When Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president in March 1861, he wasn't the only one who found gainful employment. Private medalist Salathiel Ellis was quick to seize the opportunity to secure work creating a new Indian peace medal depicting the 16th president.
Wasting no time, on March 20, 1861, Ellis submitted a proposal to William P. Dole, the new commissioner of Indian Affairs, less than three weeks after Lincoln's March 4 inauguration, according to Indian Peace Medals in American History by Francis Paul Prucha ...
Full Article: Lincoln peace medal a private project - Coin World
Lincoln cent production at the Denver Mint in 1922 yielded coins that included a regular strike with full D Mint mark, a weak D Mint mark or the D completely missing. Of the three major die pairs known for the Weak D and No D varieties, the pairing that generates the highest premium is the 1922-D Lincoln, No D, Strong Reverse cent, or the Die Pair 2 issue.
Full Article: All 1922-D No D cents are not equal - Coin World
While in office, President Abraham Lincoln placed his stamp on the nation. Since his being honored on coinage, the nation has placed its stamp on Lincoln. Or, more precisely, next to Lincoln.
In recent years, the Lincoln cent has become a venue for messages political, whimsical and conspiratorial. Various alterations of the Lincoln cent have been formed outside the Mint, and many of those pieces have found their way into circulation.
Full Article: Novelty cents in circulation don’t carry collector premiums - Coin World
The 1914-D Lincoln cent holds the distinction of representing the third lowest mintage struck for circulation in the 100 years since the coin designed and sculptured by Victor D. Brenner was first released.
The 1914-D Lincoln cent's mintage was reported at 1,193,000 coins. Only two other Lincoln cents struck for circulation have smaller mintages: the 1909-S Lincoln, v.d.b. cent with a mintage of a mere 484,000 coins, and the 1931-S cent with a mintage of 866,000 pieces.
Full Article: 1914-D Lincoln cent mintage is third lowest within series - Coin World
Feb. 12 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the nation's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Feb. 12 is also the day the United States Mint is scheduled to begin sales of the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial commemorative silver dollar.
H.R. 2808, the legislation authorizing the commemorative coin, was originally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 8, 2005, by Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill.
Full Article: U.S. Mint gets ready to offer 2009-P Lincoln silver dollar - Coin World
Private purported "patterns" dated 1866 and 1868 with a Roman numeral III bear a portrait facing right of a bearded Abraham Lincoln. Two prominent engravers have been credited with the designs for the pieces.
It is uncertain whether they were intended to represent 3-cent coins or $3 coins, since the reverse design bears a III but no other representation of a denomination. Researchers generally agree that the pieces were not struck by the Mint, although some suggest a Mint origin for some of the dies.
Full Article: Merriam portrait of Abraham Lincoln appears on private purported patterns - COIN WORLD
Two of the four Lincoln cents issued for circulation during the 1909 inaugural year of the small cent series bear the v.d.b. initials of the coin's designer, sculptor Victor David Brenner, on the bottom border of the reverse. Brenner had initially hoped to have his entire surname spelled out in the reverse location.
The 1909 Lincoln, v.d.b. cent registered a reported mintage at the Philadelphia Mint of 27.995 million coins. The 1909-S Lincoln, v.d.b. cent's mintage of 484,000 coins at the San Francisco Mint represents the lowest circulation output of any cent for the entire series to date.
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If you've been collecting every possible version of the Sacagawea manganese-brass clad dollar since its January 2000 introduction, you've likely already shelled out a few thousand dollars.
Should you plan to start to assemble a complete set of each issue by date, Mint mark and finish – excluding errors – in this, the program's final year, you would likely end up spending thousands more. Such an assemblage of dollar coins would contain 47 coins. The coin bears sculptor Glenna Goodacre's portrait of Sacagawea with son, Jean-Baptiste, on the obverse and U.S. Mint Sculptor-Engraver Thomas D. Rogers Sr.'s Soaring Eagle reverse.
Read article: Sacagawea dollar leaves nine-year numismatic legacy - Coin World
