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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8254378, member: 20201"]1986 Texas Alamo Penny [ATTACH=full]1455020[/ATTACH] In order to commemorate the Texas Sesquicentennial in 1986, Lone Star Mint in Plano, Texas, created an oversized penny to honor its home state. Made of pure copper, this Texas-sized coin features a lone cowboy on a horse riding along the horizon with his shotgun in tow.The words TEXAS, 1845, and PENNY are also on the obverse.In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state.An outline of the state and several Native American busts frame this iconic western scene. The reverse of the coin features the unforgettable portrait of The Alamo as well as the six flags under which Texas was once ruled. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States). All of the Texian defenders died in battle or execution. Most famous were William B. Travis, commander of the Republic of Texas and James "Jim" Bowie, a fighter and frontiersman, a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture.David "Davy" Crockett, American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. The "King of the Wild Frontier". [ATTACH=full]1455023[/ATTACH] Those three bodies were burned along with other heroes.All the ashes were exhumed in 1936, put in a coffin together, and buried in San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. [ATTACH=full]1455022[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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