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AMESBURY – So you have always wanted to paint like the legendary artist Georgia O’Keeff e.

Next week you will have the opportunity to learn how to paint in pastels just like O’Keeff e at an adult hands-on workshop presented by the award-winning pastel artist Gregory John Maichack.

Th e two-hour workshop, hosted by the Amesbury Council on Aging, will be held at 6 p.m. on Sept. 10 at the Amesbury Senior Center, 68 Elm Street.

It is not the fi rst time Maichack, a Holyoke resident, has come to Amesbury to teach a pastel painting class. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Council on Culture and the Amesbury Cultural Council, Maichack has taught the class for the last two years.

“It is a popular, very successful program,” said center assistant director Doreen Brothers. She said the class, limited to 25 students of all ages, is always full.

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REGIONAL – Calling the commute to Boston from the North Shore “a disgrace,” Rowley Selectmen have joined 24 other communities along Rte. 1 in demanding that the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation put planned improvements to the congested 80-year-old highway back on the Long Range Transportation Plan.

Th e focus is on a 2.4-mile stretch of Rte. 1 in Saugus and Revere, which often bottlenecks and snarls traffi c for miles in both directions, making the commute for North Shore residents agonizing slow.

To ease the congestion, state transportation offi cials proposed widening that section of the highway from two to three lanes in each direction and fi xing several exits and entrances. Th e project, initially priced at nearly $137 million, has languished for years because of the recession, state budget cuts and declining federal highway monies.

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NEWBURYPORT – Th e city of Newburyport will hold its fi rst public meeting on a proposed new garage and intermodal facility at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9 in the second-fl oor auditorium at City Hall.

Residents and business owners are invited to attend the public meeting and provide input to project manager Kleinfelder engineering and the design team, Desman/Fennick-McCredie.

Th e garage and intermodal facility is planned for the intersection of Titcomb and Merrimac streets, formerly the Fitness Factory building. Th e site is owned by New England Development.

Th e meeting will focus only on the facility design. Additional meetings will be scheduled as fi nancial, land acquisition, operations and construction plans are developed.

Members of the City Council, Planning Board and Parking Advisory Committee will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments as well as members of the public.

Plans for a downtown garage, which has been discussed by city offi cials for more than a dozen years, moved closer to reality this summer when Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito delivered a $5 million check to help pay for it. Th e city is seeking additional funding for the garage and intermodal facility.

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Footloose in America“A vagabond poet, a businesswoman

and a mule walk into a bar together.” Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right?

It’s actually one of the many true adventures that middle-aged newlyweds Bud and Patricia Kenny had with their mule Della on their two-and-a-half-year walk across America. In the spring of 2001 the trio left Hot Springs, Arkansas headed for the coast of Maine. The Town Common interviewed them on November

15, 2006 while they were camped along Highway 1A in Ipswich.Bud Kenny has written a book about their trek and is offering it to our readers

for free.On September 9th and 10th , as well as October 9th and 10th , Kindle users will

be able to download Footloose In America - Dixie to New England at no charge. The paperback edition is for sale at either Amazon.com or www.budkennybooks.com.

Della, an 1,800 pound Belgan mule, pulled a pack cart that produced electricity from the rotation of its wheels and a solar panel on the top. This gave them power for lights and fans in their tent, as well as lights and a sound system for their shows. The back of the cart folded down as a stage. In the spirit of the old traveling medicine shows, they stopped and entertained folks along the way. But instead of pushing pills and potions, Bud performed and peddled his poetry. The cart also had a computer and printer on board, which they used to publish his poetry books as they traveled. Footloose In America is not a poetry book. It’s the story of their journey.

Traveling mostly during the summer and fall each year, they’d stop and find a place to spend the winter. Their first winter was in Madison, Indiana, where Bud and Della got a job giving tours of the historic district with a Cinderella Carriage. Prior to this journey, Bud owned and operated “The Mule Line” in Hot Springs. For seven years he gave tours of the city and national park with twenty-passenger trolleys pulled by teams of mules. So he had the experience to do the job in Indiana.

