One Cent Piece - Lincoln Memorial - Washington, DC, USA
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Lincoln Memorial on the reverse of the US one cent piece from 1959 to 2008
Waymark Code: WMW00R
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2017
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County of memorial: District of Columbia
Location of memorial: 2 Lincoln Memorial Circle, Constitutional Gardens, Washington
THE PENNY:
"The Lincoln cent’s 50th birthday, in 1959, also marked the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The Mint observed it by giving the cent a new reverse depicting the Lincoln Memorial. This was fashioned by Frank Gasparro, an assistant engraver (and future chief engraver) at the Mint.
"Countless coin collectors got their start with the Lincoln cent. Issued since 1909, the denomination underwent a redesign in 1959 to mark to sesquicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. The Memorial Reverse type, struck 1959-2008, contains no significant date-and-mint rarities. A complete set, including proofs, is within reach of many collectors of modest means." ~ NGC
THE MEMORIAL:
"The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon; the designer of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers; and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has been a symbolic center focused on race relations.
"The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
"Like other monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. In 2007, it was ranked seventh on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Since 2010, approximately 6 million people visit the memorial annually" ~ Wikipedia