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Is this the first suggestion of an American Bison on a coin?
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RWB

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This is a coin design idea by Oliver B. Leonard, a New Jersey engraver. The letter was in response to a coin design competition from the Mint Bureau that quickly fizzled.

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Just Bob

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I would like to see a drawing of this design. I think it could be a very nice looking coin, if done tastefully. It might make an even nicer looking medal.

Would it be safe to say that Columbia would be the equivalent of a female Uncle Sam, except in the form of a goddess,  rather than a human?

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In the 1880s Americans were too busy slaughtering bison to commemorate them. That would have to come later.

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Does anyone know if Oliver Leonard was related to Allen Leonard who was encouraged by Dir Patterson to apply for the Engraver position at the Mint in 1846?

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