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The Florida Inland Navigation District plans to build a nearly 10-acre basin between the road and the Florida East Coast railroad track to hold muck and sand dredged from the Intracoastal Waterway channel in the southern half of St. Lucie County, roughly from Midway Road to the Martin County line.
Construction at the 20-acre site about a mile north of Walton Road will begin within a year and take about a year to complete, said Mark Crosley, FIND executive director....
FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT MUCK DUMP SITE
Where: 10315 S. Indian River Drive, about a mile north of Walton Road
Description: Permanent facility to process sediment removed from the Intracoastal Waterway in southern St. Lucie County
Site size: 20.3 acres
Basin size: 9.67 acres
Impacted area: 13.09 acres
Basin capacity: 84,268 cubic yards
Amount to be dredged: 15,200 to 30,400 cubic yards
Estimate of sediment to be dumped over 50 years: 76,029 cubic yards
At this time the muck dump is well underway. You can see it from Indian River Drive.
Hard to tell what might be in all that dredged material.
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Gaylen C. sent pictures of coins he found from Venezuela and Portugal, and Sherman W. reported finding a few from Australia.
Here is the updated list of world coins found in Florida.
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Haiti, European Union, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
I just remembered a Greek coin that I found, but it was from B. C. and not a part of the modern state of Greece so I haven't added it to the list.
I also added the European Union.
Here is what Wikipedia says about the Euro.
The euro is the result of the European Union's project for economic and monetary union which came fully into being 1 January 2002 and it is now the currency used by the majority European Union's member states with all but two bound to adopt it. It is the currency used by the institutions of the European Union and in the failed European Constitution it was to be included with the symobls of Europe as the formal currency of the European Union. The euro is also widely used by other states outside the EU.sn
Except for the two states with opt outs, all current and future members of the EU are obliged to adopt the Euro as their currency, thus replacing their current ones.[2] The relationship between euro and non-euro states has been on debate both during the UK's membership (as a large opt-out state) and in light of withdrawal from the EU and how that impacts the balance of power between those in and out of the euro; namely avoiding a eurozone caucus out-voting non-euro states. The UK had called for the EU treaties to recognise the EU as a "multicurrency union", which sparked concerns about undermining euro adoption in remaining countries.[1]
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Below are pictures of Galyen's coins. The first pair appear to be Euros.
Here is a beat up Euro I had.
Notice the outline of the various countries separated to the left of the big 20, suggesting preservation of individuality within the union. You know what is going on there now. They are having trouble holding it together. Political messages are often meant to counter oppositional trends.
Coins usually carry a message.
It always amazes me how so few design elements are used over and over again in different locations and at different time periods.
Here is a what appears to me to be a modernized Lady Liberty on a French coin.
Here is what Lady Liberty looks like on an American Eagle.
I think that is a very attractive coin.
Here is liberty personified on a coin from Chile.
Is there a political message? Who is trying to say what to whom and why?
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The PM high tide is going to be good and high on the Treasure Coast today. The surf will only be about one foot though.
We'll be having south winds for a while.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
