July Educational Program
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July Educational Program |
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The educational program for July was a 25-question quiz administered by Fran R. The object was to see how well versed we all were in numismatics and to learn something new while having a bit of fun. The quiz is posted below. See how well you do. Match the "answers" on the right to the "questions" on the left. |
| Questions | Answers |
| ____ 1. "Saddle Blankets" | A. The copper nickel 5 cent coin |
| ____ 2. Sacagawea dollar composition | B. When grease or other debris becomes embedded in any element of a die and coins are then struck with a flat surface where a letter, number, or some other detail should be |
| ____ 3. Most current US coins: dimes, quarters, & half dollars | C. The British "Guinea" derived the name of what island nation, where the bullion to produce it was mined |
| ____ 4. "Love Coin" | D. When a coin's obverse and reverse are not turned 180 degrees from each other |
| ____ 5. The last new US denomination still being struck | E. Delaware |
| ____ 6. The designer of one of America's most beloved coins (Buffalo Nickel) | F. 75% copper, 25% nickel alloy layered over a pure copper core |
| ____ 7. One major difference between a coin and a medal | G. When the hammer and anvil dies do not come together with the force necessary to transfer the complete design onto a coin |
| ____ 8. A weak strike occurs... | H. When a foreign object or substance falls between the dies and the coin being struck |
| ____ 9. A filled-die error occurs... | I. 1873 (the cent, two cent, silver three cent, nickel three cent, nickel five cent, half dimes, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and silver dollars) |
| ____ 10. 1947 was the final year of production for what coin? | J. Burnside Bridge |
| ____ 11. The US Mint has used manganese only twice in US coin compositions. | K. 77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, and 4% nickel on a copper core |
| ____ 12. Struck-through errors occur... | L. US Coins are traditionally struck with obverse and reverse aligned at a rotation of 180 degrees from each other |
| ____ 13. "Guinea" | M. For the war-time 5 cent coins and the Sacagawea Dollar |
| ____ 14. There are six types of incomplete planchets | N. His initials "VDB" |
| ____ 15. Some 1982 cents have predominately copper composition; others are predominately zinc. They can be distinguished by... | O. As the Roman numeral "V" |
| ____ 16. Victor D. Brenner in 1909 designed and inscribed at the 6 o'clock position on the reverse of the Lincoln cent, what? | P. Nickname given to large-sized US paper money |
| ____ 17. The US Mint produced the highest number of coin denominations ever in what year? | Q. James Earle Fraser |
| ____ 18. A rotated-die error on a US coin occurs... | R. Walking Liberty Half Dollar |
| ____ 19. Mint marks on US coins began with the Act of March 3, 1835. Over the course of the last two centuries, how many mints produced US coins? | S. Weight |
| ____ 20. A twenty-two year old nurse named Miss Dora Doscher | T. The model used by H. A. MacNeil to design hthe Standing Liberty Quarter |
| ____ 21. When introduced in 1883, the Liberty Head five cent coin's value was shown... | U. The Granite Lady |
| ____ 22. The Battle of Antietam Half Dollar reverse shows what bridge (key to Union victory in the Septembet 17, 1862 battle)? | V. Straight, curved, ragged, elliptical, corner, and incomplete |
| ____ 23. The first state honored on a state quarter and launched a program that has seen more than $4.7 billion produced in quarters | W. 1878-CC Carson City |
| ____ 24. The lowest mintage for a regular issue US Trade Dollar is 97,000. What year and mint did this take place? | X. A coin that has been hollowed out to hold secret messages between two lovers |
| ____ 25. What the San Francisco Mint was commonly referred to | Y. Eight (Can you name them?) |
| Check the answers |