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US Mint Has Released the Tuskegee Airmen Quarters For Alabama 2021 Last of America The Beautiful Series
Valentines Day is not the only day we should celebrate in February. We need to celebrate February 8 because that is the date the awe inspiring Tuskegee Airmen Quarters were released for the State of Alabama. The reverse of the … Continue reading
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Did You Know Frederick Douglas Might be on the Back of One of Your Circulating Quarters?
Before you put that next quarter into a laundry machine, parking meter or tip for your cup of coffee flip it over. Make sure you do not see Frederick Douglas. Released in April, 2017, Frederick Douglass National Historic … Continue reading
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Newark NJ Celebrates 350th Special Pictorial Postmark at Pillar College-Sarah Vaughan Stamp
On October 13, 2016 The Special Pictorial Postmark cancellation was issued by the United States Postal Service. The Forever stamp that received The Newark, NJ’s postmark that day at Pillar College was no other but Sarah Vaughan. This stamp was … Continue reading
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African American Coins-Rare Bessie Coleman Concept Coin-
Be on the lookout for the rare Bessie Coleman concept coin. I wrote a few short posts about the Bessie Coleman Concept Coin a while ago. Click on this link and you can read a short post “Who is Bessie Coleman?” … Continue reading
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Do You Have a Quarter? If Yes, Flip it Over You Might Have a Black History Collectible
If you have a quarter in your pocket right now I want you to flip it over. If it is dated 2009 and for Washington DC you would have the quarter with Duke Ellington on the reverse. A Black History … Continue reading
Shirley Chisolm Stamp Released January 31, 2014
The Black Heritage stamp series just released the Shirley Chisholm stamp. This stamp is the 37th stamp in the Black Heritage series. It features a painting of Chisholm by artist Robert Shetterly. This engaging portrait is taken from a series … Continue reading
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African Americans Whose Signatures Are on US Currency
Their are four African American men whose signatures appear on US Currency. There is one woman whose signature appear on US currency during her tenure 1977-1981. As you know from the prior post Azia Taylor-Morton was the first and only … Continue reading
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Benjamin Banneker US Postage Stamp 1980
On February 15, 1980 Benjamin Banneker, a self-taught astronomer and mathematician and publisher of Farmers Almanacs in the 1790’s was honored on a 15 cent US Postage Stamp. I want to also note that he was one of three … Continue reading
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Do You Know Who Was The First African American to Appear on a US Postage Stamp?
If you guessed that Booker T. Washington was the first African American to appear on a US Postage Stamp you are absolutely right! Actually Booker T. Washington had a lot of “firsts”. I found out just tonight that he was … Continue reading
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Hettie Anderson An African American Model for the Famous St. Gaudens $20 Gold Coin
The most beautiful coin in U.S. history is the design that appeared on the $20 Gold Double Eagle from 1907 to 1933. It is the design of Augustus St. Gaudens. His model was an African-American artist’s model named Hettie Anderson … Continue reading
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