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Flip a coin for Jamestown
Two federal commissions debate the designs for two coins that could bring in millions of dollars for the 2007 commemoration.
BY VICTOR REKLAITIS
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February 17, 2006
American Indian leader Powhatan and English colonist Capt. John Smith could soon appear on special U.S. legal tender designed for collectors, just in time for the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America.
The two men - apart or together - star in several proposed designs for two commemorative Jamestown coins that the U.S. Mint will release next year. In all, several dozen designs for a gold coin...
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