COIN TRIVIA
DID YOU KNOW????
Remember, when you purchase a coin, you also receive a piece of history, and given as a gift, it is always worth something.
- That there are three dies used to strike a coin. The upper die, the lower or anvil die, and the collar.
- That the Lincoln cent is the most widely collected coin produced by the U.S. Mint.
- That IN GOD WE TRUST never appeared on a half dime.
- That Booker T. Washington was the first black American to appear on a U.S. coin. The Booker T. Washington Commemorative Half Dollar.
- That Isaac Scott Hathaway was the first black American to design a U.S. coin. The Booker T. Washington Commemorative Half Dollar.
- That Governor Thomas E. Kilby of Alabama was the first person to appear on a U.S. coin while he was still living. He was on the 1921 Alabama Centennial half dollar.
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