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For the members who tried with great effort to answer the questions in the Christmas trivia contest, here are the correct answers.

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Question:
What world coin has a distinctive characteristic that is made necessary by its traditional method of production, and within 100 years, for how long was it produced?
Answer: The Asian cash coin, which has a square hole to assist in grinding off the stubs when the cast coins were removed from the multi-coin casting, produced for ~2,117 years.

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Question:
The first U.S. Mint was located on what street and taking over what building?
Answer:
1. Seventh St. and Sugar Alley.
2. Shubert Distillery

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Question:
What coins if any, struck for circulation by the US Mint,
have been issued, and in what years, without the word Liberty on them ?
Answer:
Flying Eagle cent - 1856 - 1858
Two Cent Piece 1864-1873
Three Cent Silver 1851-1873
Shield Nickel - 1866 - 1883

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