This stoneware stein was a conference take-away for the American Express Inspectors Office. Manufacture mark is Buntingware.
Author: David
This well-preserved metallic glitter flag sticker was a give-away from Westernaire (Western Airlines) Federal Credit Union.
Researching the various images associated with Bicentennial collectibles has turned up more than few surprises. The art of the Revolution is no exception.
Another widely recognized patriotic icon is the painting titled “Declaration of Independence” by John Trumbull.
Much of the items produced to celebrate the US Bicentennial shared common imagery. Occasionally, I’ll be researching the pieces borrowed from and providing commentary.
The painting now titled “Spirit of ’76” was used in numerous 1976 manufactured collectibles. Not just the (mostly) plates on these pages, but cups, posters, buttons, and more.
Of the Bicentennial coinage, the Eisenhower dollar is the most elusive, making unremarkable circulated coins perhaps worth pennies over their face value. Nevertheless, it’s fun to find one!
A collectible is something–anything–deemed by a collector to be worth collecting, right? As I’ve shared from my story, finding Bicentennial items was, for me, convenient and fun. Dictionary.com goes a little further from our common definition by including items “any of a wide variety of items collected as a hobby, for display, or as an investment whose value may appreciate.”
This three-piece set features the special coins minted for the Bicentennial: dollar, half-dollar, and quarter. These uncirculated coins are 40% silver. 1976 was the first year of the US Silver proof set!
Standard US Mint Proof Set of uncirculated, polished coins.
There’s nothing exceptional about the infamous two-dollar bill. This Series 1976 specimen is special only because it appears that it has never been folded and is in nearly new condition.
The standard, circulated Bicentennial Kennedy half dollar is still worth just about 50 cents, but collectors on the Internet seem willing to pay much more. More than half a billion were made over the course of their two-year production run.
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