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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4711896, member: 101855&quot;]The classic claim was that newspaper writers characterized the small eagle as looking weak. That may well have been correct. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1794-5 eagle was skinny and unrealistic. The 1795-8 one looked like a young eagle that was emerging into the world. That was a very accurate characterization. It was an attractive, if not wholly flattering characterization of the early United States.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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