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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3322700, member: 72790&quot;]Looks like Miss Liberty got an earful, which reminds me of a story about Davy Crockett and the coin. In the early 1830&#039;s Congressman David Crockett was touring the East Coast and everywhere he went he was challenged to shooting contests with the locals. On one occasion just outside Philadelphia, a challenger suggested they shoot for a for a fifty cent piece, the coin being the prize. Crockett knew he could put Old Betsey&#039;s&nbsp; ball right through the coin, which would have had the effect of taking it out of circulation (remember the steam driven presses were not quite in place in Phila. so the number of coins in circulation did not meet the mercantile need). Crockett did not want to destroy the coin, so asking in the crowd for something to make a circle with he traced the circumference of the coin onto&nbsp; the tree. Same size target, but no destroyed coin. Crockett drilled the center of the coin cut out and pocketed a good to spend coin and helped the economy along at the same time and even got time while visiting Philly to patch up the crack in the Liberty Bell, so I hear tell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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