The second winter found them living and working with Mexican immigrants on an apple farm at Albion, New York. It’s in the snow belt, halfway between Buffalo and Rochester. And that’s where Della became a sleigh-mule. Bud found a small cutter in a trash pile and restored it. “Della loved pulling it,” he said. “She’d throw a fit and paw the snow whenever Patricia and I took off on our cross country skis without her. Della always wanted to go.”

Woven into the fabric of Footloose In America is a fascinating array of characters that they encountered along America’s byways. They range from the Amish in Ohio, to illegal immigrants in New York to a bigoted slum-lord in Indiana. Because they had no set agenda or schedule to keep, the Kennys could take the time to engage the interesting people they met. “Most folks who saw us figured we were walking for a cause like cancer, or Jesus or something like that,” Bud said. “Nope, I just wanted to slow down and take the time to explore a part of America that I hadn’t seen before.”

According to Bud, the hardest part of writing Footloose In America was deciding which stories to put in the book and which to leave out. He said, “The book is 356 pages. It could easily have been well over a hundred pages longer.”

This was not the first time Bud traveled across America on foot with an equine. In the mid-1970s– with a pack pony and dog–he walked from eastern Pennsylvania to the northern Oregon coast, down the west coast to San Francisco then east to Arkansas. It was an 8,000 mile journey that lasted three and a half years. “On that trip I spent my first winter living in a cave in Wisconsin,” he said. “That’s when I decided one day I would find a woman crazy enough to do something like this with me.”

Twenty-five years later, he met Patricia. They married on New Year’s Eve 2000 in Hot Springs and hit the road the following June.

Originally, they planned to travel America for a few years, then transport themselves, Della and the cart overseas to tour other parts of the world. After a couple of years living on the Maine coast, they hit the road again and wandered around New England for more than a year. That route took them into the hearts of Boston, the Bronx and Manhattan. They had hoped to make connections in New York for crossing over to the British Isles. However, circumstances arose that required them to return to their home in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 2008.

But that didn’t mean Della was done being on the road. In the spring of 2009 she and Bud went to work for Hot Springs Carriage Company showing folks around the city and national park. Bud said, “Della soon got bored with that.” They retired this past spring.

Bud is currently working on a memoir of his 1970s trek and a humorous novel. Information about those future books can be found at www.budkennybooks.com.

More information and photos about the Kenny’s and Della’s trek from Arkansas to Maine and beyond can be found at www.usonfoot.com

Kindle users, don’t forget you can download Footloose In America - Dixie To New England for free on September 9th and 10th and October 9th and 10th at Amazon.com.

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To the Editor: As the 23rd consecutive season of music comes to a close at Maudslay

Arts Center in the Maudslay State Park in Newburyport, it is time to recognize and thank the many volunteers, sponsors, and news media that make this amazing non-profit outdoor venue a reality each summer.

First we salute the local bank that has supported the center and the arts for many years and allows us to continue to offer excellent musical programs for reasonable cost - The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, which sponsored the Saturday night series. This year attendance was up once again thanks to the fine entertainment offered at MAC and the continued publicity by so many media outlets - all the newspapers, magazines, radio stations, cable TV and online services that helped get our message out to the community to insure increasing attendance.

I would like to personally thank Carol Feingold, publicist; Robert Schledwitz, our valiant gardener; Irene Johnson, our most talented graphic designer; Steve DeGuglielmo, accountant; Tia Costello, printing weekly programs, and MAC Board of Directors: Cynthia Costello, vice president; Nicholas J. Costello, president; Marie Messner, treasurer.

A special thanks to this year’s volunteers, who worked tirelessly to make this series happen: Marjorie Anderson, volunteer coordinator; the Rev. Michael and Edna Shirley; Rena Roseman; Jean and John Lambert; Constance Collins; Nancy Brogden; Mary LaPlante; Regina Branco; Sue Tiernan; Deb LaChance; Sharyn Russell; Trudy Rand, and Jeanne Smith.

We thank our patrons, many of whom signed on as financial supporters as Friends of MAC; the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation, particularly Ron Kovacs and staff at Maudslay State Park for their continued support of this most important regional resource, and the Friends of the Maudslay State Park.

