Coins

Liberian Two Cents, 1847
Berlin Olympics, 1936
George Washington Carver/ Booker T. Washington US Half Dollars, 1952 (2 coins)
Commemorating the Act of Navigation, the Statutory Registry of Merchant Ships, 1786
Commemorating "The Liberator Newspaper, Publishing to Fight Slavery, January 1, 1831 (2 coins)
Commemorating Mary McLeod Bethune
Commemorating Jesse Owens, 1913 - 1980
Commemorating Jackie Robinson, 1947
Commemorating the US Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision, March 6, 1857
Commemorating Missouri Compromise Limits the Spread of Slavery in USA, March 3, 1820
Commemorating Lincoln - Douglass Debates, August 21 - October 15, 1858
Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, 1929-1968
Commemorating King of Sports, OJ Simpson, 1973
Commemorating Harriet Beecher Stowe
Commemorating Ira Frederick Aldridge, 1807 - 1867
Commemorating Phillis Wheatley, 1753 - 1784 (2 coins)
Commemorating the Importation of Slaves Prohibited in the US, 1808
Commemorating the Publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852
Commemorating Jesse Owens Wins at the Olympics, 1936 (3 coins)
Commemorating "Separate But Equal Statutes Upheld, 1896
Commemorating the Atlanta Compromise, 1895
Commemorating Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, 1899 - 1974
Free Church of Scotland Communion Token, 1844

A Riggs National Bank check written and signed by Judson W. Lyons, ex-slave from Georgia and first African-American lawyer to practice in the state of Georgia. Active in the Republican Party, he was appointed Register of the US Treasury (appointment influenced by Booker T. Washington) from 1898-1906 and as such, his signature appeared on US currency issued during those years. See example above (left). It is a little known fact that five African Americans have had their signatures on currency. There are no images of African-Americans printed on U.S. currency. The four African American men whose signatures appeared on the currency were Blanche K. Bruce, Judson W. Lyons, William T. Vernon and James C. Napier.
The fifth African American whose signature appeared on currency was Azie Taylor Morton. She was the 36th Treasurer of the United States. She served from September 12, 1977, to January 20, 1981. I also own a choice uncirculated (1977) $1 bill autographed by Azie Taylor Morton. Mrs. Morton is a very scarce signer.