The coin was designed and rolled by Robert "Bob" Luchtman on February, 1974. The picture process is described as "a half-tone photographic reproduction of a postal stamp" it is known as a photo-on-metal" elongated coin. Bob Luchtman only made 103 elongated coins with the Lincoln stamp design. - Don Adams (TEC LM-518)
This coin was one of the photo-on-metal
elongateds produced by Bob Luchtman in the early 1970s. He made several
different issues of actual photographs reproduced on an elongateds. The
first one was of his wife Vera and was the first photo-on-metal elongated
produced in quantity to be sold to other collectors. You can read about the
history of this type of coin in A.A. Rosato's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MODERN
ELONGATED on page 124. The Vera Luchtman coins were first introduced at one
of our annual TEC meetings in August of 1972 in New Orleans.
Mr. Luctman made other photo-on-metal elongateds that include a couple of
United States Presidents. Our personal favorite is of Harry Truman since we
hale from the "Show Me State". The other Presidential a coin features
Richard Nixon. He also produced some coins using postage stamps designs. I
believe the Lincoln image on the coin Maggie directed us to was originally a
postal issue design. Other postal designs include: Project Mercury, a
bighorn sheep and pelican from a wildlife series, Zipcode, and a VFW issue.
He also did one of another TEC personality President Sally Kirka [See EC images below]. Then he
did several college mascot designs which included NM Aggies, AZ Sun Devils,
TX Longhorns and AZ Wildcats. There were also two different designs that
featured both Presidents Kennedy and Lincoln: one is a "Lucky Cent" design
and the other cites the coincidences between the lives of the two
presidents. The other photo-on-metal coin produced by Bob Luchtman is a
poem about love with three roses. All of the photo-on-metal elongateds
produced by Mr. Luchtman were done in 1974 other than Sally Kirka coin and
the Vera Luchtman coin.
All of these coins can be seen pictured in Mr. Rosato's Encyclopedia as well
as on page 85 of the book "TODAY'S ELONGATEDS" by Lee Martin. Mr. Luchtman
was a prolific engraver and roller of elongateds and was also well-known for
his "Blue Dot" rolling machines. - Carol (TEC #2443)
 
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