Full Name: Abraham Lincoln
Birth Date & Place: February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky
Schooling: No formal education
Lived: White House — Washington, D.C.
Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana
Death: April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C., after being shot by John Wilkes Booth
Nicknames: "Honest Abe,"
"Illinois," "Rail Splitter"
Presidents' Day, observed in
February, honors all U S
presidents, especially George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
After Lincoln became president,
11 southern states seceded from
the Union to form the Confederate
States of America.
His portrait is on the penny and
the five-dollar bill.
What is the Value of a
Penny?
A penny is worth one cent. This
value can also be written as 1¢
or $.01
What is on the Back of
the Coin and Five-Dollar
Bill?
The Lincoln Memorial, a monument
to Abraham Lincoln in
Washington, D.C., was added to
the reverse of the one-cent coin in
1959 to commemorate his 150th
birthday. It is also on the back of
the five-dollar bill.
What is the Value of the
Five-Dollar Bill?
A five-dollar bill is equivalent to
5 one-dollar bills.
Trivia:
Benjamin Franklin designed the
first penny.
The average life span of a penny
is 25 years and 2 years for a
five-dollar bill.
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds..."
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