The Mendicant 3,672 (2017)

3,672 USA Lincoln Memorial pennies (1959-2008)               

Edition 5/10                

10.75” x 10.75” x 10.75”

A mendicant is one who practices mendicancy and relies chiefly or exclusively on charitable donations to survive. In principle, mendicant religious orders do not own property, either individually or collectively, and members have taken a vow of poverty, in order that all their time and energy could be expended on practicing or preaching and serving the poor. It is a form of asceticism.