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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tammiGee, post: 3272062, member: 98133&quot;]E PLURIBUS UNUM (one out of many) first appeared on the 1795 Liberty Cap-Heraldic Eagle gold half eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Peace Dollar represents the first time where the word &quot;Peace&quot; was used on a coin of any nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The largest gold nugget on record was found in 1869 in Victoria, Australia. It weighed 208 pounds.</p><p><br /></p><p>The motto IN GOD WE TRUST first appeared on a coin of the U.S. in 1864, during the Civil War.</p><p><br /></p><p>The smallest monetary unit ever issued in the U.S. was the half cent. It was minted from 1793 through 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first million dollar sale of a single private coin collection was that of George F. Scanlon auctioned by Stack&#039;s on Oct. 24-27, 1973. It brought $1,093,890.00. He had only collected for 10 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Smithsonian Coin Collection has approximately 850,000 coins</p><p>COURTESY of:[ATTACH=full]863218[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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