Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Coin Description: SC50C 1960 SILVER PIONEER INVENTIONS HERALDIC ART MEDAL
Grade: NGC MEDAL MS 68
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Purchased on 4/1/2012. Obverse: A prowling wolf, barred by a flintlock long rifle. Legend: LONG RIFLE/1710/1760. The beginnings of the long rifle are traced to 1710, when the frontiersmen's knowledge was combined with the skill of the newly arrived German gunsmiths to produce a superior weapon. Greater range and accuracy, silent patch loading, lighter arm and ammunition all helped secure game, control predatory animals and Indians in order to cross Appalachians and move west into the wilderness. The long rifle also is credited with a vital role in the winning of the Revolution. Reverse: The team is hitched to the first “covered wagon”. Legend in exergue 1760-1960 / CONESTOGA WAGON. Without a sturdy, true bulk carrier, the vast spaces of the new land could never have been settled. America’s contribution to transportation was the Conestoga’s broad-wheeled tires, curved bottom to prevent load-shifting, and capacity from 4-6 tons of freight protected by stout hempen covers drawn over high bows. The great utility of this design earned it more than a century of service, well into the railroad era.

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