Did You Know: Coin Quiz Challenge

Coin Quiz Challenge!

Test you knowledge. If you get three right you are doing fine, four right and you deserve a gold star, and five right you go to the head of the class!

1. Henry R. Linderman, director of the Mint in the 1870s, was also all of the following except one. Which one was he not?

a: Medical doctor.

b: Former Forty Niner, having gone to San Francisco during the Gold Rush.

c: Owner of an 1804 dollar.

d: Author of a book titled Legal Tender.

2. In his fourth annual message to the House of Representatives, November 6, 1792, President George Washington mentioned that:

a: As a youth he had thrown a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River.

b: Robert Birch had been hired to engrave dies for the new Philadelphia Mint.

c: His wife Martha had her portrait sketched for use on American coinage.

d: Silver half dismes had been coined for use in circulation.

3. No doubt the 1925 Fort Vancouver commemorative half dollar is one of the most interesting of its era. Which one of these statements is not true?

a: The coins were made at San Francisco, but the “S” mintmark was omitted in error.

b: After striking, bags of these were loaded aboard a biplane and flown to Washington state.

c: Upon close examination the date is over another, actually 1925/4.

d: Dr. McLoughlin’s name is spelled correctly on the coin.

4. In our  March 2004 sale of the Dr. Haig Koshkarian Collection, all bets were off, the sky was the limit, and applause broke out when this superb gem coin, formerly in the Norweb Collection, crossed the block and sold to a bidder for over $800,000:

a: 1797 half dollar.

b: 1804 Class III silver dollar.

c: 1793 Chain AMERI. cent.

d: 1861 Paquet Reverse $20.

5. The first release of a coin often generates a lot of excitement, and the public rushes to acquire them as souvenirs. This happened in a big way for all of the following except which one?:

a: 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln cent.

b: MCMVII (1907) High Relief $20 gold.

c: 1892 Barber half dollar.

d: 1883 Liberty Head nickel without CENTS.

Answers: 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a, 5-c.