250 Years Ago Today
BillJones
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250 years ago today, the battles of Lexington and Concord were fought which began the shooting part of the American Revolutionary War. A coin was issued for the 150th anniversary.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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@BillJones - you read my mind. "The shot heard around the world." It would be great to see some relevant coins and medals.
My current "Box of 20"
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I like the cool wooden boxes they came in.
I do not recall if those boxes were ever used on other issues.
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There should be a fancy 250'th year version.
just to mention:
pan-pac? superset?
250th superset in a real velvet lined wooden box. the box could be bought empty for the rest of us to fill when they can.
ObligatoryOnTopic - i wish we would have thought about recognizing concord and lexington in 2025 when there was first discussions about coin offering for the 250th in 2026
When I was in Boy Scouts ( 1967-74 ) on Patriot's Day , we would hike The Acton Minuteman Trial from the home of Capt. Issaac Davis to the old North Bridge.
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One was also "issued" for the 250th anniversary (note "SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL" and the date on this):