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<p>[QUOTE="david929, post: 156329, member: 6386"]hello, i know nothing about coins but a long, long time ago my friend and his cousins found a coin at a park and he gave it to me. i have currently misplaced the coin but seem to have some vague recollections about it and am dying to know what it is. any help would be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>the coin is made of silver and was rather big, likely a silver dollar. on the front was a lady (i'm assuming lady liberty) that looked an awful lot like the statue of liberty. in the background there are rays of some sort. on the other side of the coin (this is fuzzy memory now) there is something that looks like a flag pole with MAYBE an eagle on top of the flagpole. but if there is the flag pole looking thing, or maybe it is a pillar or column, takes up most of the space. again, i haven't seen this coin in roughly 3 years so it's hard to remember. i am sure it is silver because my friends and i used to blow on the side and listen for the ring. </p><p><br /></p><p>another hint is that i remember the date wasn't a specific date, like 1996 or something. rather it was something like "1800-1900" actually printed on the coin. i would like to say that 1900 was actually one of the dates but i am not sure at all. i'm hoping that people can shoot out ideas so that i can google search them and hopefully find a match! again any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="david929, post: 156329, member: 6386"]hello, i know nothing about coins but a long, long time ago my friend and his cousins found a coin at a park and he gave it to me. i have currently misplaced the coin but seem to have some vague recollections about it and am dying to know what it is. any help would be greatly appreciated. the coin is made of silver and was rather big, likely a silver dollar. on the front was a lady (i'm assuming lady liberty) that looked an awful lot like the statue of liberty. in the background there are rays of some sort. on the other side of the coin (this is fuzzy memory now) there is something that looks like a flag pole with MAYBE an eagle on top of the flagpole. but if there is the flag pole looking thing, or maybe it is a pillar or column, takes up most of the space. again, i haven't seen this coin in roughly 3 years so it's hard to remember. i am sure it is silver because my friends and i used to blow on the side and listen for the ring. another hint is that i remember the date wasn't a specific date, like 1996 or something. rather it was something like "1800-1900" actually printed on the coin. i would like to say that 1900 was actually one of the dates but i am not sure at all. i'm hoping that people can shoot out ideas so that i can google search them and hopefully find a match! again any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks.[/QUOTE]
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