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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2828468, member: 10461&quot;]<b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">&quot;Wilderness River Bridge&quot;: Civil War military-themed engraving on 1864 Seated Liberty half dollar</font></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously a Civil War military themed engraving.&nbsp; Originally had a pinback mounting on the obverse of the host coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the fort-shaped frame. The central motif is a bridge over a river, with forest beyond. Given the 1864 half dollar host coin, I&#039;m thinking this was probably some Virginia locale near the end of the war. Maybe the Wilderness campaign? The landscape certainly seems to fit. Of course it bears further research.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-rev.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-obv1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-obv1.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-obv1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-obv2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-obv2.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Fortification-08800-obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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