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sorry for the poor quality photos this coin brought a smile to my face   |
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A Massachusetts State Quarter. Depicting the Minuteman Statue, sculpted by Daniel Chester French, at the North Bridge in Concord where history says the first shot of the American War for Independence occurred. Minutemen, so named because they were ready to take up arms at a minutes notice. "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." -Ralph Waldo Emerson- If you look real close, behind him you see a plow, depicting the fact that they were ordinary farmers, taking up arms against the mighty British Army to fight for their freedom and the independence of their new nation. Edited by denco7
01/10/2014 09:22 am
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If you look real close, behind him you see a plow, I never noticed that! |
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hi and thanks should have mentioned that this quarter was received with some change. I've been saving u.s. coinage from change for nearly 20 yrs and have roughly 40.00/50.00 usf. thinking it might be time for sifting through them. should I look for anything that might be considered obscure or a rarity. I know its a tall order,but just wondering if anything springs to mind. over the next few days/weeks i`ll try and catalogue them
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Without getting into extensive detail, anything 1964 and before, is silver. To go into more detail, you should get a Red Book for U.S. Coins. Or one of those " Get Rich From Pocket Change " guides. |
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Once in awhile I'll go through some change and find that in pretty good shape and reflect back on the design of the coin looking at the minuteman and say to myself "Massachusetts was upset about the unfair taxes levied on them by the British" but today a lot of MA residents people exit to New Hampshire that has no sales or income tax or the MA residents go elsewhere because of MA's high taxes.
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I can feel their pain. but being taxed by a foreign power would make my blood boil. !!
counted 124 nickels and most likely have equal amounts of dimes and quarters, and two 1994 jfk halfs( I have no memory of getting them) that are non-magnetic where they silver ?
thanks for all replies
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Nickles never had silver except for the war years of 1942 to 1945.
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the earliest ones found 1946 1949 1957(us. 5 cts)
working on 10 cents now 1965 earliest so far
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ended up wrapping $46.00 and still saved a few coins must have received under 2.00 a year in US change thought I was going tobe rich best  |
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I must try and research 5 $us ten cents examples my Father kept ranging from 1942 1965 for my own purpose if someone could provide a link for me it would be appreciated  long weekend in Canada thanks in advance |
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