[Hallicrafters] A Coin With Morse On It?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Greetings All,

I am sure that some of you are aware of the new Louis Braille commemorative 
dollar coin to be released into circulation, and also as a proof in Silver, 
in the next few weeks. NASA sent a proof and a coin for circulation release 
on a shuttle mission and presented both coins to the NFB Inc., National 
Federation of the Blind Inc. Why them instead of the other agencies 
representing the blind? Who knows.

Now the only coin I am aware of to ever be released with Braille on it was 
the state coin for Alabama that honored Helen Keller on the obverse. 
However, that Braille was way too tiny for human fingers to read! What did 
the Braille say? It was the year of issue.

This new Louis Braille 200th anniversary commemorative dollar coin is said 
to have Braille on it that can be read. I am going to wait until I can 
personally Braille one and see if such is actually the case!

For what it is worth, less then fifty percent of the blind read Braille. 
Many have no fingertip sensitivity, or a much reduced sense of touch, some 
from Diabetes and some from injuries. The standard text Vs Braille ration is 
three to one. That is, one page of standard text = three pages in Braille. 
The average sighted reader reads about 300 words per minute to himself, an 
excellent Braille reader reads only eighty words per minute. A difference of 
almost four to one. Hence, for most of the blind, reading anything of length 
in Braille is more work then worth. Which includes me! If I had to read a 
book in Braille by the time I got to chapter two I would have already 
forgotten the title of the book I was reading! But I can still read it 
plenty quick enough for Poker!

Which brings me to the question. Has there ever been a coin released by any 
country with Morse Code on it? If so, what country and what was the message 
on said coin when translated from Morse to standard English text?

Thanks!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
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