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The Indian Head gold pieces were two coin series struck by the United States Mint: a two-and-a-half dollar piece, or quarter eagle (1908–1915, 1925–1929), and a five-dollar coin, or half eagle (1908–1916, 1929). The only US coins with recessed (engraved) designs ever to enter circulation, they were the last of a long series of coins in those denominations. President Theodore Roosevelt advocated for new coin designs, and had the Mint engage his friend, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to design coins that could be changed without congressional authorization. The sculptor completed an eagle ($10 piece) and double eagle before his death in 1907. Roosevelt convinced Mint Director Frank A. Leach to reproduce the eagle's design on both of the smaller coins, but recessed below the background. The job fell to Boston sculptor Bela Pratt, and after some difficulty, the Mint was able to strike the coins, though Pratt was unhappy with modifications made by the Mint's engravers. The quarter eagle enjoyed popularity as a Christmas present, but neither coin circulated much. This photograph shows the obverse (left) and reverse (right) of a quarter eagle coin struck in 1908, which is in the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.Coin design credit: United States Mint; photographed by Jaclyn Nash
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St. Hripsime Church
- ... that St. Hripsime Church (pictured), standing for 1,400 years, has many earthquake-resistant features?
- ... that Sasami changed her sound for a third time for her third album Blood on the Silver Screen?
- ... that Japan's celebrity chimpanzee Rita, who dressed as a geisha and smoked cigarettes, became a wartime "propaganda icon"?
- ... that despite being known as "lucky" by colleagues, journalist David Griffin died in an airplane crash?
- ... that the Japanese live-action television drama adaptation of Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was first broadcast in Taiwan before being broadcast in its home country?
- ... that a yeshiva student turned magician went from practicing card tricks in his free time to performing for major league baseball teams?
- ... that an Olympic gymnast lost her gold medal after the women's artistic individual all-around because she used Nurofen, which contains pseudoephedrine, to treat her common cold?
- ... that the Scottish painter Carole Gibbons had her first US exhibition in her eighties?
- ... that because the Green Bay Packers were named after a canned meat company, PETA called on the team to change their name?
In the news
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Pope Francis
- Militants attack a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 26 people.
- Pope Francis (pictured) dies at the age of 88.
- Daniel Noboa is re-elected president of Ecuador.
- Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa dies at the age of 89.
- A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 232 people.
Selected anniversaries
[edit]April 25: Liberation Day in Italy (1945); Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand
USS Triton
- 1643 – First English Civil War: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army near Okehampton, Devon, at the Battle of Sourton Down.
- 1915 – First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire.
- 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
- 1983 – The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.
- 2015 – Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.
- Naresuan (d. 1605)
- Georg Sverdrup (b. 1770)
- Emmeline B. Wells (d. 1921)
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[edit]I am Kinhull.
I started editing wikipedia at 10:49 23 October 2005.
I like Distributed Computing (currently via the BOINC platform).
I am also a fan of the works of Arthur C. Clarke.
I am the founder of Team ACC - Arthur C Clarke Fans, an international BOINC community team.
I have written a BOINC mini-FAQ: 10 Frequently Asked Questions / Common Problems
My talk/discussion pages are here: User talk:Kinhull
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