Special thanks goes to Newton Greenery of Newton, NH, and Colby Farms for in-kind donations; conductor Dirk Hillyer, and The Mystix.

On behalf of all of us at Maudslay Arts Center, our deepest thanks and best wishes to all. We hope to see all of you again next summer for our 24th season and in the meantime check our website for future events at www.maudslayartscenter.org

Warmest regards,Nicholas C. CostelloExecutive Director, Maudslay Arts Center

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Paint Like Georgia O’KeeffeMaichack’s first workshop was assigned to the arts and crafts room at the center, but was quickly moved to the great room.

“We would hold this class more than once a year if we could. It is such a good time,” Brothers said.

To register for this free workshop, call 978-338-8138.

In the workshop, entitled “Scarlet Poppies: Pastel Paint Like Georgia O’Keeffe,” beginners and advanced students will focus on O’Keeffe’s famous poppy paintings and Maichack’s pastel versions. They will work in tandem with the artist utilizing techniques that O’Keeffe did in her paintings.

O’Keeffe, a 20th century American painter, was best known for her flower canvases and southwestern landscapes. Born in Wisconsin in the late 1900s, she had her first gallery exhibit in 1916. Some of her popular works from her early period include Black Iris and Oriental Poppies. After her husband’s death, she moved in the mid-1940s to New Mexico where she was inspired by the rugged western landscapes and

was featured in her later paintings. She lived until the age of 99.

Maichack, nominated twice for a Massachusetts Gold Star Program Award, will demonstrate the essentials of pastel painting. Participants will experiment with hundreds of the artist’s professional grade pastels, pastel pencils and pastel paper. Scumbling, feathering, blending, slurring, edges and layering will be taught in this direct tactile medium of pure and nuanced color.

All participants will take home their original pastel painting.

Maichack’s workshops have been so popular, libraries and senior centers across the state have booked and re-booked him, often twice a year.

“What I heard through students’ comments reflects a teaching style that is rare: encouraging, positive and constructive, with information given in a style that students find approachable, accessible and clear,” wrote Melinda Georgeson, director of education for the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Maichack, a portraitist and

painter working primarily in pastels, has won many awards, including the Award of Merit from the Bennington Center for the Arts: Impressions of New England Show 2003. He also was awarded the Savoir-faire Pastel Award from the Great Lakes Pastel Society. He was commissioned by Westfield State College to paint the pastel portrait of the past president of Westfield State College, Doctor Frederick Woodward.

In addition to portraiture, his still lifes and landscapes are represented by galleries from Maine to California.

Maichack is a faculty member at the Museum Studio School in the Fine Arts Museum Quadrangle in Springfield and also teaches at Greenfield and Holyoke community colleges in their adult continuing education departments.

At his workshop in Amesbury, Maichack will accept requests to do portraits or commissions to do pastel paintings.

To request a portrait, call him at 413-532-3667 or e-mail him at [email protected]. Visit his new web site at www.GregoryMaichack.com.

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list of Transportation Improvement Projects, the MPO did not list the Rte. 1 project as a priority. That means improvements to it will not be eligible for funding until 2018. And state transportation officials do not expect the Rte. 1 upgrades to be included on the priority list until at least 2031, unless there is a substantial increase in state transportation funds.

Outraged North Shore communities along the congested stretch of Rte. 1 are making a renewed push to get the stalled roadway project back on track. The North Shore Alliance for Economic Development has taken a lead in organizing the lobbying effort.

At a meeting this summer of Rowley Selectmen, town administrator Deborah Eagan said the traffic bottlenecks when the lanes are reduced from three to two.

Rowley Selectman David Petersen said he cannot believe that the Rte. 1 project would be taken off the list. Petersen, who used to commute on Rte. 1 to work in Boston, called it “a disgrace” and said the bottleneck is constant.

Selectman Robert Snow said commuters on Interstate 93 and the Massachusetts Turnpike have “straight shots into the city, but when you come in on Route 1, it goes from three lanes to two lanes to three lanes.”

