3815) Did You Know Series (101): The Introduction of the Lincoln Cent in 1909:
The Reverse portrait of Abraham Lincoln has remained
unchanged since the coins were first struck in 1909.
The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln:
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his
wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, attended a play, “Our American Cousin,” at Ford’s
Theater in Washington, DC.
About 10:15 PM that night, as the play reached a moment
when raucous laughter was expected, the famous actor, John Wilkes Booth,
entered the President’s box, came up behind Lincoln and shot him in the head.
The President was mortally wounded and the next morning
at 7:22 AM, Lincoln passed away.
As the year 1909 approached, there was great pressure to
commemorate the President Lincoln on a Coin.
But to place Lincoln’s image on a coin would be a
real departure from the US Mint's practice hitherto.
Until that time no historical figures, presidents or otherwise, had appeared on US coinage.
The
allegorical representations of Lady Liberty had dominated the Reverse of US coins. Lady Liberty was the nation’s ‘role model,’ representing freedom and
liberty to all citizens.
In 1908 Augustus Saint-Gaudens created two spectacular coins:
He
designed a $10 Gold Eagle coin with Lady Liberty wearing a Native American
headdress and he also designed a $20 Gold Double Eagle which depicted Lady Liberty carrying the Torch of Freedom.
More than 100 years later, they are
regarded as some of the most beautiful coins in US history. But he was in poor
health and passed away before he could redesign the one cent coin.
President George Washington had passed away in 1799, but he
created a dilemma in American coinage. Washington had won a war for US independence against a King.
He detested the British tradition of the reigning
monarch’s image appearing on all coinage of the realm. For the U.S. to place an
image of a real historical person, even one as legendary as Lincoln, on a coin
took great courage.
After Saint-Gaudens passed away, a Lithuanian sculptor, at age
19, came to America rather than being exiled to Siberia. Viktoras Baranauskas
changed his name to Victor David Brenner.
In 1908 Brenner was commissioned to create a Panama Canal
Service medal.
The Obverse image was that of Roosevelt, as he was the
President during the digging of the Canal and a driving force to get that
massive project done.
During the modelling sessions for that medal, Brenner got
to know Roosevelt, and Brenner suggested to him that a new one cent coin should
have Lincoln’s portrait on it.
The centennial of Lincoln’s birth was only a
year away and Brenner had just completed a plaque of Lincoln. After seeing it,
Roosevelt told him to design a coin, using that same pose on the plaque.
The Reverse of this new Lincoln cent had a profile of
Lincoln, facing to the right. Above his head is the phrase “IN GOD WE TRUST,”
and the word “LIBERTY,” is on the open field to the viewer’s left. The date of
minting is to the right of the bust of Lincoln.
The Obverse of the coin has the words “ONE CENT,” on two
lines in the center of the coin, inside two wheat stalks—one to the left and
one to the right. Below the denomination was “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” on two
lines and the motto, “E PLURIBUS UNUM” features on the upper periphery. At the very
bottom of the coin were Brenner’s initials, “VDB.”
U.S. Mint officials realised that the demand would be
great for the new Lincoln coin and the Philadelphia Mint struck approximately
100 million 1909–dated coins and the new San Francisco Mint struck another
one-half million.
Some 28 million coins were struck with Brenner’s initials on
the Obverse.
The new coin was a phenomenal success.
The Reverse portrait of Abraham Lincoln has remained
unchanged since the coins were first struck in 1909.
