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N.H.'s Old Man of the Mountain falls

rivermanriverman Posts: 57
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down. Rock profile was on the state quarter.

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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    More info please
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Yes, more info please!

    Many years ago I lived near there. Even back then it was wired up to hold it together...
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Short news story, no photos.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I suppose someone will spread the rumor that the state quarter will be withdrawn.
    This is a shame, but it was reported years ago that this formation was unstable, as
    Carlwolforth said it was held together with wire.

    Nothing lasts forever.


    and...
    Tempus fugit.
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Maybe the coin doctors can donate their services for the state. Make it look better than new. Then artificially tone the rock to match what it was...
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    First, the Bowers debacle, now this.........what's next?

    This just in::::::

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  • nuckleheadnucklehead Posts: 1,500 ✭


    << <i>Maybe the coin doctors can donate their services for the state. Make it look better than new. Then artificially tone the rock to match what it was... >>

    Lol,that was funny.That State quarter design was the wosrt one in my opinion.Nonetheless it's always a shame when something like this happens.
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  • coindaughtercoindaughter Posts: 662 ✭
    Nature happens. image
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  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Everybody's entitled, but I thought it was a great design. A powerful, curmugeony icon of the "Live Free or Die" state, a simple, clean design, free from all the competing debris and state outlines of most of the state quarters.

    Now it's a memory, but still a symbol. It's a good thing it was immortalized on their state quarter before it fell.

    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It's what everybody comes to see, it's our thing. And now it's gone," said Eric Mueller, who works at Franconia Hardware Store. >>


    Not much to do in New Hampshire I guess.
  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    fox news
    Wondo

  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Well there is the presidential primaries coming up.
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  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    I was in Yosemite National Park when a huge rock fell. We were eating dinner. It sounded like the Blue Angles buzzed the campground, then crashed into the mountain. Fortunately it was up river from the campground and most people were at their bar-B-ques. I think there was only one death, a rock climber.

    The rocks came down from the rim a few thousand feet up and just blew out any trees in their way. They went across the river and up the other side of the valley a little way. The river was instantly muddy. There was a thick dust cloud. You couldn't see into it more than a few inches, literally. Every once in a while someone would come walking out of the cloud. They were covered with thick dust and coughing. A car came out and had to use its windshield wipers to push the dust off the windshield.

    It was truly an awesome spectacle of nature! I was told the rock was the size of a house. The rangers also told us rocks fall all the time, but this was one of the biggest ones...
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    I hear a rumor they were trying to carve LIVE FREE OR DIE to match the quarter.
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  • BigD5BigD5 Posts: 3,433 ✭
    Well, I live in N.H., and I can tell you that this news is the pits. You have to drive through Franconia notch to appreciate the formation, with the lake below etc...... That ride is going to be "different" now, to say the least. It's absolutely gorgeous up there in the autumn, with the leaves changing etc.. I head north AT LEAST once a year with the family.

    Southern N.H. is as booming as anywhere in the USA Mr. Lee. Up north..............different story image The Conway area is a metropolis compared to most towns in that area. image Quite pretty still.
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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not much to do in New Hampshire I guess >>



    Spoken like a true world traveler (place tongue in cheek here). Perhaps you should make your way out of California for something other than a coin show. You might want to make your way up here and see just exactly what New England has to offer; it's quite breathtaking. I've spent my life traveling around the world (left coast included) and chose to settle right here in New England. Lots to do all year around.

    Darin, you're absolutely right...the ride is just not going to be the same anymore.

    Cheers,

    Bob
  • wayneherndonwayneherndon Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭
    Here's a more detailed article:

    Link

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  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    I have made three family vacations up into the White Mountains and Franconia Notch area. The Old Man on the face of the NH quarter always reminded me of those good times and brought a smile to my face. My smile will be a little sadder now.
    Wondo

  • bigindiebigindie Posts: 553
    2 Reasons I was going to New Hampshire:

    The Old Man on the Mountain
    Littleton Coin Company

    Now there's just one reason...image
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,342 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I imagine that the last New England winter, which was very cold and snowy this year, finally did the trick. This past winter was the pits.
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    It's on CNN's front page now with this picture.
    image
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  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭


    << <i>That State quarter design was the wosrt one in my opinion >>



    Wait until our home state of California comes out.....gag imageimage
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Why would you go to New Hampshire to see Littleton? Are collectors protesting outside?
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Edited- posted to wrong thread.

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  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with those who like the NH state quarter design.

    Also, the landscape in northern New England is some of the prettiest in the world.
    Higashiyama
  • bigindiebigindie Posts: 553


    << <i>Why would you go to New Hampshire to see Littleton? Are collectors protesting outside? >>



    OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
    OOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
    LMAO!!!
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  • ms71ms71 Posts: 1,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is the pits. I think you have to have seen "The Great Stone Face" to appreciate it, and you have to appreciate the whole NH political climate to get a feel for what the Old Man symbolized for a lot of us. I've lived here 22+ years, grew up in Western NY state & chose NH when I got out of the Navy. Maybe the feeling isn't as widespread as it once was, but "Live Free or Die" still says a lot about the NH view of things. The Old Man will be missed.
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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well maybe it was a good thing that it was placed on the state quarter, its depiction on the state quarter will last for a long time to come until all remaining specimens circulate down to a Fr-2 or less.

    No wait, we will still have those ms-65,66,67,68 plastic entombed ones.
    jim dimmick
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭
    Stolen from another thread
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  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It's on CNN's front page now with this picture.
    image >>



    That had to make a lot of noise when it fell. There's got to be tons and tons of rock there. But if no one was around to hear it then did it really make a noise when it fell?image


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  • laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭
    I have seen the old man for more than fifty years. Now, take a really good look at those two pictures. He is leaning back taking a snooze. See the two black spots? one is his eye the other his open mouth, look at the honker on that guy.
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    OK, I'll start the rumor image. All New Hampshire quarters are being recalled, to replaced with a new design. Here it is:

    image

    (picture blatantly stolen from fark.com)
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW! And I thought I was the clever photoshop guy! That's a great job!
    image

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  • garbagemangarbageman Posts: 57

    << It's on CNN's front page now with this picture.
    >>

    See, crawling out there to put that flag up wasn't such a great idea after all, was it?
  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    Anyone want to venture a guess at what this will do to the value of the quarter?? I would guess that in the short term it will bump but will return to some near similiar value.

    Dan
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Anyone want to venture a guess at what this will do to the value of the quarter?? I would guess that in the short term it will bump but will return to some near similiar value.

    Dan >>



    That sounds like the best guess. If it has any long term impact at all it would likely
    serve to stop people from releasing the coins to circulation today and make the coin
    more common in the future. It could possibly have a positive influence on some of the
    scarcer versions like high grades and proofs if it causes greater demand among a small
    segment of collectors.
    Tempus fugit.
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Ah... ah... ah.... choooooo!
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gesuntheit!!!
    Tempus fugit.
  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    I have seen the old man for more than fifty years. Now, take a really good look at those two pictures. He is leaning back taking a snooze. See the two black spots? one is his eye the other his open mouth, look at the honker on that guy.

    you're right laser - except he looks like he's getting ready to sneeze to me.

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If getting ready to sneeze causes such a rukus, one can only imagine what will happen if he does sneeze.

    Duck!!!
    Tempus fugit.

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