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There are many coins and medals from around the world that feature conjoined portraits on one side or the other (or both?). I thought it would be interesting to create a Gallery of these coins. Of course, I'll be posting coins from my collecting specialty - US commemorative coins - but I look forward to seeing what everyone has in their collection! So, to kick things off... The first US commemorative coin to feature conjoined portraits was the 1900 Lafayette Memorial Dollar which depicts George Washington (forward portrait) and Frenchman Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; they are presented on the obverse. Lafayette was instrumental in aiding the American side during the Revolutionary War, not only through his skills as a military strategist but also for his general leadership abilities and his assistance with securing vital French aid for America. Without his assistance (and that of France!), the outcome of the War might have been very different! The Marquis de Lafayette After the Victory at Yorktown (1781) The coin was issued in support of the Lafayette Memorial Commission and its project of creating a statue of Lafayette to give to the people of France at the 1900 Exposition in Paris. The reverse of the coin depicts a preliminary version of the statue by American artist Paul Wayland Bartlett. 1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar  I've previously posted details about the Lafayette Dollar: - 1900 Lafayette Memorial Dollar- 1881 Yorktown Medal vs. 1900 Lafayette Dollar- Coins Devoted to a Military SubjectOther of my commemorative posts can be found here: Read More: Commems Collection. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Great idea for a topic!  1694 English threepence - William and Mary:  |
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A quick detour away from US commemorative coins to highlight a US Mint-struck commemorative medal for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (LPE, Exposition); the Exposition was originally scheduled to open in 1903, the true centennial anniversary year of the purchase, but construction and setup delays pushed the opening a year. The Exposition ran from April 30. 1904 through December 1, 1904; an estimated 20 million people attended. The Official Medals of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition were struck by the US Mint on the grounds of the Exposition; it had a booth in the US Government Building. US Government Building at Louisiana Purchase Exposition  (Image Credit: Images courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public Domain.)The Exposition (also often referred to as the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair) was staged to celebrate the centennial of the US' purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 (for just $15 million!); it was also used to showcase the latest technological advances and aspects of modern culture - not only in the US, but around the world as 62 countries exhibited. The obverse of the medal features the left-facing conjoined portraits of Thomas Jefferson (front portrait) and Napoleon Bonaparte. At the time of the Louisiana Purchase transaction, Bonaparte was the First Counsul of the French Republic - its leader. (He would assume the title of Emperor in 1804.) Jefferson was serving as the third US president at the time and was a driver behind the deal with France. The reverse of the medal presents a relief map of the continental US with the area acquired by the US via the Louisiana Purchase raised and captioned. On one variety of the medal, a star indicates the location of St. Louis, the host city for the Exposition, while on another version the star is missing (each variety is shown here). The souvenir medals were struck in copper, bronze, yellow-bronze, silver and gold-plated bronze and sold directly by the Mint out of its booth. LPE Official Medal - Silver  LPE Official Medal - Gold-Plated Bronze, with Star  LPE Official Medal - Gold-Plated Bronze, without Star  LPE Official Medal - Close-up of Star vs. No Star Varieties  Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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@NumisRob / jbuck: Great additions! Thanks for sharing!
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The Exposition ran from April 30. 1904 through December 1, 1904; an estimated 20 million people attended. Still a sore spot for me after they stole the Games of the III Olympiad from Chicago.   Quote:
The exposition organization began to plan for its own sports activities, informing the Chicago OCOG that its own international sports events intended to eclipse the Olympic Games unless they were moved to St. Louis. Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, stepped in and awarded the Games to St. Louis.
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@NumisRob / jbuck: Great additions! Thanks for sharing! My pleasure, of course.  Does it count when the two images are the same man?  1990-W Eisenhower Centennial Dollar 
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The second US coin to feature conjoined portraits was released approximately 20 years after the first (i.e., the 1900 Lafayette dollar) - the 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial half dollar. The 1921 Alabama half dollar was issued to commemorate the 1919 centennial of the State being admitted to the Union. (Links to the story are found below.) The coin depicts William Wyatt Bibb (left, rear portrait), the last governor of the Territory of Alabama and, in 1819, the first governor of the State of Alabama, and Thomas Erby Kilby, the Alabama governor at the time of the centennial anniversary in 1919; Kilby was still Governor in 1921 when the coin was released. The left-facing, conjoined portraits are flanked by 22 stars (12 on the left, 10 on the right) that symbolically represent the fact that Alabama was the 22nd State. William Wyatt Bibb (Image Credit: History of Alabama and Her People. Moore, Albert Burton. American Historical Society, 1927. Public Domain.)Thomas Erby Kilby (Image Credit: Men of the South. Moore, Daniel Decatur. New Orleans: Southern Biographical Association. 1922. Public Domain.)The reverse design of the coin is adapted from the first Alabama State Seal (1868-1939), and features a left-facing bald eagle, perched on a US Shield, with its wings up and its talons clutching arrows. The eagle carries a ribbon in its beak that is inscribed with "HERE WE REST" (the first State Motto). Alabama State Seal, Circa 1919 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial Half Dollar, Plain Variety  For more information on the Alabama half dollar, check out: - 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial, Plain Variety- 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial, 2X2 Variety- 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial - What if? Alabama Quarter- 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial - Monroe-Wilson Design?- 1921 Alabama Statehood Centennial - Coins Designed by a Woman Thread- Official Seals on Classic US Commemorative Coins - Part II Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Does it count when the two images are the same man? Judges say...
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French jeton, 1615, marriage of Louis XIII and Anna of Austria.   |
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Charles and Di, on U.K. 1981 25P coin.  and again on a 1981 Australian 50C coin.  Steve :) View my Coins here, (NOW WITH OVER 16,800 IMAGES).... http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?cat=10048OFEC count = 237 |
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A couple of 2 euro coins from Netherlands 2013 with Queen Beatrix and Willem-Alexander Prince of Orange.  2014 with King Willem-Alexander and former Queen Beatrix  Steve :) |
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U.K. 2016 2 pound coin.  Steve :) View my Coins here, (NOW WITH OVER 16,800 IMAGES).... http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?cat=10048OFEC count = 237 |
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Great adds everyone! I'm enjoying the show!
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