Selectmen Joseph Perry said his

wife, who taught school for 35 years in Revere, was always stuck in that bottleneck traffic on the Revere Saugus line.

Snow made a motion to send a strongly worded letter in support of the Alliance’s request.

A total of 25 North Shore communities have sent letters and comments to the MPO opposing the dropping of the Rte. 1 improvements.

Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo, Malden Mayor Gary Christenson and Saugus Town Manager Scott Crabtree have taken the lead in calling on the state to add the improvements to Rte. 1, along with a connector road from Rte. 1A in Revere to Rte. 16 west, to the agency’s long-term transportation plans.

“This project has great significance for virtually every community from Chelsea to the New Hampshire border,” the officials wrote.

They argued that traffic gridlock along Rte. 1 is not only a public safety and air-quality issue but an economic one, and fixing it should be a top priority. The Route 1/Route 60 junction at Copeland Circle has been ranked as the second-highest crash location in the state.

“These horrific traffic jams extend for three hours each morning and again each afternoon and evening on every single day of the work week,” the officials wrote. “This is an incredible waste of time, fuel, and productivity for every commuter unfortunate to be stuck

there and is a major disincentive to job-creating development that might otherwise occur along that corridor and nearby.”

A report by the environmental consulting firm CDM Smith, which handled the initial engineering on the project for the MassDOT, said the Rte. 1 upgrades “should be considered a high-priority project.”

“Given the regional significance of the Rte. 1 project, it is critical that action be taken quickly,” the 2012 report stated. “The completion of the project will encourage and support continued economic development along the corridor from Logan Airport to points north.”

CDM Smith has advocated there needs to be renewed focus on the final design and permitting of the Rte. 1 project, as well as an early action project to improve traffic congestion at the Route 1/Route 99 intersection. This latter piece would consist of adding new northbound lanes and a bridge over the Route 99 ramps to Route 1 to improve traffic flow.

The legislature authorized $10 million for the planning and design of the Rte. 1 project in the 2013 transportation bond bill. That was a “glimmer of hope” to North Shore officials that the long-anticipated project might finally happen, but the funding did not materialize in the state’s most recent transportation improvement program released for public review.



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Th e Ipswich Farmers’ Market kicked off its second season. Located on the Center Green next to the Hall-Haskell House in Ipswich, the market operates each Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:30pm until early October. Featuring locally grown fresh produce, crafts, prepared foods, Live Music, and kids activities this is a great weekly activity for the whole family! For more information about the market, please visit our website at

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Do you knit or crochet and are looking for company and a good cause to donate your fi nished product? Join the “Busy Hands for Comfort Care” a group of crafters who join each week for conversation and creativity and to craft prayer shawls and lap robes for patients at Merrimack Valley Hospice House. Th is group meets on Wednesdays from 1pm-3pm at Merrimack Valley Hospice House, 360 North Ave., Haverhill. Th e group is open to all community crafters, including those who have suff ered a loss and are looking for a way to give back to their community. To register call 978-374-9257 or 978-552-4537 Co-sponsored by Merrimack Valley Hospice and H.L. Farmer & Sons Aftercare. Merrimack Valley Hospice, with Home Health VNA and HomeCare, Inc., provide a full continuum of home health and hospice care in more than 100 communities throughout the region. For more information visit www.HomeHealthFoundation.org.

GOLDEN AGERS CLUBTh e Golden Agers Club will be

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series of stretches, strengthening and balancing postures, twists and inversions by certifi ed yoga instructor Maura Mastrogiovanni. No registration is required, and all fi tness levels are welcome. Bring a mat if you have one and wear comfortable clothes. Class meets every Wednesday evening at the Rowley Library, 141 Main St.,

from 5:30-7 pm. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, cost for students is $12 or $10 for Friends members. Call 978-948-2850 for more information.

