Lincoln - Clad silver - Museum Gallery

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By 2009 the fine series of USA Tribute coins 'authorized' by Liberia, has degraded to this joke on the collecting public.
The company responsible for this travesty is "National Collector's Mint". The copy for this $20 (price each) is partially presented below. The rest is too ridiculous to repeat here. One other interesting note is that if you go to their site you might see their photo of this 'coin' with the words "COPY" blurred out. See my photo above (tail feathers). So.. it's a copy of what, exactly? There's a chance that it's there to indicate that it's not a solid silver piece and that the original idea was scaled back to a worthless clad silver piece. A portion of the Ad follows:
Clad in 71 mg of .999 Fine Silver, the new Lincoln Dollar is sculpted with the portrait of President Lincoln designed in 1909 by Victor David Brenner on the front and a familiar eagle with the Liberia crest on the reverse. Most exciting, each dollar is triple-dated, 1809 for the year of Lincoln's birth, 1909 for his 100th birthday and first appearance on a U.S. coin, and 2009 for his 200th birthday and appearance on the spectacular Lincoln Presidential Dollar! The Republic of Liberia's government has authorized this groundbreaking legal tender issue which will never be released for circulation.
The link below will present information on the Liberian-USA Millennium Tribute Series; VIEW and DOWNLOAD:
Liberian-USA Millennium Tributes - Moneta: [ link ]