Lincoln Silver Dollar
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Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar
February 12, 2009 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. Lincoln has become one of the most beloved Chief Executives in the nation's history due to his character, his leadership, and his role in the elminiation of slavery, and demand for the coin was quite high . . . especially so because 2009 was the year in which the first African American President in U.S. History took office. The U.S. Mint decided to actually release the coin on February 12!
The Bicentennial Coin is a Commemorative Silver Dollar which carries a likeness of Abraham Lincoln on its obverse (heads) side and a quote from the Gettysburg Address on its reverse (tails) side.was minted for one year only, and the quantity of coins minted was limited to just 500,000.
The Coin Itself
Weight: 26.73 grams
Diameter: 1.500 inches
Composition: 90 percent Silver; balance Copper
Mintage Limit: 500,000
The obverse (heads) of the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar features an image of President Lincoln with the inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and 2009 (the only year the coin was minted). It was designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Justin Kunz and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart.
The image is symbolic of Abraham Lincoln's strength and resolve, and was inspired by Daniel Chester French's famous sculpture of the President that sits inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The obverse of the coin contains the last 43 words of Lincoln's address as he dedicated the National Cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield.
"we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this Nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
The words are encircled in a laurel wreath. Above the wreath is the inscription, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Under the wreath is a banner with Lincoln's signature incused in the center. On the banner, on either side of the signature, are the words ONE DOLLAR and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The reverse was designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.
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The Speech
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
The Cemetery
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Gettysburg National Cemetery is located on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The site was purchased shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg, with the support of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin. Union dead were moved there from shallow, inadequate graves on the battlefield. Local attorney David Wills was primarily responsible for acquiring the land, overseeing cemetery construction, and planning its dedication ceremony, although the initial concept and early organizational efforts were led by David McConaughy. The landscape architect William Saunders, founder of the National Grange, designed the cemetery.
Saunders's design had two facets: first, the Soldiers National Monument was placed at the center, commemorating the Union victory and the valor of the fallen soldiers; second, the graves were arranged in a series of semicircles around the monument, emphasizing the egalitarian nature of U.S. society, with all the graves considered equal. Originallly plots were to be arranged in essentially random order, but resistance from the states caused the graves to be grouped by state, with two sections for unknowns and one section for the regular army. (In later years, additional graves were added outside the original section for the dead of the Spanish-American War and World War I.)
The cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863. The main speaker was Edward Everett, but it was here that Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. The cemetery was completed in March 1864 with the last of 3,512 Union dead were reburied. It became a National Cemetery on May 1, 1872, when control was transferred to the War Department. Currently administered by the National Park Service as part of Gettysburg National Military Park, it contains the remains of over 6,000 individuals who served in wars from the Civil War to the present day.
3,512 Union soldiers were buried in the cemetery; of these, 979 are unknown.
The first monument be placed at Gettysburg was the Soldiers National Monument in the National Cemetery. Designed by the Batterson-Canfield Company and sculpted by Randolph Rogers.. The white Westerly granite pedestal supports a shaft and marble statue entitled "Genius of Liberty". The four buttresses on the pedestal support allegorical statues in white marble:
War, depicted as a seated American soldier resting after the conflict. The soldier is said to be relating the story of what happened at Gettysburg to the second monument,
History, depicted as a woman recording the names and accomplishments of the dead in her book.
Plenty, a woman with a sheaf of wheat over her arm and cornucopias filled with the fruits of the earth, the result of the peace at the end of the war.
Peace, a mechanic accompanied by machine cogs and heavy hammers.
Lincoln's Image on Coins
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The Bicentennial Lincoln Pennies
With 2009 being the Bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, the Congress also authorized a redesign of the Lincoln Penny. The Lincoln Penny was introduced in 1909, the year of the Centennial of Lincoln's birth. The reverse side of the coin featured the words "One Cent" centered between two ears of wheat. The coin was redesigned for issue in 1959 (the 150th anniversay of Lincoln's birth and the 50th anniversary of the Lincoln Cent's introduction) with a new reverse featuring the Lincoln Memorial. The Mint announced plans to issue 4 designs over the course of the Bicentennial year, with a new permanent design being struck in 2010.
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We've read about the Union and the Confederate War Dead, but...
do you know about Jennie Wade?Nobody really knows how many soldiers died at Gettysburg. Estimates for the Union are about 3,155 dead, 14.530 wounded, and 5365 missing. The Confederacy suffered about 2,600-4.500 dead, 12,800 wounded, and 5,250 missing. Thus, about 27% of Union participants in the battle and a third of the Confederate fighters were killed wounded, or went missing. But that's not the whole story.
During the Battle of Gettysburg Jennie Wade was staying at her sister's house on the north slope of Cemetery Hill. On July 3, she was preparing bread for Union skirmishers when an errant Confederate bullet passed through two doors and struck Jennie in the back. She died instantly.
Jennie Wade was the only civilian casualty during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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The Gettysburg National Park Quarter
A Part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Series
The coin was issued as a part of the 11-year long America the Beautiful Quarters series. At the release ceremony on January 25, 2011 (one day after the official release of the coin) Bob Kirby, the Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent, said,
"The America the Beautiful Quarters Program connects America to our national parks, forests, fish and wildlife refuges, and other national sites," said Craig. 'The Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter commemorates the pivotal battle fought here in the American Civil War, and it recognizes Gettysburg's special place among our revered and protected national treasures. We are happy to be honored with this beautiful quarter. The coin can be a daily reminder of the sacrifices made at Gettysburg and a great way to start a conversation about national parks, national heritage and the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War."
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