ADAMS DOLLAR COIN CEREMONY IN QUINCY Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 21, May 27, 2007, Article 21
ADAMS DOLLAR COIN CEREMONY IN QUINCY
The second in the series of Presidential dollar coins was launched
on Tuesday in Quincy, Mass."Shoppers, business owners and MBTA commuters got their first up-close
look at the new John Adams dollar coin today. One Adams fan, Carlos
Caso, 21, of Randolph, had been waiting since 5 a.m."'It's the first coin he's ever been on. He's never gotten recognition
like this. I wanted to be the first to get one."Colonial Federal Savings Bank had sold more than 4,000 coins in the
first 90 minutes."Joe Rainville, an accountant from Quincy who collects coins, bought
225 coins."Barbara Gilliland, 82, a retired nurses aide, of North Quincy bought
50 coins to send to friends in other Quincy namesakes across the
country, in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and California."She said she started visiting the cities after Quincy, Mass., sent
flood assistance to Quincy, Ill., in 1993."Five days after the U.S. Mint officially released the new coin -
the first ever to bear the second president's image - Mint director
Edmund C. Moy and descendant Peter Boylston Adams joined city officials
to give the coin a full, ceremonial launch in Adams' hometown, with
exchanges for paper dollars and other activities."To read the complete article, see: Full Story
[History buffs might like to know that the life of John Adams will
be the subject of a new HBO miniseries based on David McCullough's
recent book:"David McCullough knows better than almost anyone what John and
Abigail Adams' 18th century world looked like."Having spent seven years researching and writing his Pulitzer
Prize-winning biography of the second president, he says an upcoming
HBO miniseries will be as close as it gets to the real thing."People who watch this are going to see the 18th century as it
was in more ways than they've seen it before,'? said McCullough, a
consultant to the seven-part, $100 million production. '?They're
going to see people with bad teeth. It's not a costume pageant.'?"Based on McCullough's 2001 book and created by actor Tom Hanks?
Playtone Productions, the series stars Academy Award and Golden
Globe Award nominees Paul Giamatti as the nation's second president
and Laura Linney as Abigail. It is scheduled to air a year from now.""The HBO miniseries is being shot mostly in Colonial Williamsburg
and other Virginia sites. Giamatti is known for roles in 'The
Illusionist, "Cinderella Man"? and the critically acclaimed
"Sideways," among many others. Linney earned nominations for
"Kinsey" and "The Squid and the Whale.""The HBO version of 'John Adams' traces the first 50 years of
the United States, from the Revolutionary War through Adams'
death, with John and Abigail's love story as part of the drama."To read the complete article, see: Full Story
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