Week # 51 - Happy Friday!

[dena]

What is the numismatic connection between the Monroe Doctrine Half Dollar and the Lincoln Memorial Cent?

 

 

First post that correctly answers wins The Complete Guide to Buffalo Nickels by David Lange.

 

Don't forget, we also draw for a runner-up prize from all remaining posts with a correct answer.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends/ended on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia Info post for more details.

 

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators can see it. Stop back each Monday. We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners.

 

 

 

 

 

[PQSeated]

I'm going out on a limb here, so I'm going to guess that they were the first of their denominations to ever depict a president? Otherwise, I have no idea!

[chrisfuccione]

Good question! I think I have a good guess! There might be two matte proofs out there. Acording to Breen John R. Sinnock might have one of them. He was Gasparro's boss. CHRIS

[swhuck]

The face values of the two coins add up to this week #51.

[Danielle C.]

The question: What is the numismatic connection between the Monroe Doctrine Half Dollar and the Lincoln Memorial Cent?

 

 

 

The answer is Chester Beach, who sculpted the Monroe coin, also sculpted the seated figure of Lincoln reproduced on the cent.

 

Unfortunately no one answered correctly. Better luck next week.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your participation!

 

[Hoot]

Just for clarification Danielle, do you mean the seated figure of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial? Beach was the sculptor of the statue or the designer of the figure then sculpted by someone else? The figure on the reverse of the Memorial cent, afterall, was done by Gasparro. I'd like to know, as I spent some time trying to figure this one out and came up lemons!

 

Hoot

[BankNote1]

I thought Daniel Chester French did the Lincoln Memorial???

[DWLange]

D'oh!!!

 

BankNote1 caught my mistake.

 

In my haste to prepare questions before leaving for the Long Beach show, I confused Chester Beach with Daniel Chester French. I should have known better, as the answer is found within my own Lincoln Cent book. DCF sculpted the seated figure of Lincoln, while Henry Bacon was architect of the structure that houses it. Of course, French's statue is reproduced on Frank Gasparro's Lincoln Memorial Cent reverse.

 

To make up for this lapse, we'll be running another Numisma-Quest challenge this evening. Be sure to check it out.

[Hoot]

Thanks Banknote1 and Dave Lange for the clarification! I feel better now.

 

Hoot