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Posted 9 years ago
SpiritBear
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It's very worn and one of my least favourite U.S. Coin Designs, but it was practically free (value of silver), so I added it.
1887 U.S.A. Seated Liberty dime.
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A penny saved is a penny earned......... Well, in this case, a dime. [;>)
In this case, a couple dollars in silver as well as a 'filler' addition for my U.S. Coins collection (I mainly do German, though.)
It will likely be one of my first coins to go when it comes time for the University to empty my pockets. There are only 5 coins I'd for sure keep.
It is interesting to note that, currently, this is the only Seated Liberty dime up on C.W. I may go back for the other just to add more to the empty category.
Speaking of coins, do you know why Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our most beloved President, is on the lowly penny???
I do not, but my guess is that he's on there because the penny is used so much. Here, it is rare to pay in cash and not use a penny or four in the tax.
The story goes, one day young Abe's mother had him go to the country store to buy something or other (the item is not important to the story). His mother gives Abe enough money to buy what she needs, and he begins the 5-mile trek to the store. As you probably know from your history lessons as a young child, Lincoln grew up in the country very poor, so poor that as a young boy he had no shoes to wear, nor did his family have a horse or even a donkey to ride, so young Abe makes the 5-mile trip to the country store on foot. After purchasing what his mother has asked him to buy, he begins the long trek back home. About half-way home, as he's counting the change that the store proprietor has given him, he realizes that the man has given him too much change, by one penny. Lincoln turns around and walks all the way back to the store and returns the penny to the store owner. That's how Abraham Lincoln got his nickname, Honest Abe, and that's why his likeness is on the one cent coin. Anyway, that's what I learned in grade school as a young boy.
I've always wondered where they got that 'honest' part from, aside from trying to make him seem like a good politician.
Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure. [;>)
Why is it one of your least favorite designs?
'She' wears terribly and doesn't look beautifully posed, in my opinion.
Understood. Interesting perspective.