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Th ursday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. Th e Rowley Book Club will kick off their fall season by reading Mrs. Jack by Louise Hall Th arp, a biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, one of the most colorful women in Boston history. She was a legend in her own lifetime, a daring trend-setter who socialized with the movers and shakers of her generation. When she died, she left us one of the most beautiful museums in the world. Read her story, then join us for a discussion on Th ursday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. Th e Rowley Public Library is located at 141 Main Street. For more information, call the library at 978-948-2850.

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SMART RECOVERYTh e First Religious Society,

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

17TH CENTURY SATURDAYSeptember 5: Ipswich Museum,

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th

NEWBURYPORT LANTERN FESTIVAL

Th e annual Newburyport Lantern Festival will take place on Sunday, September 6, from 6-8PM. Th e Bartlet Mall frog pond will be illuminated by hundreds of glowing lanterns fl oating on the water. Each one represents a person’s special wish or a loved one who is being remembered. Th is is a free, outdoor family-friendly event. All are invited to come watch and/or participate. Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic

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Also, you may be well advised to keep smelling salts on hand for your Realtor in case a private helicopter with a billionaire lands in your cul de sac.

Broker Realtor Janet Hilton is a former practicing attorney and critical care RN who with her husband retired Lynn Fire Lieutenant George Hilton owns and operates Country Crossroads Realty Associates, LLC with main offi ce in Georgetown. For selling and buying North Shore real estate, you are welcomed to call Janet directly at 781-405-4867 or email [email protected] or visit www.countrycrossroadsrealty.com

recognizes the value of their presence. Neighbors in fact do come in to look around for many reasons, but one reason may be that they would like their friend or family member to live closer to them... in your home.

Many Realtors are doing their own Open Houses on the same day as yours is being done, but they can and will send their buyers to view your home if it is open. Th ese buyers have likely been sent by their Realtors because they are looking for a home like yours. Many buyers have found your Open House on the MLS, or any number of media or internet marketing sites and services employed by your Realtor, and have chosen to attend in order to compare your home with others they have seen.

Other Realtors attend your Open House to preview it for buyers who could not attend and you may receive a call for a second showing. Some Realtors attend the Open House so that they can keep on top of the market themselves. Th eir’s is a welcomed presence always, as it represents an interest on the part of busy professionals who made a point of viewing your home for reference.

Although some attendees may be “tire kickers”, know that all behavior is purposeful and even “tire kickers” eventually buy the car.

Th ere will be folks who attend your Open House to look at your choice of colors and get ideas on how to decorate their own homes. Your Realtor will still recognize the value in their attendance. Th ese visitors do not usually come in from over seas to view your new addition as a tourist attraction. Th ey reside in or around your area and they too have a sphere of infl uence. Your Realtor may receive a call from a billionaire’s staff administrator. “I work for an investor who heard about a home from someone who attended the Open House and it sounds just perfect. How soon can you show it?”

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Hosting an Open House provides a valuable opportunity for sellers, buyers, and Realtors to learn more about the property that is for sale, but there is a great deal more involved with an Open House than may meet the eye. Here are some facts to consider about Open Houses:

What an Open House means: Th e seller has agreed to permit the general public to enter the home for the purpose of looking through all rooms, closets, cabinets, basement, attic, storage areas, and garage in addition to exploring the property’s land.

What an Open House does NOT mean: While there is a reasonable expectation that a buyer be permitted to observe the size of closets and the condition of cabinets, there is no permission ever granted to or implied for anyone to touch the sellers’ personal property such as furniture drawers, armoire or entertainment center doors or use of any of the home’s utilities.

Who attends the Open House? A billionaire lands a private jet at the end of the cul de sac, is followed up the front stairs by an entourage of staff carrying a chest full of thousand dollar bills, and states emphatically to your Realtor “You only want how much for this house? Nonsense! It’s worth ten times what you are asking and I have no time for a home inspection. Let’s sign.” If your Realtor is still conscious, you are what is known in the business as “One Lucky Dude”.

If the jet should miss the ramp, however, and your Open House continues, you may expect that your neighbors will be among the fi rst to attend. Although you may view your neighbors as merely “nosey”, know that your Realtor

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lesions are common in the mouths of smokers.

