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Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Coin with figures of Lincoln (?) handing a paper to a man who is pointing a gun at him and thumbing his nose. Enslaved African Americans toil in the background while a man with a whip oversees. Beige envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed vertically at left of image: 'Design for a New Coin of the C. S. A.'
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States. As Commander in Chief of the United States, he led the Union during the Civil War. On April 15, he was shot in the back of the head at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died shortly thereafter.
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islandora:32940
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1729
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Publisher: New-York Historical Society
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Owe Never. Pay Never.
