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Just for Fun!
See how many of the following questions you can answer correctly.
Read the question and click on the answer you think is correct. Good
luck!
1. What is the name of the buffalo on the reverse of the Buffalo
Nickel?
2. The "obverse" is which side of a coin?
3. Who is pictured on the obverse of the modern U.S. quarter?
4. Who is pictured on the front of a modern U.S. $5 note?
5. Who is pictured on a modern U.S. $1 note?
6. Who is portrayed on the modern U.S. nickel?
7. What motto appears on both U.S. Coins & Currency?
8. Where was a nickel made that has a "D" Mintmark?
9. Where was a dime struck that has an "S" Mintmark?
10. Where was a quarter struck that has a "P" Mintmark?
11. Where was a penny struck that has no mintmark?
12. When were the first large cents struck at the US Mint in
Philadelphia?
13. What famous black American is portrayed on two Commemorative
Coins?
14. What is the name for the metal disc before it is struck into a
coin?
15. What is the tooth-like design around the circumference of some
older coins called?
16. A collectible coin should be held...
17. What is a "Loon Dollar"?
18. What is a Spanish 8 reales coin called?
19. The United States once made...
20. What country pictured an automobile on a coin in 1928?
21. What is the lowest denomination of U.S. paper money ever
printed?
22. What is the highest denomination of U.S. paper money ever
printed?
23. Where is the Mint mark on the Lincoln cent?
24. What ancient peoples produced the decadrachm?
25. What non-president appears on modern U.S. paper money?
26. What is the oldest continuously operating Mint in the New
World?
27. What was the largest coin ever made?
28. U.S. Trade dollars were used for trade to what part of the
world?
29. What is on the back of a modern U.S. $5 note?
30. What is an aes grave?
31. During what years were Lincoln Cents with the Wheat Ear backs
struck?
32. Which U.S. Mint is located at the highest elevation?
33. What is the basic unit of money in Israel?
34. What U.S. President banned private ownership of gold?
35. Who was President when the ban was lifted?
36. What word on the Roosevelt Dime is divided by the torch?
37. The gold Maple Leaf is produced by what country?
38. Which way does the Buffalo face on the Buffalo Nickel?
39. How many Federal Reserve Banks are there?
40. Why do occasional pieces of currency have a star next to the
serial number?
41. When was the Medal of Honor introduced?
42. What country ALWAYS features birds on the reverse their
non-commemorative coins?
43. What grain is featured on the reverse of a 1943 cent?
44. Which of the following coins might have been in George
Washington's pocket the year he died?
How many did you get correct?
If you got 1 to 9 correct -- you'd better borrow some books from
the ANA
Library!
If you got 10 to 19 correct -- join a
local coin club!
If you got 20 to 29 correct -- you would enjoy taking
an ANA
Correspondence Course!
If you got 30 to 39 correct -- the ANA
summer Seminar is the place for you!
If you got over 40 correct -- you are a numismatic prodigy!
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