Transcontinental Railroad Coin and Stamp

Transcontinental Railroad Commemorative Plaque
A collectors limited edition piece for the philatelist, numismatist or railroad historian
System Five-O / dccUncoupling.com is pleased to offer this presentation of
the commemorative stamp and coin depicting the May 10, 1869 completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

The Artwork: Each piece in this limited edition of 40 is made from seasoned sassafras - milled to size, with tooled recesses for the card, stamp and coin. The signature is laser engraved. The work is lacquer sealed and presented behind glass in a custom frame - milled from poplar and finished in flat black enamel. The finished size is 6.5" square. Complete with hanging hardware for $49.95 + $8 delivery via USPS Priority Mail.

The Railroad: The 1,756 mile transcontinental railroad is considered one of the greatest American technological achievements of the 19th century, completed in 1869 between Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California. The "Golden Spike" is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah.

The Stamp: Issued May 10, 1944 to commemorate the 75^th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony, this stamp was printed in purple by the rotary press with subject electric eye plates in standard size 84/100” x 44/100” in sheets of 50 with perforation 11 x 10-1/2 – 200. 61,303,000 stamps were issued and simultaneously placed on sale at Omaha, Nebraska, Ogden, Utah and San Francisco, California.

The Coin: From 5,000 submissions, to three concepts, to the final sculptor-engraver’s rendering, on November 9, 2007 the Utah Quarter became the 45^th coin in the U.S. Mint’s State Quarters Program. As such it celebrates Utah’s Statehood, as well as the Golden Spike ceremony at the “Crossroads of the West” in Promontory, Utah. There were 253,200,000 units struck at the Denver Mint and 255,000,000 at the Philadelphia Mint.

The Artist: Glenn Loucks is a Michigan inventor, artist and entrepreneur. This is his first piece of railroad memorabilia. Thanks, please, to project collaborators Dave Cook, Mike Grant and Bil Kinney.