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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 814018, member: 6229"]Louisiana is the English equivalent to the French <b><i>La</i></b> <b><i>Louisianne</i></b> literally meaning "Land of Louis" which the French explorer, La Salle dubbed to all the territory that was drained by the Mississippi River after claiming it for Louis XIV, King of France. The vast territory encompassed 828,800 square miles.</p><p> </p><p><b><i>La Louisianne </i></b>was purchased by the United States for a total of $11,250,000 Dollars in 1803 while Thomas Jefferson held the Presidency.</p><p><b><i> </i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b>A glance at the map-link provided by Wikipedia will show that this purchase doubled the size of the United States back in 1803:</p><p><b><i> </i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_1803-04-1804-03.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_1803-04-1804-03.png" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_1803-04-1804-03.png</a></p><p> </p><p>After dividing the Louisiana Territory into separate entities (14 states or parts of states) the size of Louisiana was reduced to this (Map courtesy of Wikipedia):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_LA.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_LA.svg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_LA.svg</a></p><p> </p><p>In 1812 Louisiana became a sovereign state in its own right.</p><p> </p><p>In 1903 as a prelude to the World Fair coming to Saint Louis in 1904, President William McKinley pushed for a commemorative theme to the event to honor the Purchase of the Louisana Territory and with President McKinley's sanction the event became known as The Louisiana Exposition. </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore President McKinley signed into law the minting of 35,000 souvenir Gold Dollars. The first souvenir NCLT Gold Dollars minted in the United States. That was a milestone. Another milestone attributed to this issue was the fact two varieties of the Gold Dollar were struck; one with the head of Jefferson on the obverse and one with McKinley's head on the obverse.</p><p> </p><p>Take a look </p><p> </p><p><b><u>1903 Jefferson Obverse (courtesy Coin Community):</u></b></p><p><b><u> </u></b></p><p><b><u></u></b><a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/commemorative_histories/louisiana_purchase_exposition_gold_dollar.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/commemorative_histories/louisiana_purchase_exposition_gold_dollar.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.coincommunity.com/commemorative_histories/louisiana_purchase_exposition_gold_dollar.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b><u>1903 McKinley Obverse (courtesy Teletrade):</u></b></p><p><b><u> </u></b></p><p><b><u></u></b><a href="http://www.collectorscorner.org/1916_panpac_mkgold.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorscorner.org/1916_panpac_mkgold.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectorscorner.org/1916_panpac_mkgold.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No other commemoratives were minted honoring Louisiana until the State Quarters program (photo courtesy of Coin Page):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-524.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-524.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-524.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Remember who the Louisiana Purchase was bought from? Yes, France. Look what they did in 2003 as a 200 Year Anniversary tribute (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_ns.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03e&desc=France%20km1336%201.5%20Euro%20(2003)%20Louisiana%20Purchase&query=France%20km%201336" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_ns.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03e&desc=France%20km1336%201.5%20Euro%20(2003)%20Louisiana%20Purchase&query=France%20km%201336" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_ns.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03e&desc=France km1336 1.5 Euro (2003) Louisiana Purchase&query=France km 1336</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hope you enjoyed this Louisiana coin tour...</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 814018, member: 6229"]Louisiana is the English equivalent to the French [B][I]La[/I][/B][I][/I] [B][I]Louisianne[/I][/B][I][/I] literally meaning "Land of Louis" which the French explorer, La Salle dubbed to all the territory that was drained by the Mississippi River after claiming it for Louis XIV, King of France. The vast territory encompassed 828,800 square miles. [B][I]La Louisianne [/I][/B][I][/I]was purchased by the United States for a total of $11,250,000 Dollars in 1803 while Thomas Jefferson held the Presidency. [B][I] [/I][/B][I][/I]A glance at the map-link provided by Wikipedia will show that this purchase doubled the size of the United States back in 1803: [B][I] [/I][/B][I][/I] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_1803-04-1804-03.png[/url] After dividing the Louisiana Territory into separate entities (14 states or parts of states) the size of Louisiana was reduced to this (Map courtesy of Wikipedia): [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_LA.svg[/url] In 1812 Louisiana became a sovereign state in its own right. In 1903 as a prelude to the World Fair coming to Saint Louis in 1904, President William McKinley pushed for a commemorative theme to the event to honor the Purchase of the Louisana Territory and with President McKinley's sanction the event became known as The Louisiana Exposition. Furthermore President McKinley signed into law the minting of 35,000 souvenir Gold Dollars. The first souvenir NCLT Gold Dollars minted in the United States. That was a milestone. Another milestone attributed to this issue was the fact two varieties of the Gold Dollar were struck; one with the head of Jefferson on the obverse and one with McKinley's head on the obverse. Take a look [B][U]1903 Jefferson Obverse (courtesy Coin Community): [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://www.coincommunity.com/commemorative_histories/louisiana_purchase_exposition_gold_dollar.asp[/URL] [B][U]1903 McKinley Obverse (courtesy Teletrade): [/U][/B][U][/U][URL]http://www.collectorscorner.org/1916_panpac_mkgold.jpg[/URL] No other commemoratives were minted honoring Louisiana until the State Quarters program (photo courtesy of Coin Page): [URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-524.html[/URL] Remember who the Louisiana Purchase was bought from? Yes, France. Look what they did in 2003 as a 200 Year Anniversary tribute (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery): [B][I][/I][/B][I][/I] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_ns.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03e&desc=France%20km1336%201.5%20Euro%20(2003)%20Louisiana%20Purchase&query=France%20km%201336[/URL] Hope you enjoyed this Louisiana coin tour... Clinker[/QUOTE]
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