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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24569718, member: 101855&quot;]I was born and raised in Delaware. There are not a lot of numismatic things you can collect from Delaware. There are no Hard Times or Civil War tokens and only a few medals, merchant tokens and pieces of paper money. The Delaware Quarter was the first of a number of modern pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically the statue of Caesar Rodney that is on the obverse of the Delaware quarter is no longer in public view. Vandals threatened to tear it down, because Rodney, who lived until 1784, was a planter in the Dover area who owned some slaves. It was another example of pulling a historic figure out of his time, the 1770s and &#039;80s and projecting modern values upon him.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no known images of Caesar Rodney. His face was covered with skin cancer and he looked very bad according to contemporary accounts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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