classic commemorative issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>A southern perspective, while a novel idea, is really not in the taste nor tact of the Union victors to promote that angle. You are asking for the US federal government to offer us something that would have been in the interest of Booth supporters-- even the South denounced the assassin! Besides this, it surprises some as to how soft the market values are for what limited coins and currency exist from the nascent Southern state amongst today&#039;s collectibles market.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Tasteful</i> would indeed be the difficult point. There are plenty of people who still honor and support their ancestors struggles in that conflict. Was it tasteful to produce numerous Kennedy 50th Anniversary coins in 2014? Marketing insured it was to acknowledge 50 years of the design, but let&#039;s just remember why the original coin for Kennedy came into existence. While many of the Kennedy family from that era have since passed, not one do I recall called for the 50th coins creation nor showed up at a Mint promotional launch ceremony or coin show to support it, nor has been photographed receiving or holding the coins publicly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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