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FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

Photo by A.J. Russell of the celebration following the driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869. Because of temperance feelings the liquor bottles held in the center of the picture were removed from some later prints.
Photo by A.J. Russell of the celebration following the driving
of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah.

On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial
last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made
transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S.
history. No longer would western-bound travelers need to take
the long and dangerous journey by wagon train.

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The original "golden spike", on
display at the Cantor Arts Museum.

May 10, 1869 Celebration of completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

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COINS FROM VIKING TREASURE FOUND

Coins from the treasures

(FOXNEWS) – Around 300 pieces of silver from two Viking treasures,
with approximately 50 whole coins, were found last fall in a Danish
field at Bramslev.

The coins were located around fives miles away from the Viking
castle Fyrkat, and date back to more than a thousand years ago.

The treasures were found less than 164 feet apart, containing
the coins and cut-up silver jewelry.
 

North Jutland Museums said in a statement that the treasures
probably served as a means of payment by weight.

The rare trove was reportedly unearthed by a young girl with
a metal
detector

A cross coin

North Jutland Museum - Larry Speck
North Jutland Art Museum in Denmark.

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FIRST OF ITS KIND FIND ON DISPLAY TODAY

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A rare, nearly 1,850-year-old bronze coin discovered off the Israeli coastal city of Haifa is on display at Israel’s Antiquities Authority
office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo)

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THE AMERICAN WOMEN QUARTERS BEGINS

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Maya Angelou (Marguerite Annie Johnson)
(April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Mint said Monday it has
begun shipping quarters featuring the image of
poet Maya Angelou,
the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program.

Angelou, an American author, poet and Civil Rights activist, rose
to prominence with the publication of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, was
honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by
President Barack Obama.

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Maya Angelou being awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom by Barack Obama in 2011.
(Office of the White House)

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COINS FROM THE LATE MIDDLE AGES FOUND

Priceless haul of 6,000 ancient coins found under farm photo 1

(Zenger News) -  More than 6,000 silver coins from the late Middle
Ages were discovered during a renovation project on a farm in the
village of Rainbach, Upper Austria.

The museum said the silver coins, which were handed over to the
OÖ Lande-Kultur GmbH museum in Upper Austria, also known as
Linz Schlossmuseum, “were wrapped in fabric and kept in a clay
lidded pot.”

The museum said that it is unclear how the coins got there and
who they belonged to. It is not known whether the coins that
were recently discovered will go on display at the museum.       

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