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matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 11:51 am No prizes. Just a test of your knowledge. So batter up! How does a certain design element on the Half Dimes, dimes, Twenty Cent Pieces, quarters, half dollars and dollars, made from the late 1830s to the early 1890s, relate to the French Revolution of 1789? The same design element also appears on the Half Cents from 1794 to 1797. AND the large cents from 1793 to 1796. In turn, how does this relationship find its origin in a certain practice of Ancient Rome? This ought to made a few of you scratch your heads! Report this Post to the Staff

oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 11:54 am The Liberty/Phrygian Cap? liberty cap noun a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century. http://dictionary.reference.com/bro...Phrygian+cap PHRYGIAN CAP AS A REVOLUTIONARY ICON The red Phrygian cap emerged as a revolutionary icon in the 18th century. It evolved as a symbol of freedom. It was held aloft on a Liberty Pole during the American Revolutionary War. The Phrygian Cap was adopted during the French Revolution. Till date, it's a part of the national emblem. The Phrygian Cap was also included in the symbol of the Society of the United Irishmen during the late 18th century. The Society was a 18th century Irish Revolutionary Organization. Soldiers in the French Revolutionary Army wore liberty caps. The use of the Phrygian Cap has been documented from 1789. However, the cap became a popular symbol only during 1790. Initially, goddesses Liberty and Nation wore the Phrygian Cap. An Impot\rtant fact about the Phrygian Cap from history is that on June 1792, King Louis XVI was obliged to don a liberty cap by a mob that stormed the palace of Tuileries. http://www.mapsofworld.com/france/f...ian-cap.html google is my friend! Edited by oih82w8 03/26/2012 11:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 12:16 pm Well, no need to compose the answer. But you made a tiny mistake. The correct term is Pileus. Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileus_(hat) I think that this cap appeared on an ancient Roman coin. Can anyone supply a picture? My next question has GOT to be harder. Glad I did not offer a prize. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 12:23 pm I was taught in college that Wikipedia is NEVER a reliable source for reference citations. Good question nonetheless. Edited by oih82w8 03/26/2012 12:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ContraJame Valued Member United States 292 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 1:03 pm It's not that Wikipedia isn't reliable. It's that Wikipedia is a living document that typically references many different sources. For example. the Pileius_(hat) link from matthewvincent has five citations at the bottom. Those are what you would need to use for reference citations, not Wikipedia. Thanks for the trivia info. I found it interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
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