2020-11-05 Thu

A Keelboat is generally a long, narrow, and cigar-shaped riverboat or unsheltered water barge. This Keelboat is also called a pole boat; it is designed in such a way that it is also used for the navigation of the river, shallow lakes. It is a riverine cargo-capable working boat or it can also be defined as small- to the mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. A Keelboat is generally used as explorers and traders.

The United States of America has issued this commemorative five cents with the theme of a keelboat in the year 2004. The obverse of this coin depicts a portrait of President Thomas Jefferson facing towards left. The reverse of this depicts a side of Keelboat.

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