Design trivia

[EZ_E]

I'm not trying to come across as a megalomaniac by starting this thread but I find the following interesting:

 

What three legal tender US coins has the same person on both the obverse and the reverse?

[EVillageProwler]

The Lincoln cent, post-58, is one of them. Lincoln's bust on the obv, and a small-sized Lincoln sitting in his memorial.

 

EVP

 

[Tradedollarnut]

Lafayette dollar

[davefperry]

Washington is on both sides of the New Jersey state quarter.

[swhuck]

Boone.

[EZ_E]

Lafayette dollar

 

Yep, that's one.

[EZ_E]

Boone.

 

I don't think so but I'll check it out.

[EZ_E]

Washington is on both sides of the New Jersey state quarter.

 

 

You got me on that one! That means that there's four of 'em.

[EZ_E]

The Lincoln cent, post-58, is one of them. Lincoln's bust on the obv, and a small-sized Lincoln sitting in his memorial.

 

EVP

 

Excellent! So we have the memorial Lincoln cent, the LaFayette dollar, the New Jersey quarter and there's one more (a modern $1 commem.).

[davefperry]

Daniel Boone is on both sides of the Missouri centennial and the Daniel Boone bicentennial. William McKinley might be on both sides of the MvKinlry memorial but it's hard to see.

[swhuck]

According to the Red Book the frontiersman on the Missouri is generic. Breen states that the obverse is Boone or was at least intended to be him, but the reverse is a generic frontiersman. I suspect that, officially or otherwise, it's probably Boone on both sides, as he definitely has a Missouri connection, although I think most of his exploration came before he got there.

 

I have no idea which modern $1 would have the same person on both sides.

[EZ_E]

Leif Erickson, assuming that he's the one standing in the viking ship on the reverse.

[EZ_E]

You're right! I checked it out in the 2003 redbook. The Boone bicentennial has Boone and Chief Black Fish on the obverse. The Missouri is just a generic frontiersman.