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dan1ecu
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Greetings, All -
I was reading a description of a Spanish Trail commemorative on the Heritage website, which pointed out the following inaccuracy with the coin's design...
"the explorer Cabeza de Vaca ("cow's head" in Spanish) traveled on the waterways of the Gulf of Mexico, not overland from Florida to Texas."
This causes me to wonder how many other coins have designs which are historically inaccurate.
Does anybody know of any other examples?
Dan
I was reading a description of a Spanish Trail commemorative on the Heritage website, which pointed out the following inaccuracy with the coin's design...
"the explorer Cabeza de Vaca ("cow's head" in Spanish) traveled on the waterways of the Gulf of Mexico, not overland from Florida to Texas."
This causes me to wonder how many other coins have designs which are historically inaccurate.
Does anybody know of any other examples?
Dan
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<< <i>This causes me to wonder how many other coins have designs which are historically inaccurate. >>
The 1804 bust dollar...it was really struck around 1834 not 1804. The 1804 bust dollar, one of the most expensive and desirable of all US coins is just one big lie.
Someone has to bring it up, but several of the 2000-2003 State Quarters have inaccurate or impossible designs. Especially the NH quarter (man in the mountain?)
<< <i> Especially the NH quarter (man in the mountain?) >>
Not much they could do about that. The "Old Man" crumbled AFTER the NH quarter was issued.
<< <i>And the festival the organizers cited that had taken place for 50 years had not. >>
The Festival had begun in 1873 so the 50th anniversary had taken place 13 years earlier. Plus the festival was only held on odd numbered years so there wasn't even a festival being held that year.
I had read somewhere that the Cincinnati commem was bunk, but this little bit of illumination is interesting.
The Spanish Trail commem design will always get a chuckle now.
The Elgin Centennial commemorative bears the date 1673 which has nothing to do with the Elgin centennial nor directly with Elgin, Illinois. It would be more appropriate on an Illinois Territory commemorative.
The Texas commemorative has the E PLURIBUS UNUM motto with the Lone Star, which debatably is a contradiction.
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The Maine and Missouri quarters almost had the wrong types of boats on them.
The trumpets on the Tennessee and Louisiana quarters are "left handed," and the one on the Louisiana quarter has the pistons on the wrong side of the bell branch.
The Mount Rushmore dollar depicts George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevely, and Gilbert Gottfried.
There must be several clothing and armor anachronisms among commemoratives, classic and modern.
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