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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 314485, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial"><font size="3">You know George Washington, First President of the United States of America, was dubbed "Father" of our country.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">You, also, know Congress mandated his likeness be placed on the obverse of the Quarter-Dollar in 1932 as a business strike commemorative coin (200th birthday).</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Image courtesy of Coin Facts:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/washington_quarter_dollars/WashingtonQuarters.htm</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Just about everyone who visits <b><i>Coin Talk</i></b> knows that 1982 was the 250th Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, (he was born in 1732) and a commemorative 90% silver half dollar was authorized to be struck to honor him.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">About half of you own one. (either a proof or an uncirculated coin) Both versions are inexpensive and are easily obtainable.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">2,210,000 uncirculated coins were minted at the Denver Mint.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">4,894,044 proofs were struck at the San Francisco Mint.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Just about all of you know the 1982 George Washington Half Dollar was the first commemorative silver Half Dollar struck since 1954 (a hiatus of 28 years).</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">You may even know the coin was designed by Elizabeth Jones who was both chief sculptor and chief engraver of the United States.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Here's an image of the coin's obverse and reverse, courtesy of ominicoin.com:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=932617" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=932617" rel="nofollow">http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=932617</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">But, do you know about these other 1982 commemoratives of George Washington's 250th Anniversary of his birth?</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">As beautiful as the quarters and the 1982 commemorative Half Dollars are, these coins (in the mind's eye of this numismatist) are even better. </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">First, there are three coins.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Secondly they are 30 Dollar Coins, not Half Dollars.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Thirdly, they were authorized by a British Commonwealth of Nations member (a member in 1982), namely </font></font><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><i><b><i>Antigua and Barbuda</i></b> </i></b>as Proofs.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This first one honors the Inauguration of George Washington as first President of the U.S.A. (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-3&desc=Antigua%20km3%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20Inauguration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-3&desc=Antigua%20km3%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20Inauguration" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-3&desc=Antigua km3 30 Dollars (1982) George Washington Inauguration</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This second coin is a wonderful artistic rendition of General George Washington at Yorktown (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-2&desc=Antigua%20km2%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20at%20Yorktown" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-2&desc=Antigua%20km2%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20at%20Yorktown" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-2&desc=Antigua km2 30 Dollars (1982) George Washington at Yorktown</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This third and final coin shows General Washington at Verplanck's Point (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-4&desc=Antigua%20km4%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20at%20Verplancks%20Point" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-4&desc=Antigua%20km4%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20at%20Verplancks%20Point" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-4&desc=Antigua km4 30 Dollars (1982) George Washington at Verplancks Point</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia...</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Clinker</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 314485, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]You know George Washington, First President of the United States of America, was dubbed "Father" of our country.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]You, also, know Congress mandated his likeness be placed on the obverse of the Quarter-Dollar in 1932 as a business strike commemorative coin (200th birthday).[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Image courtesy of Coin Facts:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/washington_quarter_dollars/WashingtonQuarters.htm [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Just about everyone who visits [B][I]Coin Talk[/I][/B] knows that 1982 was the 250th Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, (he was born in 1732) and a commemorative 90% silver half dollar was authorized to be struck to honor him.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]About half of you own one. (either a proof or an uncirculated coin) Both versions are inexpensive and are easily obtainable.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]2,210,000 uncirculated coins were minted at the Denver Mint.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]4,894,044 proofs were struck at the San Francisco Mint.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Just about all of you know the 1982 George Washington Half Dollar was the first commemorative silver Half Dollar struck since 1954 (a hiatus of 28 years).[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]You may even know the coin was designed by Elizabeth Jones who was both chief sculptor and chief engraver of the United States.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Here's an image of the coin's obverse and reverse, courtesy of ominicoin.com:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=932617[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]But, do you know about these other 1982 commemoratives of George Washington's 250th Anniversary of his birth?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]As beautiful as the quarters and the 1982 commemorative Half Dollars are, these coins (in the mind's eye of this numismatist) are even better. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]First, there are three coins.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Secondly they are 30 Dollar Coins, not Half Dollars.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Thirdly, they were authorized by a British Commonwealth of Nations member (a member in 1982), namely [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][I][B][I]Antigua and Barbuda[/I][/B] [/I][/B]as Proofs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This first one honors the Inauguration of George Washington as first President of the U.S.A. (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-3&desc=Antigua%20km3%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20Inauguration[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This second coin is a wonderful artistic rendition of General George Washington at Yorktown (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-2&desc=Antigua%20km2%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20at%20Yorktown[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This third and final coin shows General Washington at Verplanck's Point (photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery):[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ant-4&desc=Antigua%20km4%2030%20Dollars%20(1982)%20George%20Washington%20at%20Verplancks%20Point[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia...[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Clinker[/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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