Connecticut Quarter Page

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 The Connecticut Quarter is the fifth of the 50 States Commemorative Quarters released by the U.S. Mint. Above is the rear of the coin. According to the U.S. Mint's official website, on October 9, 1662, through the efforts of Governor John Winthrop, Saybook colony and New Haven colony united with Connecticut. The British Charter he had won from King Charles II recognized the boundaries of Connecticut. This Charter also recognized Connecticut as a corporate state and agreed it would retain the system of government it had previously enjoyed. As a result Connecticut had formed an independent, self reliant colonial government. During the night of October 31, 1687, the Connecticut Charter was put to a test. Sir Edmund Andros, a British representative for King James II, was executing a quo warranto, which challenged Connecticut's government structure and demanded the surrender of Connecticut's Charter. In the middle of the heated discussion with the Charter on the table between the opposing parties, the candles were mysteriously snuffed out and after they were re-lighted, the Connecticut Charter was gone. A heroic Captain Joseph Wadsworth had saved it from the hands of the British and hid it in the safest place he could find. His choice was somewhere in a majestic white oak on the property of the Wyllys family. This famous tree finally fell during a great storm on August 21, 1856.

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