Thread: BEP Trivia #20 Recap (Lots of Pictures)

Question #20: Between 1870 and 1913 the BEP printed checks for the US government and its agencies featuring portraits of famous Americans. Identify the portrait on the checks printed by the BEP for the following agencies. You will get one point for each correct answer. Some answers may be repeated.

Answer #20: See the images and information below. The answers are based on observed examples and it is possible that other answers are correct. If you think you have a different correct answer please post the item below. I will wait until this Sunday for other possible answers and post the results then.

War Department - Henry Stanton. There are many different types of War Department checks with Stanton's portrait. This is one of them.


Navy Department - Admiral Farragut


Commissioners of the District of Columbia - George Washington


Commissioners of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company - Abraham Lincoln


Department of the Interior US Pension Agency - General Philip Sheridan


Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago - General Henry Lawton


Treasurer of the Philippine Islands - General Henry Lawton


The Treasury of the Philippine Islands at Manila P.I. - William McKinley


Department of Agriculture - J.M. Rusk


Comptroller of the Currency - Samuel Dexter


Treasurer of the District of Columbia - George Washington


Geneva Award - Salmon P. Chase


Isthmian Canal Commission - Henry Stanton


Department of Justice - John Marshall


Library of Congress - Salmon P. Chase


3% Loan of 1908-1918 - Abraham Lincoln


Post Office Department


Government Printing Office - John DeFrees


US Treasurer Transfer Account - Samuel Dexter


US-Canada Water Boundary Commission - Samuel Dexter


The Rules:
1. The contest will consist of a series of 20 questions about the BEP and its history.
2. One question will be posted at a time and run for five days. The closing date and time will be listed with the question.
3. Answers must be private messaged to me prior to the deadline. Answers received after the deadline will not be counted. Please do not answer on the board.
4. The correct answer will be posted when the time for answering has expired.
5. The person who answers the most questions correctly will win the first prize consisting of (1) the Durst reprint of the BEP Centennial book, (2) a CD-Rom of the Pick Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues and (3) a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. Second prize will be the same without the Durst reprint book. Third prize will only be a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series.
6. If there is a tie at the end, the prize will go to the person who answered the first question correctly in the least amount of time.
7. I am the sole judge as to interpretation of the rules and whether an answer is correct.

Read more: The Other BEP Trivia #20

Originally Posted by lettow

Commissioners of the District of Columbia - George Washington

These are fantastic!! Thanks so much for posting them all, Lettow. Several portraits here that I hadn't seen before. I was pleased to find the standing Washington vignette I posted in an earlier thread (SEG Presentation: Vignette prints of the Bureau of Engraving & Printing) on one of these checks.

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Less cats, more results!

Hey Lettow, you mentioned in the OP, posted on 7/17:

I will wait until this Sunday for other possible answers and post the results then.

That Sunday would have been 7/22 and we're about to come up on the next Sunday 7/29...

When can we get some results for this contest?

B U M P!

Thread BUMP with video, and it features currency.




Please quench our curiosity on the contest rankings... who won? Runners up??? Do tell!

You've inspired me to rent "The Wall."

I've always thought their music went best with accompanying visuals and their films are always very well shot and edited.
If interested in this stuff, Live at Pompeii is available in full on YouTube. Others may be as well.