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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2745028, member: 4910&quot;]The Eighteenth Amendment (alcohol prohibition) to the US Constitution was ratified in 1919 and that same year the US Congress passed the National Prohibition Act (the Volstead Act) which established penalties for the manufacture and sale of alcohol.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Act took effect on January 17, 1920 marking the start of &quot;Prohibition&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prohibition lasted 13 years ending in December 1933. It was a period marked mostly by non-compliance by the American public.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Prohibition era produced, among other things, flappers, bathtub gin, 3.2 beer, Al Capone, Prohibition agents, medical alcohol permits, speakeasies, moonshiners, bootleggers, rumrunners, stills.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personal notes: I live near San Francisco, a town which was infamous for non-cooperation. The coast south of the city was a prime landing point for alcohol deliveries. The primary job of the local US Coast Guard at the time was chasing rumrunners.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prohibition would be a suitable candidate for commemorative coins. It is a known American historical period which affected almost everyone in the country at the time, and it is well known to the current public through books, films, and television programs (remember &quot;The Untouchables&quot;?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Write your congressman or senator, or better yet, buy him a drink.</p><p><br /></p><p>********</p><p>A numismatic note from one of New York City&#039;s former speakeasies:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_goodluck_leoneddie.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Leon and Eddie&#039;s Nightclub Good Luck Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>The club began as a Prohibition-era speakeasy and later operated as a nightclub.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leon and Eddie are shown thumbing their noses (at Prohibition?).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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