Template:Did you know nominations/Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:23, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar

 * ... that the design of the Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar (obverse pictured) was decided by two towns?


 * ALT1:... that, in describing the Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar (obverse pictured), Cornelius Vermeule wrote "what the coin exudes in patriotism, it lacks in art"?
 * Reviewed: Leah Evans

Created by Wehwalt (talk). Nominated by Crisco 1492 (talk) at 23:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, neutral, QPQ done; citations where citations are expected to be; presumably no nasty stealing of text from other people; the sources are mostly inaccessible to me. Either hook is fine; the original is perhaps more intriguing; picture is clear and free to use, but because it is CSS cropped it means it can't be captioned, so expect fiery demons to spring out of the main page and start poking your tender parts with pooey sticks if it is used. Ready to go. Belle (talk) 10:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I prefer the first one, though maybe ...


 * ALT2 ... that the design for each side of the Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar was decided by a different Massachusetts town?

As for the image, perhaps someone can do a crop as a derivative image? I would but I'm all thumbs at that.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:20, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Didn't notice this; ALT2 is fine too; still good to go. Belle (talk) 16:34, 10 September 2015 (UTC)