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July 2

IWI Tavor 7

Does this gun actually have a fully automatic variant at all as our article claims? The variant imported by IWI US is semi auto, and the product page on the IWI website for the Israeli military version doesn’t mention if it is fully automatic. Additionally, IWI US's list of military/law enforcement select-fire rifles does not include the Tavor 7. I haven't found any evidence that this is in fact a select fire rifle as our article claims. --Puzzledvegetable (talk) 02:03, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just pointing out that another user removed the claim after I added a "citation needed" tag. --Puzzledvegetable|💬|📧|📜 14:14, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone identify this commemorative medal?

I recently bought a 1972 medal commemorating the "American Revolution Bicentennial" for my coin collection. I cannot find much information on this medal, but I have found that it is an official US Mint product and part of a series of medals that were issued from 1972 to 1976. The obverse of the medal (see [1]) features George Washington, the US Bicentennial logo, and the "P" mint mark of the Philadelphia Mint (which is unusual, as the "P" mint mark did not become standard on US coinage until 1980). The reverse (see [2]) features the Liberty Tree, Benjamin Franklin's Join, or Die cartoon, and a shield-like object I don't recognize. If anyone has information and/or sources about this medal and/or the other medals of this series, that would be great. I would like to add these medals to the list of US commemorative coins and medals. - ZLEA _T\^C 19:54, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I found this which has a little more info, and tells us that the shield-like object is a representation of a 2s6d stamp. DuncanHill (talk) 20:02, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am utterly unable to find anything about this medal/coin/token on the US Mint's website, which seems to be quite comprehensive as far as I can tell. The coin itself would appear to be a commemoration of the Sons of Liberty, and the year would be the 200th anniversary of the founding of Boston's Committees of correspondence. The reverse of that coin matches the description of the coins that the actual Sons of Liberty allegedly used to identify themselves at one point in time. The obverse seems strange to me, as our article on George Washington does not mention him being involved in either group, and our articles on the groups don't mention him being involved either. The obverse is exactly the same as the portrait of Washington used on some other commemorative coins, especially his friendship medal, though the reverse is different, and that wasn't gold. Someguy1221 (talk) 20:54, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, there are a lot of these coins on sale in various places. Also, the US Mint states that the Treasury Department did not issue any commemorative coins between 1955 and 1981 (inclusive). The bicentennial was commemorated with a temporary change of design to circulating coins. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:20, 2 July 2019 (UTC) -- Never mind, apparently this is a "medal", which doesn't count. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:34, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Duncan linked to the Stamp Act of 1765, which is critical to understanding the importance of this symbol, but renamed it simply "stamp", so you might think it was just a link describing what stamps are and not click on it. SinisterLefty (talk) 20:58, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]