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One side of a Quarter bears an image of ancient US general and president George Washington, while the other side bears an Eagle, the national symbol of the US. | One side of a Quarter bears an image of ancient US general and president George Washington, while the other side bears an Eagle, the national symbol of the US. | ||
[[Doctor Halsey|Dr. Elizabeth Catherine Halsey]] brought one with her while testing [[ | [[Doctor Halsey|Dr. Elizabeth Catherine Halsey]] brought one with her while testing [[John-117]] a potential candidate for the [[Spartan II|Spartan II Program]], flipping it to test whether he could accurately predict the outcome. As a reward for guessing correctly, she allowed him to keep the coin, and the eagle became the symbol for the [[Spartan II]]'s. | ||
Because the Eagle side was replaced with a unique image for each state in 1999<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin) Wikipedia article]</ref>, this means that the coin used by Halsey must have been minted prior to then, giving the object an age of at least 518 years. | Because the Eagle side was replaced with a unique image for each state in 1999<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin) Wikipedia article]</ref>, this means that the coin used by Halsey must have been minted prior to then, giving the object an age of at least 518 years. | ||