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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gunsmoke, post: 177829, member: 6896&quot;]I hope y&#039;all don&#039;t mind if I refer to a previous Christmas. </p><p><br /></p><p>My wife, who tragically died before her time last year, gave me a coin at Christmas 2004 that I would never have bought myself and in fact wouldn&#039;t have wanted. But because she gave it to me, I would never part with it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a $5 coin from the Republic of Liberia that commemorates the Battle of Gettysburg. The obverse features generals George G. Meade and Robert E. Lee, with a U.S. and Confederate flag between them. The reverse has a scene of ocean, palm tree, airplane and plow, and various other things. </p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to me like real silver, but then I&#039;m no expert. Of course the coin is a familiar attempt by a Third World country to bring in some revenue from numismatists (or anybody else). If anybody in the forum could tell me anything about this piece, I would be interested. Of course I will always treasure the piece as a final gift from my wife.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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