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[edit] Baton Rouge coin Trail

• Value: $15,000
• This coin was found (when?)

[edit] CLUES

1. The coin is hidden in a place you can see, when you look at land sold back in 1803.

   Louisiana Purchase

2. In your search for the coin, you'll get the most if you head in the direction of America's third coast.

   Gulf Coast

3. Have confidence its time to start with a possession of généralités Bonaparte.

   Napoleonville, LA... or Louisiana Purchase again

4. The trail is warm, and you won't freeze, if you stay below 32 degrees.

   32 latitude (eliminates north part of LA)

5. You're closing in, from here henceforth, magnolias should reside up in the north.

   multiple possibilities

6. Make an assumption. Make an ascension. Travel this way without apprehension.

   assumption and ascension parishes in LA

7. You're on the road to success so don't hesitate, as you're heading west on this poorly named Interstate.

   Interstate 10 (worst interstate in america)

8. Mercuric sulfide, red as can be, now renamed for a famed Marquis. On Cajun food you can stop and feast, but set off soon, heading east.

   long story short . . . it means Lafayette, LA

9. You're getting closer, the coin is not far, go north of the place named for the fusion of nearby G2V star.

   Sunshine bridge south of Baton Rouge

10. Known for C6H12O6 back in its time, all you need to know is to stay north of its line.

    means sugar. . . but not sure where

11. Stick to the clues, you might get ahead. Azimuth 90. Color red.

    this means East Baton Rouge

12. The butcher might go north, there's no candlestick maker, so head south of their friend - do we have any takers?

    Baker and Slaughter are towns north of BR

13. 2 FND THE COIN FOLW THS CLU 2 THE LTR. THE DRCTN IS STH, 4 THE BST ITS BTR.

    BTR= Baton Rouge Airport

14. Wouldn't knowing the eastern most border be good? We think you'll agree that it sure would.

    Sherwood Forest or Sherwood Dr in East Baton Rouge

15. From the tallest tower you must walk in the shadow of sun if it were at 11 O'clock.

    I assume the capitol building but i am not sure

16. Keep track of these clues, and you'll do just fine, keep to the south, north and east of the Illinois line.

    Railroad tracks

17. He runs by the coin where he bends toward it too. But that's as close as the old man gets to revealing it to you.

    The Mississippi River

18. There's nothing to find in the tiger dens. So take parallel paths away from it then.

    Tiger stadiums>> take Burbank and Highland to the east

19. Academically speaking the direction you go, is revealed at the sunset in the shadow of shadows.

    Perhaps something about Jefferson... not sure

20. Go east of the street of a sad hat, you'll close in on the coin, it's as simple as that.

    Bluebonnet Blvd

21. Don't go with the flow, you'll get mixed up you know. The path to take as you'll see, is south from the banks of The Crowds Knee.

    "The Crowds Knee" is scrambled... possibly a typo - "A Crowds Knee" would unscramble to read "Dawson Creek"

22. You're closing in, and getting warm, the next step is to find part of the lima sierra uniform.

    It is part of LSU

23. Narrow your search with this revelation, find a community where quercus dwells at a raised elevation.

    Oak Hills Place. Bordered by Bluebonnet Blvd to the west, Perkins Road to the north, and Highland Road to the south.

24. V is for victory but you must first respond, as it's also a clue pertaining to ponds.

    V shaped pond in oak hills???

25. Don't bottom out, the coin can be found, if you take the road to higher ground.

    Highland Rd

26. Search high and low, look every which way, but if you cross a stream, you're going the wrong way.

    North of the stream that parallels the south side of Highland Rd.

27. Don't give up now, you're not stuck in a lurch, the place that you seek looks like a large lush green church.

    The "Cathedral" within the Hilltop Arboretum where tree canopies form a green protective room

28. This place is too large to simply roam, so instead find your way home.

    I believe it was talking about Emory Smiths's house on the grounds of the arboretum

29. Bridging the gap to the coin would be nice, but you must cross over not once, but thrice.

    three bridges to cross

30. The final clue, you're on a roll, let this search take its troll.

    assuming it was hidden under one of the bridges

(answers supplied by bayouboy)

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