If Abraham Lincoln was Christian

[Cinjin]

I cannot find any historical suggestions that he was buried with coins over his eyes, which leads me to believe that it is just a myth.

Again, the Greco-Roman version of the practice was to place a single coin in the mouth.

Yes, it was my impression that coins were placed on the eyes to keep them closed, at least until rigor mortis set in and the eyelids would stay closed on their own.

This is the link to a documentary done by National Geographic.
The Real Abraham Lincoln

Interestingly enough, it would seem they disagree with both Kitanetos and Minimalist. See 50:10 to 50:25 in the video.

I am not knowledgeable on the topic, but it would seem that there is a school of thought that the coins were indeed placed over a corpses eyes more as a religious tradition than a morticians practice. Which would make sense to me in Lincoln's case since there would certainly be no need to put coins over the eyes of a body that had just then deceased. Eyes decay quickly yes, but not in a matter of minutes.

My question of course remains if all this is true. How prevalent was the practice of this ancient belief in the US? The narrator even said it was the custom of the times, which would imply to me that there should be at least some varifiable documentation of this practice. Did christians practice it? Are Christians the ones that put coins on Lincoln's eyes? and if so, why?

Anyway, I find it a bit puzzling to find this out about a country that was supposedly, back then, "uber-Christian."

Thoughts?