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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 716527, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial">Joel Anderson, owner of Joel's Coins (<a href="http://www.joelscoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.joelscoins.com</a>) has an interesting article which he has reprinted on his sight by permission of <b><i>The California</i></b> <b><i>Numismatist</i></b>, the official publication of the <font face="Arial">California State Numismatic Association (CSNA) and the Numismatic Association of Southern California (NASC).</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">The article was in the publication's <b><i>Fall, 2007</i></b> issue.</font></p><p><font face="Arial">One of the key aspects of the article involves a United States of America 2007 Silver Dollar (actually a 2007 Silver Eagle 1 ounce bullion coin).</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Here's a photo of the coin showing both sides of the coin (courtesy of Coin Page):</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6664.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6664.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6664.html</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">And here's the Article courtesy of Joels Coins (<a href="http://www.joelscoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.joelscoins.com</a>) and <b><i>The California Numismatist</i></b>:</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="5">The Silver Salute</font></b></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Arial">By 2Lt. Grace Anderson</p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Arial">"After four long years at the Air Force Academy, I’d finally graduated and was on my way. As a brand new Second Lieutenant, I set off towards my new career with a silver dollar burning a hole in my pocket. Though some of the readers of this publication may regularly walk around with special coins, this 2007 Silver Eagle was earmarked for a specific purpose-my first salute.</p><p></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">The US military has a long running tradition of presenting a dollar coin to the first enlisted member who gives the new officer a salute. Basically, you have to buy your first salute and earn them thereafter. According to one Army officer’s guide, the presentation of the coin symbolically acknowledges the receiving the respect due the new officer’s position.</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">The tradition may have begun with British Colonial forces with the US Army adopting the tradition in the Nineteenth Century. In fact, early Army officers were given a small stipend of a dollar in order to pay the enlisted man who had trained him. Though officers are no longer given this "additional pay", the Navy adopted the tradition some time before World War II whereas the Air Force has continued the practice due to its Army roots. Since silver dollars no longer circulate, the American Silver Eagle is often the coin of choice, as it is denominated "One Dollar" and may be dated the year that the officer was commissioned. However the selection of the type of dollar coin to present is left to the preference of the newly commissioned officer.</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">So, despite all the graduation festivities, I still had not had the honor of receiving that first salute by the time I had left the Academy in Colorado Springs. However, while home on leave, a situation arose requiring me to go on base. I set off to scenic Vandenberg AFB with my new butter bars on my collar and my shiny 2007 silver dollar. As I walked from my car, a Master Sergeant saluted and greeted me as he passed. After returning the salute (with a bit of a stupid grin on my face) I asked the sergeant to "hold on a second." Hesitantly he turned back around to see what I wanted. After explaining that he was the first to salute me, I handed him the dollar. Excitedly he accepted the token of appreciation and declared this was the first silver salute coin he had received. After a brief discussion we were on our way. Though the whole thing lasted less than a minute, it is an instant in time that I will never forget."</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">For reading this far, a bonus! Here's a photo of 2nd Lt. Grace Anderson courtesy of joelscoins.com:</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/grace2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/grace2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/grace2.jpg</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed finding it...</font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 716527, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial]Joel Anderson, owner of Joel's Coins ([URL="http://www.joelscoins.com"]www.joelscoins.com[/URL]) has an interesting article which he has reprinted on his sight by permission of [B][I]The California[/I][/B] [B][I]Numismatist[/I][/B], the official publication of the [FONT=Arial]California State Numismatic Association (CSNA) and the Numismatic Association of Southern California (NASC).[/FONT] The article was in the publication's [B][I]Fall, 2007[/I][/B] issue. One of the key aspects of the article involves a United States of America 2007 Silver Dollar (actually a 2007 Silver Eagle 1 ounce bullion coin). Here's a photo of the coin showing both sides of the coin (courtesy of Coin Page): [URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6664.html[/URL] And here's the Article courtesy of Joels Coins ([URL="http://www.joelscoins.com"]www.joelscoins.com[/URL]) and [B][I]The California Numismatist[/I][/B]: [CENTER][B][SIZE=5]The Silver Salute[/SIZE][/B] By 2Lt. Grace Anderson "After four long years at the Air Force Academy, I’d finally graduated and was on my way. As a brand new Second Lieutenant, I set off towards my new career with a silver dollar burning a hole in my pocket. Though some of the readers of this publication may regularly walk around with special coins, this 2007 Silver Eagle was earmarked for a specific purpose-my first salute.[/CENTER] The US military has a long running tradition of presenting a dollar coin to the first enlisted member who gives the new officer a salute. Basically, you have to buy your first salute and earn them thereafter. According to one Army officer’s guide, the presentation of the coin symbolically acknowledges the receiving the respect due the new officer’s position. The tradition may have begun with British Colonial forces with the US Army adopting the tradition in the Nineteenth Century. In fact, early Army officers were given a small stipend of a dollar in order to pay the enlisted man who had trained him. Though officers are no longer given this "additional pay", the Navy adopted the tradition some time before World War II whereas the Air Force has continued the practice due to its Army roots. Since silver dollars no longer circulate, the American Silver Eagle is often the coin of choice, as it is denominated "One Dollar" and may be dated the year that the officer was commissioned. However the selection of the type of dollar coin to present is left to the preference of the newly commissioned officer. So, despite all the graduation festivities, I still had not had the honor of receiving that first salute by the time I had left the Academy in Colorado Springs. However, while home on leave, a situation arose requiring me to go on base. I set off to scenic Vandenberg AFB with my new butter bars on my collar and my shiny 2007 silver dollar. As I walked from my car, a Master Sergeant saluted and greeted me as he passed. After returning the salute (with a bit of a stupid grin on my face) I asked the sergeant to "hold on a second." Hesitantly he turned back around to see what I wanted. After explaining that he was the first to salute me, I handed him the dollar. Excitedly he accepted the token of appreciation and declared this was the first silver salute coin he had received. After a brief discussion we were on our way. Though the whole thing lasted less than a minute, it is an instant in time that I will never forget." For reading this far, a bonus! Here's a photo of 2nd Lt. Grace Anderson courtesy of joelscoins.com: [URL]http://www.joelscoins.com/images/grace2.jpg[/URL] Hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed finding it... Clinker[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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