There's No Debate About It: Post a Coin from 1860!

GeorgeKellogg

In the last couple of days, the news has been consumed with accounts of Wednesday night's Presidential Debate. The first such debate occurred in 1860, between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Post a coin from 1860, that very pivotal year in American History. Here is my contribution, which is a fairly recent purchase.

fishteeth

jmb

lkeigwin

MacCrimmon

1860 Young Head half sovereign

OnlyGoldIsMoney

JCMhouston

ThePennyLady

From my personal collection...

coinsarefun

sold it but fitting the occasion

RYK

Fountainhead

Justlooking

You're not far off. The Lincoln-Douglas debates happened in 1858, when both were running for the U.S. Senate.

Nice coins anyway!

And I didn't know this until doing a little research: The first general election presidential debate was the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960. Wonder why it took so long?

CoinCoins

<< <i>From my personal collection... >>



what's a type 2 1860?

Cocoinut

Jim

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BillJones

Sorry, you history is a bit off. The Lincoln - Douglas debates were held in 1858, and they were contesting for a Senate seat. Nevertheless here is the best 1860 dated coin I own.

WillieBoyd2

The only coin that I have dated 1860:


Mexico Chihuahua 1/4 Real 1860 Copper

Prethen

GeorgeKellogg

<< <i>Sorry, you history is a bit off. The Lincoln - Douglas debates were held in 1858, and they were contesting for a Senate seat. Nevertheless here is the best 1860 dated coin I own.


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Lincoln and Douglas also debated in 1860, as presidential candidates. I am correct in that the first presidential debate occurred in 1860. I didn't address senatorial debates at all.

BTW, that's a very nice 1860-D half eagle!