First Amendment to the United States Constitution: Preample to the Declaration of Independence:
Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American Culture and Folklore:
1) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, Germany: $1 1-oz Silver Eagle Feather Proof - The Sacred Symbol of Pride, Dignity and Respect: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
2) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): A $1 1-oz Silver Coin "The Origin of the Devil's Tower And the Seven Sisters Star Cluster": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024
3) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): A $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Antique Finish (AF) Coin "Native American Moon Spirit": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023
4) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, Germany: $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof - "The Coin's design features an image of the Sun God Anpetu Wi, one of the most powerful spirits to the Lakota Sioux": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
5) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof - "Horseback Warrior Proof: The Finest Light Cavalry in The World": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024
6) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American Culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof - "The Majesty of a Bison Hunt": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023
7) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America: Coin minted by Germany: The 15th Release in the $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof - "Seven Sacred Rites - Rituals That Embody The Lakota Sioux Spiritual, Social, Social, And Cultural Identity": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024
8) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, Germany: $1 1-oz Silver Black Hawk Ultra High Relief Proof - "The Coin's design pays tribute to Black Hawk (1767 - 1838), a prominent leader of the Sauk and Fox tribes, and shows a detailed portrait of the famous warrior": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
9) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): The 16th Coin released in the Series: Coin minted by Germany: $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof - "The Central Concept of Spirituality": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024
10) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): The 16th Coin released in the Series: Coin minted by Germany: $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof - "Silver Dreamcatcher Black Proof": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024
11) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): #1 (One Dollar) 1-oz Silver Red Cloud Ultra High Relief (UHR), Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) Coin: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024
12) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): 17th Release in the Coin Series: $1 (One Dollar) 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief (UHR). Silver Bear Dance Proof:"One of the oldest recorded dances in North American History: A Cerempnial Expression That Symbolises The Renewal of Life": Date/Year of Coin Release: 2025
13) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): 2023 Oglala Sioux $50 Silver & $2 Gold "Native American Spirit War Horse" Ultra High Relief (UHR) Antiqued 2-pc Coin set NGC MS First Day of Issue: 2023
14) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): $1 1-oz Silver Dragonfly Ultra High Relief (UHR) Antiqued Coin: "Silver Dragonfly": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
15) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): A $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief (UHR) Antiqued Coin: "Silver Thunderbird": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
16) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): This coin is the 18th release in the Native American Silver Dollar Coin Series: A $1 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief (UHR) Antiqued Coin: "Silver Turtle Island": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
17) Oglala Sioux Nation (USA) - A depiction of Native American culture and folklore, United States of America (USA): Fifth Release in the Native American Coin Series: A $1 (One Dollar) 1-oz Silver Ultra High Relief (UHR) Antiqued Coin: "Silver Native American Hunting Horse": Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023
Native American Coin Series:
3) "Potawatomi" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint whic h struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2024
4) "Creek" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin set issue: 2024
5) "Pueblo" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2024
6) "Choctaw" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance California-based Native American Mint whic h struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin set issue: 2024
7) "Mohican" Culture and History, United States of Americs (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2022
8) Native American Coin Sets - "Shawnee, Arapaho, Susquehannock, Mohican, Chippewa and Cheyenne" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins fesaturing diffferent Tribes minted by the Torrance California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2022
9) "Navaho" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2021
10) "Cherokee" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which strusk a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issued: 2021
11) "Comanche" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Natibve American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2019
12) "Caddo" Culture and History. United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint whbich struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2021
13) "Eskimo" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2021
14) "Apache" Culture and History, United States of American (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Sets issue: 2021
15) "Chinook" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2021
16) "Seminole" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted ny the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin set issue: 2019
17) "Blackfoot" Culture and History, United Stat6es of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins feasturing different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2021
18) "Fox" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins festuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin set issue: 2021
19) "Sioux" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, Californis-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Natiomns Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2021
20) The Shoshone Nevada 1 Dollar, United States of America (USA): A 1-oz Silver Shoshone Tortoise Proof Coin Celebrating the Tribe of Lewis and Clark Guide Sacegawea: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2018
