WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Here are a couple new and old items I've come across in my numismatic travels recently.

Two-Faced Lincoln Cent Artwork
In August our middle son turned 21 and after a nice dinner with friends and neighbors the menfolk took him up to Maryland for an overnight excursion to the MGM Grand National Harbor casino. An artwork hung in one suite at the Gaylord National Resort hotel was made with Lincoln cents.

   

The cents were painted various colors and mounted edgewise on the canvas, with different view seen from the left and the right. From the left one sees an American flag; from the right a profile of Lincoln. We were too busy raising our glasses in celebration that I forgot to check for an artist's signature. Is anyone aware of who produced this interesting piece?

 

Where's George
This week I came across the first Where's George note I've seen in a long time.

   

   

I dutifully logged it on the Where's George website. The Series 2009 note was initially reported in 2014 in Saginaw, MI, then travelled through Dayton, OH, Williamsburg and Haymarket VA, before landing with me in Ashburn, VA. It had been nearly a year since its last report.

   

Have any of our readers handled a Where's George note lately>

To learn where my note has been, see:
Where's George? Bill Tracking Report (http://www.wheresgeorge.com/b:Gvz32d18PZ)

 

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