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[edit] Washington 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.
    Original 13 Colonies.
  2. To find the coin sooner than later, find the shore of a stream flowing from the equator.
    East coast, where the Gulf Stream current flows.
  3. It's winter time, and often cold, but don't let your progress freeze. You'll find you're getting warmer if you stay above 32°.
    Above 32 degrees latitude.
  4. The way this word is written it's part of the clue. So tell us what does the word 'BELTWAY' mean to you?
    Capital Beltway (The word beltway is in CAPITAL letters)
  5. In VA this heptagon is called a CDP. It marks the border of your search, from here you want an E.
    A Census Designated Place in VA is called seven corners. Coin is East of here.
  6. There's treasure to be found, so don't just sit there. Head toward the river from this comfortable chair.
    Seat Pleasant, MD is east of DC. Central Ave becomes East Capital Street. Head towards the East Branch River (East border of DC).
  7. Searching for the coin involves great toil, but this clue is elementary, head south from AG coil.
    AG = Silver, Coil = Spring. Silver Spring MD is due North of DC.
  8. As a boy he lived here peacefully. But the coin lies in the direction of his wartime enemy, civilly.
    ly in peacefully and civilly = (LEE). civil in civilly = Civil War. Robert E. Lee was from Arlington, so north of here.
  9. The origin of this clue is unknown still, but from this vantage point look toward another hill.
    Tomb of the unknown soldier, Capitol hill can be seen from here.
  10. This rumor started, it's kind of funny; this boyhood president, threw some money. Across this river, o'er a mile wide, supposedly it reached the other side. Though this myth turns out untrue, the river and direction of the throw are clues.
    Washington was believed to throw a silver dollar North across the Potomac River from Alexandria.
  11. As clues go we promise you 600 is much better. Some initial thoughts can help you out. Follow them to the letter.
    600 in Roman numerals is DC, so it's somewhere around Washington DC.
  12. Hunters continue to search and roam to the south of the place learned buffalo call home.
    Howard University mascot is the Bison. Howard University is in Northern part of DC.
  13. You're too far down, you're search has been harried, if you come to the place where the giant's half buried.
    The Awakening is a sculpture of a giant, half-buried, in the ground. The sculpture is located at the southern tip of Potomac Park - the southern most point of DC.
  14. Don't get mixed up, here is a hint, stay to the west of 'Diabolic Pug Lint.'
    unscramble to find Capitol Building. Coin is to the West.
  15. Is it code? Encryption? A secret riddle? No KJIHGFEDCBABCEDFGHIJK just shows you the middle.
    Again, the capitol building and the mall is the central axis of DC's streets. Stay between K street to the north and to the south.
  16. 3,9, and 5 are right from our angle, search on the acute side to avoid getting tangled.
    395 makes a right angle as it runs through DC. It runs east/west parallel to the Mall, then north/south in front of (below in tunnel) the Capital Building. The acute side points toward the National Mall.
  17. Clock time from the Capitol, Independence is half passed. You have until quarter-of to search, so make your movements fast.
    Independence Ave runs by south of Capital Bldg. quarter of (on a clock) points due west of CApital Bldg.
  18. 36 columns for 36 states in a doric temple for you await. Instruction is given by the man inside, who looks in the direction where the coin resides.
    East of Lincoln Memorial.
  19. Between shimmering mirrors you'll find your direction though neither provides the coin's reflection.
    between 2 reflecting pools on the National mall.
  20. Another clue in a long line of tips is the direction provided when aligning a circle, square and ellipse.
    Draw a line from Dupont Circle, The Ellipse, and Farragut Square. It points to the coin .
  21. To grow, to power and to know are divisions. They form the southern border of your search decisions.
    North of department of Agriculture, Energy and Education
  22. To find the coin you must search with precision in the place that was once Pierre the Child's vision.
    Pierre L'enfant (the child in French) designed the national mall but it wasn't built until after his death.
  23. Homes to masterpieces, exhibitions and galleries, the coin resides near a place like these.
    Close to an art museum.
  24. This clue is given as an institutional decree. Near, you seek the territorial namesake of star-like 3773.
    Close to Smithsonian institution (there is an asteroid #3773 named after it)
  25. 7.01, 11.99, 9.00, 8.75, 10.50 - these five numbers have common ground, discover it and the coin may be found.
    Numbers between 7 and 12, so between 7th and 12th street.
  26. Hiding the coin is no perfect defense, so we protected it with nearby battlements.
    Close to the Smithsonian castle, the main building of the Smithsonian institution on the mall.
  27. Though known for self inductance, his title was of scribe. To find the coin, you must begin, to look past his left side.
    Henry, a famous scientist known for his works on electromagnetism was also the Smithsonian's first secretary. There is a statue of him near the castle, so look to his left.
  28. Train your attention around this place, with great locomotion to the whistler's race.
    The freer Gallery of art hosts a collection of work by Whistler. Also, his father was a railroad engineer, hence the train references (or it could also refer to the nearby metro stop)
  29. Keep searching outside, you're getting tres close, now you seek trois intrados.
    Trois intrados means 3 archways, the facade of the Freer Gallery.
  30. The final clue, to end frustration - like a monk with a manuscript adding illustration.
    Monks drawing pictures in books is called illumination (edits by Rihel). There are 2 large lampposts at the steps of the gallery. I saw the fingerprints under one of them.

(Most answers supplied by Fernando R., with some edits by Kingwilson and others.)

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