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[edit] Pittsburgh coin Trail

• Value: $10,000
• This coin was found (when?)

[edit] CLUES

1. We'll make this search easy, forget 50 states. There are 13 of these and in one the coin waits.

   Thirteen original colonies

2. Sure we're sure the right state to explore - you can see water, just not sea water from the shore.

   Original colonies on the Lake

3. Where to begin? Here's where you're told: at the top of an arch known for black gold.

   Pennsylvania

4. To get closer, shift gear by two, and this clue will be revealed to you: Qmsrf Md Glrcpqryrc Cgefrw.

   "South of Interstate Eighty"

5. Marked with green stones, this path points the way, at the speed limit crossing it would take 1/4 of a day.

   The PA Turnpike (keystone shaped green signs) takes about 6 hours to get across the state.

6. The trail won't get cold, your search will not freeze, if you focus your search above 40 degrees.

   above 40 degrees latitude

7. In a different state it is midwest, but you must go past the middle on your quest. If you're still not sure you know, lose yourself in vertigo.

   Indiana, PA (Famously home of Jimmy Stewart - star of Vertigo)

8. If you lived here you might say that you live in CAPA. But as a treasure hunter instead, north is where your road will head.

   California, Pennsylvania

9. No maid, no chauffer, no silver spoon in mouth. All by yourself you must head south. But an understanding of this clue can still be of great help to you.

   Butler County or Butler town.

10. You're in the area, don't get stuck at the PIT. Take off in a direction to the east of it.

    This is the three letter designation for Pittsburgh International Airport

11. Generally speaking you'll want to be, in a place between two famous names military.

    The counties of Washington and Westmoreland are on either side of Allegheny County. There are also other "General" counties and towns.

12. To Arthur Glastonbury it's not what it seems, from where he dreams you must head upstream.

    Avalon

13. This is a place that man called home before there was a Greece or Rome. For you it marks the far west line, within which your search should be confined.

    Take your pick...there are more that one town that fit this clue. I picked Mt. Lebanon

14. Practice, practice, practice to solve this clue. Then head northeast if the coin you pursue.

    Carnegie

15. Don't get mixed up, help yourself, find your way southwest of the Ax Chop Elf.

    Fox Chapel

16. To find the coin northward seek from a place named for four years in greek.

    Olympia Hall on Electric Avenue

17. Pray for wisdom from this clue and truth and virtue will come to you. Once you have them, you've passed the test and then you must simply head west.

    University of Pittsburgh has motto of "Veritas et Virtus" (Truth and Virtue) and "Cathedral of Learning" building

18. To get here you can walk, float or ride, but must leave your wheels on the other side. If you thought you were lost you'd know you weren't if you went against the current.

    Heinz Field

19. Three great domes with three great eyes mark the north-most point of where the coin may lie.

    Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park

20. To track the coin from coal you'll climb, but not with altitude this time.

    The Monongahela Incline Plane

21. Where one runs into two and two runaway... this is the place that you'll want to stay.

    It's the confluence of the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers but should actually read, two runs into one and one runs away.

22. Scalene is part of this clue, a cute addition is AU. Once you know it, then head forth, a little west and a little north.

    The Gold Triangle

23. Benito, they say, has a sharp mouth. All the more reason to flock to his south.

    Benito is a popular macaw in the National Aviary.

24. It is known to run without having feet and is crossed by sisters on a street. The clue for you is to journey west, once their place has been guessed.

    The three sisters bridges.

25. The cardinal points, it has them all, and protects the coin from afar sans walls. For you, this marks a point on your quest from which you must then head northwest.

    Fort Pitt which used to sit in Point State Park.

26. A diamond sits now to the east where the sons of innocents have long since ceased. For you the direction of your quest is in turn precisely west.

    Pittsburgh Pirates Stadium. They were called the innocents for part of 1890.

27. The coin is near where a great shark rests, specifically to the north and west.

    The answer is the USS Requin. However, this clue is written wrong. It should have read to the north and east. North and west would send you to the science museum which is the opposite direction of the final location.

28. It's near time to catch up if you're behind in this game, read aloud you'll understand the name.

    Heinz Field (even though it's NE of the USS Requin)

29. To find the coin would be easy if you consider the nature of 'C' and 'B'.

    I suppose this is the gates to Heinz Field, even though it's NE of the USS Requin.

30. Find the chief's hallowed ground, and in his robes the coin may be found.

    Statue of Art Rooney outside Heinz Stadium - did I tell you this is actually NE of the Requin and not NW?

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