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The
Connecticut Quarter is the fifth of the 50 States Commemorative Quarters
released by the U.S. Mint. Above is the rear of the coin. According to
the U.S. Mint's official website, on October 9, 1662, through the efforts
of Governor John Winthrop, Saybook colony and New Haven colony united
with Connecticut. The British Charter he had won from King Charles II
recognized the boundaries of Connecticut. This Charter also recognized
Connecticut as a corporate state and agreed it would retain the system
of government it had previously enjoyed. As a result Connecticut had formed
an independent, self reliant colonial government. During the night of
October 31, 1687, the Connecticut Charter was put to a test. Sir Edmund
Andros, a British representative for King James II, was executing a quo
warranto, which challenged Connecticut's government structure and demanded
the surrender of Connecticut's Charter. In the middle of the heated discussion
with the Charter on the table between the opposing parties, the candles
were mysteriously snuffed out and after they were re-lighted, the Connecticut
Charter was gone. A heroic Captain Joseph Wadsworth had saved it from
the hands of the British and hid it in the safest place he could find.
His choice was somewhere in a majestic white oak on the property of the
Wyllys family. This famous tree finally fell during a great storm on August
21, 1856.