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OldDan
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 Posted 04/07/2006 3:59 pm
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Just received my Nebraska quarters from the mint and have to admit they were mighty fast in shipment. The finish on all the coins is above the their normal standard and most of the coins are in realative good shape for circulation type coins. Now a quick comment or two about the design;
If you know anything about that part of the country, you recognize the landscape around "chimney rock'' in western Nebraska. You also know that the Oregon trail is located south of chimney rock, which brings up the next point. The wagon and oxen are apparently traveling the wrong direction (east) as the rock would be looking in a northerly direction. It would be late in the day as the sun is setting in the west. Guess who ever it is in the wagon has been as far as they intended to go and has started back home again to Indiana.
Take a look and see if you don't agree that they did the scene backwards!
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Metalman
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Posted 04/07/2006 4:09 pm
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Dan
Thas my Family in the wagon, were headed back to the Platte River, and central Nebraska away from them there mountians !
LOL I think your right,, the scene looks backwards !
and by the way, my Family did settle in central NE.
Rick
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Gary Burke
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CoinNut5
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Posted 04/08/2006 1:22 pm
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Good observation Dan,
A keen eye for such a young man......Haaa!.......If I had to make a guess as to why it is like that I would say that the artist/engravers conception or original drawings may have been produced by using a photograph.....which is a reflection of what we actually see.......any thoughts????
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thekidcollector
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Posted 04/08/2006 1:29 pm
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Dan...Could you post up some pics please!
Thanks!
TKC!
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Kyra
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bobby131313
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Posted 04/08/2006 3:14 pm
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Dan, how do you know if the sun is rising or setting?
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OldDan
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Posted 04/08/2006 3:18 pm
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Originally posted by OldDan
Thank you Bobby for posting the Nebraska State Quarter. Cameras and I don't get along very well. Heck, I'm just fresh out of the stage of rubbing two sticks togather to make fire, let alone post a picture on the internet.
Got to talk to one of my Grandchildren I guess!
It would have to be setting if this direction was 'west' and as it is fairly low in the sky, it would be rather late in the day.
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OldDan
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Posted 04/08/2006 9:11 pm
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Who really knows, both Gary and Terry could be absolutely right and everything is as intended. Now, having said this, I will only add the following for your consideration.
*Almost without exception the old trails always took the high ground and not the river bottoms when moving across America's heart land. The land between this marker and the North Platte River is only about 1/2 mile north of the marker, and this is all in flood plain during the spring and early thaws along the river. Most travelers avoided such low areas and took the high ground. Which would be south of the marker.
*The area north of the marker was where the state built the highway between Terrytown and Bridgeport. They wouldn't have been allowed to get anywhere close to the original Oregon trail in order to save this historic feature.
*Travelers in those days were not the 'sightseeing' type, and would not have taken the time to spend a day going around the marker just to see what the other side looked like.
Haveing said all that, it still makes a good story and explains how Terry got back to Indiana.
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