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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.3 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 4 in. (1 small clamshell box)</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_c0da4323ff47dc2120d28210c5b174e3">Commemorative coin for the sesquicentennial of West Virginia statehood, which was commissioned by the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation (WNHAC). The coin is gold in color. One face shows Francis H. Pierpont, the (West) Virginia politician who served as governor of the Restored State of Virginia and is considered the "father of West Virginia"; the other face shows Independence Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin, A&amp;M 3967, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062621" source="lcsh">Wheeling (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Civil War - West Virginia.</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88041176" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899</persname>
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