WILHELMINA SAVES THE DAY

against the wind

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Saturday looks like the only day I'll get out this weekend. It is supposed to rain all day Sunday.
I tried to stir up a few more older coins by returning to the spot that gave up the 1793 1/2 penny last week.
It was four hours of digging clad, brass scrap, and trash, before a silver coin surfaced. I didn't exactly know
what it was but it had that distinct silver shine when it came out of the ground. I looked it up when I got home.
It is a 1944, 25 cent piece from the Netherlands. Queen Wilhelmina I graces the obverse and the date and
denomination is on the reverse. Really nice coin,, I like the reverse best and it looks mint. It is about
the size of a U.S. Nickel and has a silver content of 64%.
It's always nice to come home with silver.
The buttons came in like silver and I think they may be plated.
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Congrats on the silver. That's the 1st one of those coins I've seen posted. I'll take a silver from any country. Have you called the number on the dog tag yet?
 

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Nice, I love Dutch coins. Even though it's modern I think it's cool that it connects with the early days of what became Nyc.
 

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against the wind

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Congrats on the silver. That's the 1st one of those coins I've seen posted. I'll take a silver from any country. Have you called the number on the dog tag yet?
I get a lot of Dog Tags,, the other side of that tag has a renewable sticker from 2004. That would make that dog at least 12 or 13 years old.
Most people who had land lines back then have since discontinued their land line service and have gone with cell phone service only.
I have often thought about calling the numbers posted but I think most of them are veterinarian's office number, who would trace the serial
number back to the original dog owner.
Maybe I'll look into it.
 

Tommy G

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Beautiful 25 cent piece with amazing detail. Now I've got to Google some info about the "rabies vector". Never heard of that.
 

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That is one nice looking silver quarter!
Congrats nice finds!

Good thing you didn't encounter any animals with rabies.
 

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