Franklin Mint Announces 'Supreme Tradgedies Through US History' Collector Series Coins

The spirit and vision of American Suffering has now been captured for you in a collection of sterling silver medals. These are a compelling medallic tribute to some of the most horrific events in American History. All four of our coins in this unprecedented collection are fully minted in solid sterling silver and inspired by some of the most terrible blights on US history. All coins have been authorised by The US Abominations Foundation. The first coin in the collection is to celebrate the tradgedy of slavery and the efforts of on badass lady, Harriet Ross Tubman. During the Civil War, Harriet served the Union Army as a nurse, scout, spy and supreme ass kicker. By the time of Harriet Tubman's death in March 1913, at the age of 93, she was super old. We commemorate her life and work to help destroy slavery on the first coin in this set. The slavery side (tails) of the coin was in reference to the millions of blacks that were 'owned' by whites back in the 1800's. A practice that is still alive in several parts of the South to this day. Our next vintage work of coin-occular art comes in the form of The Great Emancipator. On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was debrained. The crime was committed by a political activist and convicted druggaport, John Wilkes Booth who was immediately hung, shot, bled, re-hung, sodomized, drawn-and-quartered, and ground down into a fine paste before being hung by the neck until dead. His last words, ‘He’s not MY president’ have been captured and printed on this coin’s face. The back side of this coin features the ad from Harper's Weekly, May 13, 1865 which held auction Lincoln’s chair. The auction closed and the chair was sold for 13 bales of the finest, slaved-picked cotton the south could provide (roughly $.78). We move forward to 1963 where a young communist named Oswald was trying to find his place in this crazy place called 'free America'. What sort of person was he? Did he really have "Top Secret" security clearance? Did he shoot at General Walker? Were there two Oswalds? If Oswald shot Kennedy, what was his motive? Was the man exhumed in 1981 really somebody besides Oswald? Wow! You seem to have more questions than we have answers, so we dedicated the front side of the coin to ‘The Man Who Would be Killed*’ *During a prison transfer by the owner of a strip club. The reverse side of the coin features the end of America’s love affair with innocence and the beginning of our country’s life as ‘citizen orphans.’ Seeing that all neglected, orphaned kids like to pick fights, we thought the focus of our last coin should be on the Tet Offensive where communist forces launched attacks on 32 South Vietnamese provincial capitals and military bases. In response, US launched an all out attack against unarmed Vietnamese civilians. U.S. Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr.’s was quoted as saying “You wanna fuck with us some more, or have you learned your lesson?” The back side of this coin is dedicated to the first US soldier who came across his buddy’s head on a pike. Oh the humanity. We hope you enjoy and treasure this collection as much as we hope you have enjoyed our past efforts like: Remembering 9-11 wine glasses and the Death of Reagan Collectable Dishware set. Our team of artisans and craftsmen are working hard to get our coveted 'Abominable Tribute to the Pope' Mug Set and our exclusive 'Schiavo Silverware and Thimble' package due out by this summer. It's a great time to be a collector. Haven't started collecting? Well, start up your collection of something today!