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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 7786001, member: 103207&quot;]In the article it mentioned the 1797 large cent may have been added later.&nbsp; That&#039;s wrong they were put there when the ship was built.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was standard practice for centuries.&nbsp; I believe they still do it for modern war ships.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Something else they do when the ship is renovated is[ATTACH=full]1336316[/ATTACH] they strip the copper off the hull and replace it.&nbsp; Then they take the removed copper melt it down into coin blanks and strike commemorative metals for the ship and sell them to raise money for the renovation.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought two of them made at different times and gave them to my son.&nbsp; My son went to and graduated from the United States Naval Academy.&nbsp; I also gave him a two dollar battleship note from 1918.&nbsp; BTW the USS Constitution doesn&#039;t any type motors or props to move it through the water.&nbsp; Sail power only.&nbsp; She also has fully functional period cannons and they do fire them on the 4th of July or other special events.&nbsp; This ship is heavily guarded by the navy and when they take her out she is followed navy war ships that are fully armed.&nbsp; From the above picture you can see the ships in the distance behind the ship.&nbsp; That&#039;s about as close as they can get.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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