# M12122 - 2009 Abraham Lincoln Silver Dollar, Uncirculated
Own a U.S. Mint Silver Dollar Coin
Honoring Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthday
This uncirculated US Silver Dollar coin was minted in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The front of the coin features a portrait of President Lincoln based on the statue of him at the Lincoln Memorial. The back of the coin includes a portion of his Gettysburg Address, reading: “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that his 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.” A portion of the proceeds from this coin went to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, which used the funds for programs dedicated to Lincoln. This coin is an important piece of US history – you’ll want to add it to your collection.
Minted: 2009
Diameter: 1.5”
Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper
Number Minted: 125,000
Abraham Lincoln
Two hundred years after his birth, Abraham Lincoln is still honored as one of the greatest US Presidents. Lincoln was a complex man whose legacy is often overshadowed by the Civil War. Indeed, he ably led the Union throughout the War Between the States, but he did much more.
Lincoln made millions of acres in the West available to the public inexpensively, allowed grants for agricultural universities, and signed bills that funded the first transcontinental railroad. Lincoln introduced the first US paper currency and income tax, and reformed the national banking system.
President Lincoln controlled the border slave states as the Civil War loomed. He rallied public opinion for the war effort within the Union states and prevented foreign nations from joining the Confederate cause. A gentle man who neither hunted nor fished because he couldn’t bear to kill, Lincoln believed the nation could be peacefully reunited at the end of the bitter war. Then, just days after the Civil War ended, Abraham Lincoln became the first US President to be assassinated.
Today, the rail-splitter from Kentucky is one of America’s greatest heroes. Self-educated, honest, and hardworking, Lincoln embodies the notion that a common person can work their way to the nation’s highest office and become one of America’s most admired Presidents. Click here for more about Lincoln’s life.
Own a U.S. Mint Silver Dollar Coin
Honoring Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthday
This uncirculated US Silver Dollar coin was minted in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The front of the coin features a portrait of President Lincoln based on the statue of him at the Lincoln Memorial. The back of the coin includes a portion of his Gettysburg Address, reading: “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that his 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.” A portion of the proceeds from this coin went to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, which used the funds for programs dedicated to Lincoln. This coin is an important piece of US history – you’ll want to add it to your collection.
Minted: 2009
Diameter: 1.5”
Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper
Number Minted: 125,000
Abraham Lincoln
Two hundred years after his birth, Abraham Lincoln is still honored as one of the greatest US Presidents. Lincoln was a complex man whose legacy is often overshadowed by the Civil War. Indeed, he ably led the Union throughout the War Between the States, but he did much more.
Lincoln made millions of acres in the West available to the public inexpensively, allowed grants for agricultural universities, and signed bills that funded the first transcontinental railroad. Lincoln introduced the first US paper currency and income tax, and reformed the national banking system.
President Lincoln controlled the border slave states as the Civil War loomed. He rallied public opinion for the war effort within the Union states and prevented foreign nations from joining the Confederate cause. A gentle man who neither hunted nor fished because he couldn’t bear to kill, Lincoln believed the nation could be peacefully reunited at the end of the bitter war. Then, just days after the Civil War ended, Abraham Lincoln became the first US President to be assassinated.
Today, the rail-splitter from Kentucky is one of America’s greatest heroes. Self-educated, honest, and hardworking, Lincoln embodies the notion that a common person can work their way to the nation’s highest office and become one of America’s most admired Presidents. Click here for more about Lincoln’s life.