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# Tuesday - August 26, 2008
Coin Trivia for 26 Aug 2008

1. What does the compass point to on the reverse of the Cleveland Great Lakes Exposition commemorative?

2. Who was called "Old Coppernose"?

3. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing answers to what cabinet officer?

4. Is an electrotype the genuine article or a replica?

5. What is the spelling of the silver 1792 10-cent piece?


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# Tuesday - August 19, 2008
Coin Trivia for 19 Aug 2008

1. In what year was an overdate Standing Liberty Quarter struck?

2. Tuvalu was formerly known as what?

3. Name the man who succeeded Harry Clements as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

4. On a weak strike error, is the reading strong or indistinct?

5. What legislative act called for the introduction of clad coinage?


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# Tuesday - August 12, 2008
Coin Trivia for 12 Aug 2008

1. What coin may have a "full horn" on well-struck issues?

2. What is Queen Elizabeth wearing on her head in the portrait coins of Great Britain?

3. Why are certain types of U.S. paper money referred to as "Watermelon notes"?

4. Mint Director Donna Pope was a member of what state legislature?

5. What American appears on the bestselling medal of the U.S. Mint?


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# Tuesday - August 05, 2008
Coin Trivia for 5 Aug 2008

1. What was the initial year for the copper-nickel 5-cent piece?

2. The Welsh leek appears on a 1985 £1 coin of what country?

3. The initials MPC stand for what type of U.S. paper money

4. What is a wrong metal error coin?

5. When did the Dahlonega Mint reopen after the Civil War?


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