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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Equivalent to 25 cents, under the [[Unified Earth Government]] the currency was discontinued in favor of the [[UN Credit]], and quarters have become valuable antiques, but have no value as currency anymore.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 25''</ref> One side of this variant of quarter bears an image of the U.S. General and President [[Wikipedia:George Washington|George Washington]], while the other side bears an [[eagle]], which was the national symbol of the U.S. Oddly enough, there seems to be an error as the obverse of the coin we are shown on the cover of the comic book is the wrong one. It shows the post-1999 style of the quarter that does not have an eagle reverse. | Equivalent to 25 cents, under the [[Unified Earth Government]] the currency was discontinued in favor of the [[UN Credit]], and quarters have become valuable antiques, but have no value as currency anymore.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 25''</ref> One side of this variant of quarter bears an image of the U.S. General and President [[Wikipedia:George Washington|George Washington]], while the other side bears an [[eagle]], which was the national symbol of the U.S. Oddly enough, there seems to be an error as the obverse of the coin we are shown on the cover of the comic book is the wrong one. It shows the post-1999 style of the quarter that does not have an eagle reverse. | ||
==Non-Canon and dubious canon appearances== | |||
===Silver Timeline=== | |||
[[John-117/Silver|John-117]] owned a quarter that Dr. [[Catherine Halsey/Silver|Catherine Halsey]] had used to test his luck during their first meeting.{{Ref/Film|TV|Episode=[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]}} He later gave it to [[Corporal]] [[Talia Perez]] for luck during the [[Fall of Reach/Silver|Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Film|TV|Episode=[[Reach (TV Series)|Reach]]}} After stealing ''[[Condor 325]]'' to travel to [[Installation 04]], John found the quarter on the ship's console where Perez had presumably left it for him.{{Ref/Film|Id=Thermopylae|TV|Episode=[[Thermopylae (TV Series)|Thermopylae]]}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:FoR movie coin head.png|thumb | [[File:FoR movie coin head.png|thumb|The coin's heads side featured in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''.]] | ||
[[File:FoR movie coin.png|thumb | [[File:FoR movie coin.png|thumb|The coin's tails side featured in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''.]] | ||
*The quarter seen above is not, in fact, a regular quarter, but a state quarter. | *The quarter seen above is not, in fact, a regular quarter, but a state quarter. | ||
*In ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Dr. Halsey states that "People used coins like this for currency a long time ago, when Earth was the only planet we lived on," suggesting that coins or physical money are no longer used in the 26th century.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 25'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, ATMs spitting out coins and paper money are featured in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' gameplay and in the game's [[Audio log (Halo 3: ODST)|Audio log]]s. In light of this, Halsey's mention of "coins like this" could be interpreted as referring to the specific type of coin alone, as opposed to all physical currency. | *In ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Dr. Halsey states that "People used coins like this for currency a long time ago, when Earth was the only planet we lived on," suggesting that coins or physical money are no longer used in the 26th century.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 25'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, ATMs spitting out coins and paper money are featured in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' gameplay and in the game's [[Audio log (Halo 3: ODST)|Audio log]]s. In light of this, Halsey's mention of "coins like this" could be interpreted as referring to the specific type of coin alone, as opposed to all physical currency. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
[[Category:Currency]] | [[Category:Currency]] | ||