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 RobertSenior Member
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What was the first circulating US coin to feature one specific person on both sides of the coin?
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 coopExpert Member
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 8:41 pm |
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Lincoln Memorial cent of 1959. Lincoln Bust on obverse and The statue of him in the memorial on the reverse 
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 smedSenior Member
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 8:51 pm |
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Dunno... depends on your criteria.
If the undated double Washington head cent of the late 18th century circulated then that's it.
If circulating commems are allowed then it's the Daniel Boone half.
Otherwise it's like Coop said.
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MarkMember
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:35 pm |
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If we are looking at commemoratives, the Lafayette dollar has Lafayette on both sides, right? And I know without asking (!) that it pre-dates the Boone commemorative.
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smedSenior Member
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:46 pm |
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Well, lol, once again it depends on your criteria...
I didn't list it because "the statue on the reverse is similar to the monument of General Lafayette that was erected in Paris as a gift of the American people." (2003 Redbook pg 251).
IRT Chuck's question I didn't feel the depiction of a similar statue was close enough to meaning a specific person.
Ok Chuck, what's YOUR answer?!?
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RobertSenior Member
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:05 pm |
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I think you mean me...
My original unresearched answer was the memorial cent (hence its inclusion here) but I guess you guys are right...
IT DEPENDS ON THE CRITERIA! 
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smedSenior Member
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:32 pm |
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oops, sorry Robert...
that's so embarrassing... LOL
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MarkMember
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 8:00 am |
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smed:
Maybe the guy on the front of the Lafayette was similar to the statue? (  ) Actually, I hadn't remembered that fact until you posted--as I recall, the coin was designed from one of the plans for the statue and so it was probably meant to be the same. But that's a recollection--I am away from my commemorative books and so haven't looked up that potential "fact"....
However, here's another coin that I think actually was the first U.S. mint issued coin with the same person on the obverse and reverse: Pattern nickels J-521 through J-526. These are pattern nickels with large portraits of Washington on both the obverse and reverse. They differ according to their composition and a small difference in design. They were (apparently) struck in 1866. Possibly this coin is the "correct" answer to Robert's question because the earlier colonial coin wasn't struck by the U.S. mint.... though, of course, it does indeed all depend on the criteria! 
Mark
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