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• TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,060 ✭✭✭

  June 26, 2005 12:18PM

  to the Forums! Do you have a date for this quarter?
  
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• tjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭

  June 26, 2005 12:26PM

  I am not aware of any name given to the symbol of the United States, the eagle.
  
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• relayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

  June 26, 2005 12:27PM

  
  The reeding is a hold over from the days when coins were minted with valuable metal, so you couldn't file off shavings from around the edge

  
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• mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭

  June 26, 2005 12:30PM

  WElcome.

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• sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭

  June 26, 2005 12:35PM

  eagles were on the reverse of every quarter dollar made since 1796 except those minted in 1975 and 1976 with the 1776-1976 date and little drummer boy torch within a circle of stars reverse and then the 1999+ every state help design their own stuff
  
  some of their names are
  1796 small eagle
  1804-1807 heraldic eagle
  1831-1838 no motto eagle
  1853 rays around eagle
  1866-1973 motto above eagle
  1917-1930 the eagle is higher
  
  quarters were not made every year
  
  
  
  reeded edging - initally started to prevent people from shaving the edges of coins for the metal content
  also make it much more difficult for fakes to be made
  
  I do not know the exact count - have your friend count them
  

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• Artist Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭

  June 26, 2005 12:36PM

  There is a stuffed bald eagle at the Mint in Philadelphia. When he was alive, he lived inside the building. I beleive his demise was the result of an unfortunate run-in with a reduction lathe. He does have a name, but I can't recall it off hand. Also, I beleive this bird was said to be the model / inspiration for the eagle on many of our coins.
  
  Does anyone know the name of this bird or if he had any relationship to the eagle on the quarter?

  
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• zeus135 Posts: 1,043 ✭

  June 26, 2005 12:40PM

  Relationship? Who knows, but I find it interesting...
  
  Grip might have inspired two of the world's most renowned writers, but Philadelphia has its own beloved bird — a proud bald eagle who has been soaring in a motionless flight for nearly two centuries.
  
  Apparently, eagles still inhabited Philadelphia in the early 19th century and one friendly bird began spending evening hours at the first U.S. Mint (1792-1833) on 7th Street near Arch. Eventually, Peter started hanging out inside the industrial building complex. "Before long, the magnificent eagle had access to every vault in the Mint," declares the printed material next to the stuffed bird.
  
  "The bird's fame soon spread throughout Philadelphia. He was recognized as he flew over the rooftops. . . . . According to legend, Peter lived at the Mint for six years." Then tragedy struck. "Peter was perched on the flywheel of a coining press when it suddenly started. His wing was caught and broken. Mint employees gave Peter the best and most tender care they knew, but the eagle's injuries were grave.....After his death, Peter was superbly mounted."
  
  The exact years of Peter's life and tragic demise are not known. You can see the old bird inside the entrance of the U.S. Mint at 5th and Arch streets. A beautiful bronze statue of a bald eagle on a petrified tree stump stands near the flying carcass of Peter.

  My humble '63 mint registry set, not much, but it's mine!

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• harpo Posts: 2

  June 26, 2005 1:22PM

  Thanks for the quick replies.I will pass the info to my buddy and I will thank you again for him!!!!:

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