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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 816638, member: 6229&quot;]About the only event remembered pertaining to the Battle of Gettysburg is the speech President Lincoln made at the Appamattox Court House, but the important significance was the Union&#039;s defeat of the Confederacy, thus ending the Civil War on July 3, 1863.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Battle of Gettysburg was the worst for both sides, Union and Confederate: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>total number of American casualties during the three day battle added up to 57,225 killed, wounded, captured or missing. If not honored or commemorated, the battle should be remembered.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In 1936 Congress authorized a silver 50 Cent Commemorative to honor the 75th Anniversary of the terrible event. 26,928 coins were struck. To awaken your memory here&#039;s a photo courtesy of Coin Page:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1230.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1230.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1230.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It has come to my attention that Liberia authorized a $5 commemorative in remembrance of the Battle of Gettysburg featuring the Union&#039;s General Meade and the Confederacy&#039;s General Lee on the obverse. Here&#039;s a photo courtesy of Don&#039;s World Coin Gallery:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img15/108-568&amp;desc=Liberia%20km568%205%20Dollars%20(2001)%20Battle%20of%20Gettysburg&amp;query=Liberia%20gettysburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img15/108-568&amp;desc=Liberia%20km568%205%20Dollars%20(2001)%20Battle%20of%20Gettysburg&amp;query=Liberia%20gettysburg" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img15/108-568&amp;desc=Liberia km568 5 Dollars (2001) Battle of Gettysburg&amp;query=Liberia gettysburg</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As a bonus to you, for reading this post, I want to point out that the USA produced three other Civil War commemoratives in 1995 to raise funds to preserve some battllefields other than Gettysburg (photos and text courtesy of The U.S. Mint Historical Image Library):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/coinLibrary/#cw1552" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/coinLibrary/#cw1552" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/coinLibrary/#cw1552</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thought you&#039;d want to know...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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