“Blue, Gray and Greenbacks” is the theme of 2011 National Coin Week, April 17-23. The weeklong celebration of coins and currency will commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and the numismatic changes during the conflict, which began at Fort Sumter, S.C. on April 12, 1861.
Civil War Scavenger Hunt
Weekly video clues are distributed on this page challenging participants to hunt for Civil War-related numismatic objects. The activity follows a virtual tour of battlefields and other important places during the war. Clues are distributed each week until April 18, and everyone who completes the hunt can report their findings online to enter a grand prize drawing.
Submit your findings - Scavenger Hunt Registration
Form
- Grand prize: mint state 1864 two cent piece (the first U.S. coin to feature "In God We Trust")
- Three cent pieces
Club Trivia Challenge
Clubs: take part in a competition testing Civil War numismatic knowledge and research. The trivia challenge will be distributed March 1, and clubs will have until May 13 to complete and return to the ANA. To register your club and receive bookmarks, buttons and other promotional material, e-mail ncw@money.org.- Grand prize: 1925 Stone Mountain half dollar
- Set of Confederate notes
- Two and three cent pieces
- Grading submissions from NGC
