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[[Image:Ancient US Quarter.jpg|thumb|The variant of ancient U.S. Quarter coin that John and Dr. Halsey flipped.]] | [[Image:Ancient US Quarter.jpg|thumb|The variant of ancient U.S. Quarter coin that John and Dr. Halsey flipped.]] | ||
A '''Quarter''' is an "ancient" coin used by the [[United States of America|U.S.]] Government as part of its national currency. | A '''Quarter''' is an "ancient" coin used by the [[United States of America|U.S.]] Government as part of its national currency. | ||
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Revision as of 07:54, June 23, 2010
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A Quarter is an "ancient" coin used by the U.S. Government as part of its national currency.
Background
Equivalent to 25 Cents, under the United Earth Government the currency was discontinued in favor of the UN Credit,[1] and Quarters have become valuable antiques, but have no value as currency anymore.
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 U.S although at one time it featured the 50 U.S. states.
History
Dr. Elizabeth Catherine Halsey brought one with her while testing John-117, a potential candidate for the 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 SPARTANs.
