Cash Cache: Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? Traditional Cache
FluteFace: This one has seen a good run. Time to let it go. Thanks to all who visited.
Cash Cache: Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
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Grab a spare dime or two and visit this
cache, inspired by a cache we visited in Eastern Washington.
Learn a little about dimes, learn a little about where the
idiom "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" came from, and earn
yourself a smiley!
The Roosevelt Dime:
The Roosevelt Dime was issued by popular demand in memory of the
late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It also partially
commemorated of his efforts for the March of Dimes campaign against
polio, which had crippled him. It was first issued on his birthday,
January 30, 1946. The 'tails' side shows a torch, olive branch, and
oak branch and is intended to symbolize (respectively) liberty,
peace, and strength and independence. 1964 was the last year it was
made of silver.
A dime weights 2.268 grams and is 17.91 mm in diameter. It is made
of copper (91.67%) and nickel; it is 1.35 mm thick and its edge has
118 reeds. It is interesting to note that the dime is the only U.S.
coin currently in circulation whose design contains no reference to
"cent" or "dollar".
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? (also known as Buddy, Can
You Spare A Dime?) was written in 1931 by lyricist E.Y. "Yip"
Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, and was part of a 1932 musical. It
became famous when recorded by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee. Both
versions were released right before Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
election to the presidency and both became number one hits on the
charts. The Warner Bros. Crosby recording became the best-selling
record of its period, and came to be viewed as an anthem of the
shattered dreams of the era -- the Great Depression.
The Cache:
This cache contains the 'pages' from a Roosevelt Dime Collection
book (Number Two) starting in 1965. You are welcome to put one dime
in a vacant spot, matching your coin with the spot's mint and date.
Please limit yourself to one spot per cacher, and sign your
username next to the coin you leave. The cache also contains a few
trading items, and there is a prize for FTF.
Although, at first glance, this place looks like just a bunch of
athletic fields, there is a trail system. There is no need to cross
the fields, especially during a game. There are signs to the trail
system at the southeast corner of the parking lot. Once on the
trail, you can walk all the way around the playing field, and a few
other places to boot. There is minimal bushwhacking required to
find this cache, although that may be too strong of a word to use
here. But do be prepared for the possibility of thorns -- they grow
up fast around here. Also, please re-hide the cache exactly as you
found it -- it just fits (barely out of sight) in its hiding place
only one way. The trail system closes at dusk; the playfields close
30 minutes after the lights go out.
Congrats to Babybackpackers on their FTF. They
won an unactivated 2006 USA Geocoin.
Congrats to Johnny Boy for being FTF all three in the series. He
wins bragging rights.
As always, please let me know if there are any problems with the
coordinates or the cache. Most importantly, have fun!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Abg lrg. ;-)