1 Dollar (Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial) obverse1 Dollar (Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial) reverse
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1 Dollar (Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial)

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The Silver Dollar That Sold Out — Twice Over

Two hundred years after a baby was born in a Kentucky log cabin, the U.S. Mint struck a silver dollar in his honor — and the public bought every single one. The 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial silver dollar is the rare modern commemorative that hit its legal ceiling and stopped.

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