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Coin Challenge - Clock

An analog clock with the hands at the 12 and 3 positions are featured in this coin challenge. 

What is the coin? Is it silver, gold or another metal? Did the coin circulate or is it a commemorative coin? What is the denomination - a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar or another coin from early coinage? Is the design from the obverse or reverse of the coin? (Scroll down for hints.)

Greater Atlanta Coin Show Challenge October 2010

Hints:

  1. First, the image shows the clock portion of a tower
  2. The tower is on an historic building between 250 and 280 years old
  3. One of the building's rooms includes a rising sun chair

More hints posted on the blog on October 19:

  1. The coin is one of three celebratory coins
  2. The coin is not a commemorative coin

Another set of hints from the blog on October 27:

  1. The Army, Navy and Marine Corps were initiated in this building
  2. A 14 month restoration project started in July 2010 in which part of the work includes new clock faces and the clock’s structural supports reinforced, if necessary
  3. The US Mint provided a version of the coin in 40% silver

Click on the Coin Challenge - Clock Answer if you are ready to verify your choice for the coin!

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