Answer: True. The red and white patches precede malignancy and require biopsy. Precancerous lesions are also common in the mouths of heavy drinkers. Again, regular maintenance visits are essential for monitoring and appropriate referrals to be given for such lesions.

Question #4: Your toothbrush should be changed every six months.

Answer: False. Your toothbrush should be changed every 8-12 weeks. Bacteria accumulation and effectiveness of the bristles make it necessary to change it this often. It should also be replaced after you have been sick. This goes for manual as well as power toothbrush users.

Question #5: The average person will lose less than six teeth by age 72.

Answer: True. According to the Academy of General Dentistry, 5.4 teeth are lost by age 72. This number has declined over the years but there is still room for improvement. Remember, studies show that the quality of life decreases with each tooth lost.

Question #6: Regular use of dental floss may help you live as many as six years longer.

Answer: True. While just 10% of households floss regularly, researchers at SUNY-Buffalo estimate longer lives for flossers. A healthier mouth means less chronic inflammation and a decreased risk of heart disease.

Extra Credit: (True or False) Ancient teeth, with small perfectly round holes in the biting surface may be the earliest archaeological evidence of prehistoric dentistry. Researchers believe a stone bit was used to drill through teeth, as holes of the exact same diameter were found in beads made for jewelry 8-9000 years ago. Scientists speculate that the holes had been filled with plant matter to treat tooth decay.

Answer: True and False. The discovery above is true, but as I reported last week, a 14,000 year old tooth was recently found to have had dental work done to it making it the oldest.

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Wow, has this summer gone by fast. Here’s a back to school quiz.

Question #1: The risk factors for gum disease are the same for heart disease (genetics, smoking, weight, lack of exercise, and high cholesterol).

Answer: False. Genetics and smoking tobacco are major risk factors, but stress, medications, lack of proper hygiene, and systemic problems, such as diabetes, are additional risk factors. Just like heart disease, management of gum disease requires strict maintenance visits to monitor and control the disease.

Question #2: Less than one in ten people will experience a fractured tooth.

Answer: False. About one in four sustain a fracture to a front tooth by the age of 18. If you have older amalgam (silver) fillings, you are at much higher risk for fracture of back teeth. If you clench or grind your teeth you are at even higher risk.

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It’s probably still hot where you live, but this is a perfect time to get ready for winter. The colder it gets where you live, the more important it is to be ready for it.

Look on websites or in stores for personal-size quilts or fleecy throws on sale. Buy a few, if you can. These small blankets can be lifesavers when cold weather arrives. Use one as an additional layer on the bed, or wrap up in one when you watch TV at night.

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COINSITEMS WANTED – Wanted by Pratt Coin and Hobby in Georgetown. U.S. Coins, silver, gold, foreign world money. Old pocket watches, wrist watches, costume jewelry and post cards. Wheat pennies, Pre-1958 - 2 1/2 cents each.

1/2¢........................... Lg. 1¢..........................Fly. E 1¢...................... Cop. Nic. 1¢.............. 2¢ Piece.................... 3¢ Silver I.................. 3¢ Nic....................... Shield 5¢....................Liberty 5¢................. Bust 1/2 10¢.............. St. 1/2 10¢.................Bust. 10¢................... St. 10¢........................ Bar. 10¢..................... 20¢ Piece.................. Bust 25¢ Lg.............. Bust 25¢ Sm............. Seated 25¢................ Bar. 25¢..................... Stand. L. 25¢ I........... Stand. L. 25¢ II......... Bust 50¢.................... Seated 50¢................ Bar. 50¢..................... Seated $1..................Trade $1...................

AVG. CIR.$55.0016.0018.007.00

12.0020.0012.0020.00

.5040.0011.0023.0010.002.00

85.0075.0075.0016.005.00

18.005.00

50.0030.0010.00

200.00100.00

AU$100.00100.00125.0040.0060.00

115.0045.0080.0035.00

175.0055.00

275.0050.0040.00

275.001500.00550.00100.00135.00130.0055.00

250.00135.00275.00650.00230.00

TYPE COINS

STERLING SILVERPrivate Mint ............ 16.00 oz.

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