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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 09:49 PM
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Puzzle: What is very Different about this coin....
...compared to our modern coins?









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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 09:51 PM
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1. The absence of the phrase, "In God We Trust".
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 09:54 PM
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2. Well.....That didn't take long.....You know your Stuff!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 09:55 PM
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3. It's rather glaring in its absence.
It's so common on today's currency, I really noticed it not being there on the older coin.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 10:01 PM
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4. Okay, but there's also no e pluribus unum, and
it hasn't got a strike letter.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 10:04 PM
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5. Right you are.
I had look really hard for the word "Liberty". :)
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 10:06 PM
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6. The absence of the God thing hits you right off, don't it?
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 10:21 PM
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7. More Recent...Look at this 1937 Nickel
http://www.coinfacts.com/Nickels/buffalo_nickels/1937_buffalo_nickel.htm
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 10:26 PM
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8. That's shen coins were coins and not 30 pieces of gold.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-24-06 11:00 PM
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9. Yeah..the older coins seemed to be more artistic than the....
...ones we have now...I mean, NO modern coin compares to the
"Walking Liberty" Coins
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