Has anyone else heard this?
I heard that some of the Delaware quarters were deliberately “misprinted” by a mint employee named Caesar Rodney. Supposedly this guy thinking he would immortalize himself exchanged his own name for that of Paul Revere on the back of the coin. No one noticed until several thousand had been created.
At first I was amused. The more thought about it, the less it made sense. Why would P. Revere be on the Delaware coin? IRL: I know a few people who have been collecting these.
I didn’t recall an Caesar Rodney from American History, but a quick search of the net clearly shows I must have been absent that day.
Has anyone else heard this brandy-spankin’-new UL?
What a riot.
Seems somewhat pointless as a UL. (Which is not the same as saying there aren’t people who believe it.)
Since Caesar Rodney was, indeed, a patriot from Delaware whose most easily celebrated moment in history involved a long horse ride, and since the State of Delaware and the U.S. Mint collaborated in picking the subject (both of which points are very easily checked), it is just dumb for someone to invent a spurious counterfeit to explain why every Delaware quarter honors Mr. Rodney.
No, I had not heard this one.
(If you find a “Paul Revere” Delaware quarter, hang on to it until the price for counterfeits goes up.)
Tom~
In case you were wondering, Ceaser Rodney was extremely ill at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and that can be seen in his signature. It seems very scratchy like he was struggling to sign it.
Just another pointless fact from the vault!
We must blame them and cause a fuss before somebody thinks of blaming us.
Sheila Broflofski