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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 4914582, member: 103207&quot;]Bradley, I&#039;m not sure we&#039;ll ever know which ship it was based on.&nbsp; But, it&#039;s a great way to learn history.&nbsp; My son said he couldn&#039;t find any records to indicate which ship it was but went with the Nevada because it made the most sense.&nbsp; I going to see him next week and I think I&#039;ll ask him to take the note to his office to see if anyone can find more information on the ship depicted.&nbsp; If anyone can find out it would be the department he works in.&nbsp; (New Ship Design &amp; Repair of the existing fleet)&nbsp; They have records on every ship built by the US Navy including the USS Constitution docked in Boston harbor.&nbsp; History note: The last actual war time mission of the USS Constitution was to sail to the Naval Academy during the civil war and bring the midshipmen to Newport RI.&nbsp; They used Newport as the location of the academy during the civil war.&nbsp; This location is still being used today as the Naval Academy Prep School and Naval War college.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll let you know what he finds.&nbsp; By the way I always loved that note.&nbsp; It&#039;s to bad they don&#039;t use it today.&nbsp; However, you can buy a copy of it on the US Mint Webb site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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