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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 484455, member: 6229&quot;]<font size="5"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">What does the Norfolk, Virginia commemorative Half Dollar Celebrate?</font></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">A. Land Grant in 1636</font></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font> </p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">B. Township in 1682</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">C. Establishment as a borough in 1736</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Know what? If you selected all three possible answers, you are totally right!</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">If you chose only one or two of the answers, you are partially right!</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The original idea of a fund raiser for Norfolk was to produce medals to help the residents of Norfolk celebrate the anniversary of Norfolk&#039;s growth from a township to a borough in 1736.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The proponents of the celebration used their political clout to get Congress to authorize a Half Dollar coin instead of a medal plus have the coin commemorate, not only its growth from township to borough, but to also celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the original land grant and the 200th Anniversary of the borough.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Designers of the Norfolk coin, Mr. and Mrs Simpson (William Marks and Marjorie Emory), accomplished this by including the following text on the coin:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Obverse:</font></font></b></p><p><b><br /></b> </p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Text from 7:00 to 12:00 to 5:00 along rim:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">BOROUGH OF NORFOLK BICENTENNIAL</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Text at 6:00:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">1936</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Text inside above text running from 9:00 to 6:00 to 3:00</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">CITY OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Text running from 9:00 to 12:00 to 3:00</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">TOWNSHIP 1682 BOROUGH 1736 CITY 1845</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Center of coin features the Norfolk City Seal.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The rest of the commemoration is featured on the reverse:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Centered froim 6:00 up to 12:00 is the Royal Mace of Norfolk which was presented by Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie in 1753.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The 300th Anniversary of Norfolk&#039;s Land Grant is prominently displayed in the center of the reverse with the numbers 16 to the left of the Mace and 36 to the right of the Mace.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Feast your eyes on the coin (courtesy of Coinpage) and read the other text on the reverse:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=711" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=711" rel="nofollow"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=711</font></font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Isn&#039;t that a remarkeable achievement for the Philadelphia Mint in 1936?</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Clinker - </font></font><a href="http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage2.html" rel="nofollow"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage2.html</font></font></a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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