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Lincoln and a Chicago reporter were looking at what is believed to this photo at Lincoln's home shortly after his nomination for president, when he observed "That picture gives a very fair representation of my homely face." [48] June 1860 [49] unknown Halftone print, from an albumen print from the lost original negative. [50] unknown
Three of those coins showed images of U.S. presidents, with the coat of arms of the Bahamas on the obverse side. Thomas Jefferson. $5, 1991, silver, with Independence Hall – Declaration of Independence KM#143; Abraham Lincoln. $5 1991, silver, with Abolition of Slavery KM#145; Theodore Roosevelt. $5 1991, silver, with Panama Canal KM#149
Abraham Lincoln was portrayed on the 1861 $10 Demand Note; Salmon Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, approved his own portrait for the 1862 $1 Legal Tender Note; Winfield Scott was depicted on Interest Bearing Notes during the early 1860s; William P. Fessenden (U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury) appeared on fractional currency ...
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At first, the banknotes circulated at par with the stated value, however after a few months they started depreciating until they became almost worthless. The United States agreed to redeem the notes for treasury bonds at 1% of the face value. The issued denominations ranged from $1 /6 to $80.
30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still Mesmerize Us Today. ... #7 East Face, Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France, Ca. 1895 ... First Class Dining Room, Ca. 1910.
Mathew Brady's February 9, 1864, portrait of Lincoln is used for the current $5 bill (series 1999 issue and later). [2] The United States five-dollar bill (US$5) is a denomination of United States currency. The current $5 bill features U.S. president Abraham Lincoln and the Great Seal of the United States on the front and the Lincoln Memorial ...
By the end of 1778, this Continental currency retained only between 1 ⁄ 5 to 1 ⁄ 7 of its original face value. By 1780, Continental bills – or Continentals – were worth just 1 ⁄ 40 of their face value. Congress tried to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, but this met with little-to-no ...