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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 8156122, member: 116145&quot;]Love it!&nbsp; In the same vein, here&#039;s my former bracelet which I think I paid about $35 for (including an 1883 Hawaiian quarter) - one of you commenters previously had the amazing insight that the person who assembled these may have been part of the Great White Fleet, as apparently it was popular for sailors to collect coins from their ports of call - From the interwebs:&nbsp; &quot;The <b>Great White Fleet</b> was the popular nickname for the group of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" rel="nofollow">United States Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship" rel="nofollow">battleships</a> which completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909 by order of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Theodore_Roosevelt_administration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Theodore_Roosevelt_administration" rel="nofollow">Theodore Roosevelt</a>. Its mission was to make friendly courtesy visits to numerous countries while displaying new U.S. naval power to the world. One goal was to deter a threatened war with Japan since tensions were high in 1907. It familiarized the 14,500 officers and men with the logistical and planning needs for extended fleet action far from home. Hulls were painted a stark white, giving the armada its nickname. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadron_(naval)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadron_(naval)" rel="nofollow">squadrons</a>, along with various small escorts. Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military power and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy" rel="nofollow">blue-water navy</a> capability.&quot;[ATTACH=full]1423217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1423218[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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