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A Quarter Still Buys You Something Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/31/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Back in ancient times (when I was a kid) having a quarter in your pocket made you feel like the richest man in the world. Why, a kid could walk into a corner candy store and leave with enough refined sugar goodness to last a week (never did though).

On a rare occasion, dad would take us to a local hamburger joint that advertised 2 burgers or 2 hot dogs for 25 cents. We always got the burgers.

Nowadays, it takes a whole handful of quarters just to get one candy bar. But have no fear, you can still get yourself a smilie.

MANDITORY E-LEARNING LESSON:
The “QUARTER DOLLAR” coin ($0.25 or 25¢) is worth twenty-five cents and is commonly called a quarter. A quarter used to be called two-bits. A bit is an antiquated term equal to one eighth of a dollar or ​12 1⁄2 cents, so "two bits" is twenty-five cents (after the Spanish 8-Real "piece of eight" coin on which the U.S. dollar was initially based).


Field Notes:
💰 only approach is from the south trailhead
💰 please reset the container, it's not hard
💰 the lock has nothing to do with the cache, only there for maintenance
💰 thanks to anonymous for allowing me to recycle his creation

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Urnq jrfg, ghea va ng gur yrnavat cvar, genirefr FJ-vfu, ghea evtug ng gur onol cvar, chfu gueh gur fpeho bnx naq ybbx yrsg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)