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The United States Mint, whose job it is to create coins, this week is issuing a quarter that honors Gettysburg National Military Park, site of a famous battle of the Civil War....

The Gettysburg coin shows the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, which is located on the battle line of the Union Army at Cemetery Ridge....
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