From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10751 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Monday, February 20 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10751 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sleep well with Nuubu Lavender ["Nuubu" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:57:12 +0100 From: "Nuubu" Subject: Sleep well with Nuubu Lavender Sleep well with Nuubu Lavender http://eageleye.co.uk/kF5T3tIPgwl3Ea3x_iDtVbqhINwcEAmWZ8PTjDGSnIzwZFynzw http://eageleye.co.uk/0eQ5VgAO0GIIB7QpX2u7UpEai5n79O1_D-Ceg-6A2-r4G4N3mg he obverse is an inexact rendering of the territorial seal. A miner's forearm, holding a pickaxe, dominates the design, with a pile of lead ore and soil in the background. This represents the mining activities in southeast Wisconsin that drew many settlers to the area in the 1820s. The date mentioned, July 4, 1836, is that on which the first governor, Dodge, took office. The date of the coin and WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL ring the design. The reverse features a badger, the Wisconsin state animal. Behind it are three arrows, symbolic of the conflict between settlers and the Black Hawk Indians, with an olive branch, marking the peace that paved the way for the establishment of the territory, or, as Anthony Swiatek and Walter Breen put it in their 1988 book on commemorative coins, "the massacre and expulsion of the Indians that made the area safe for white settlers". The name of the country, the coin's denomination, and the inscriptions required by law surround the pictorial design. Hawkins's initial H appears below the badger, which represents Wisconsin's early fur-trading days; both sides of the half dollar emphasize the natural resources of the state. Church & Co trademark.jpg According to Bowers "The design was not a favorite with collectors, and relatively little enthusiasm was e ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10751 ***********************************************