21) Mesa Grande Sovereign Nation, United States of America (USA): A $1 (One Dollar), 1 Oz Mercanti Native American Bison NGC MS70 First Releases: Date/Year of Coin issued: 2025
22) Did You Know Series (100): 1) The Native American Game of Lacrosse played in the 1100 AD has gone global: 2) Early lacrosse was characterised by deep spiritual involvement, befitting the spirit of combat in which it was undertaken. Those whi took part did so in the role of warriors, with the goal of bringing glory and honour to themselves and their tribes
23) First Coin ever issued by a Native American Nation, Shawnee Tribe - features famed Shawnee Tribal Chieftain "Shooting Star" (known as Tecumseh), one of the earliest Native American leaders ever to resist white encroachment on tribal lands, United States of America (USA): Date/Year of Coin issue: 2002
24) "Shawnee" Culture and History, Unmited States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin set issue: 2022
25) "Geronimo", Oglala Lakota Sioux, United States of America (USA): ! $1 1 oz Silver Ultra High Relief NGC MS70 First Release w/ Black Core: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2022
26) "Chiracahua - Apache" Culture and History, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2025
27) "Abenaki Tribe" 6 pc Set (BU) Coins set, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each tribe: Date/Year of Coin Set issue: 2025
28) "Eskimo Tribe" 6-pc Set (BU) Coins Set, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American (USA) Coins Set, United States of America (USA): A set of Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coin s that are authorised by each tri be: Date/Year of Coin set issue: 2025
29) "Apache Tribe" 6-pc Set (BU) Coin Set, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins which are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Sets issue: 2025:
30) "seminole Tribe" 6-pc Set (BU) Coins Set, United states of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations Coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Sets issue: 2025
31) "Iroquis Tribe" 6-pc Set (BU) Coins set, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that are authorised by each Tribe: Date/Year of Coin Sets issue: 2025
32) "Cherokee Tribe" 6-pc Set (BU) Coins Set, United States of America (USA): A set of six Native American Coins featuring different Tribes minted by the Torrance, California-based Native American Mint which struck a series of Indian Sovereign Nations coins that ae authortised by each tribe: Date/Year of Coin Sets issue: 2025
Native American - Code Talkers serving in World War I and World War II:
1) Ponca Tribe, Code Talker, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
2) St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Code Talker, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
3) Oglala Sioux Tribe, Code Talker, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
4) Comanche Nation Tribe, Code Talker, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
5) Navaho Tribe, Code Talker, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of Woeld War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
6) Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (Sioux) Tribe, Code Talker, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
7) Choctaw Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
8) Hopi Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
9) Seminole Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
10) Tonto Apache Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World war I and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
11) Ho Chunk Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World war II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
12) Pawnee Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
13) Onieda Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Metal issue: 2024
14) Standing Rock Sioux Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
15) Meskwaki Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
16) Osage Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
17) The Fort Peck Assiniobione and Sioux Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
18) The Tlingit Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American history: Date/Yesar of Medal issue: 2024
19) The Kiowa Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
20) The Muscogee Creek Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
21) The Pueblo of Acoma Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal Commemorates an important piece of World War II and American History: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
22) The Santee Sioux Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
23) The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
24) The Crow Nation Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
25) The White Mountain Apache Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
26) The Pueblo of Laguna Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
27) The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II ans American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
28) The Yankton Sioux Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
29) The Menominee Tribe, Code Talkers, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War I and World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
30) The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, United States of America (USA): A Bronze Medal commemorates an important piece of World War II and American history: Date/Year of Medal issue: 2024
Custer's Last Stand:
1) Custer's Last Stand or The Battle of Little Big Horn 2-pc Tribute Set, United states of SAmerica (USA): Year of Coins issue: 1829, 1865
The Story of Daniel Boone - Frontiersman:
1) The Story of Daniel Boone, Frontiersman, (United States of America - USA), Republique Du Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon): 250th Anniversary of Daniel Boone's first attempt at leading settlers along the Wilderness Trail through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky in 1773: A 2000 Francs CFA 1-Oz Silver Colourised BU Coin: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023
Coin Invest Trust (CIT) Wild West Coin Series:
1) Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid - Legends of the Wild West!, Cook Islands: 250 Dollars (Gold) and 20 and 5 Dollars (Silver) Coins minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt (GmbH) at its facilities in Munich by commission of Coin Invest Trust (CIT) on behalf of the Treasury of the Cook Islands: Year of Coin issue: 2024
Links to posts on this blog on Coins issued under "American Innovation $1 Coin Programme":
Links to posts on the USA:
First Amendment to the United States Constitution: Preample to the declaration of Independence:
To view a few posts on previous COTY and Coin Constellation (Russia) winners, please visit the following links:
Posts on Coins/Rounds from the Intaglio Mint, Denver Colorado (a privately owned Mint):
Links to some more posts on the Chinese Lunar calendar/Zodiac signs on this Blog:
New Year Lucky Coin Releases:
Old West Coin Series:
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