Quiz time!

I have decided to hold a contest celebrating my 40 years cancer-free and I am also celebrating my 5 year stroke survivor status.

RULES:
US CoinTalk members only.
The quiz will consist of 10 questions.
Submit answers by PM to me.
Each correct answer will entitle you to 1 entry (10 possible) into a drawing.
Contest will end on December 7th at 5pm.

There will be 3 winners. The winners will have a choice of prize in the order in which their names were drawn.
The prizes are: 1) 10-Presidential Dollars randomly chosen by me.
2) 6-Presidential Dollars randomly chosen by me.
3) 4-Presidential Dollars randomly chosen by me.
The 1st 2-winners will also receive an undisclosed prize with their Presidential Dollars. It will be up to them if they want to post what the unnamed prize was.​

GOOD LUCK!!!! :hail: (HINT: All answers can be found in the 2013 Red Book )

Karen

QUIZ QUESTIONS

1)What coin has been given a place in romantic fiction unequaled by any other coin?

2)How many centuries does the saga of American money cover and what dates?

3) What 2 terms mean 25 cents?

4) What state was the first to consider coinage? What were these coins made of? The only specimens known bear the date ______.

5) What 3 things did the Bland-Allison Act accomplish?

6) Who proposed a decimal coinage ratio designed to make conversion of various foreign currencies easier to compute in terms of a dollar-size unit?

7) What date was #6's plan incorporated into a report and presented by __________ _________, superintendent of finance, to the congress?

8) Name the most famous of all hoards in history.

9) On what date did Congress pass the Bland-Allison Act?

10) One real equals _________ cents and was known as a ________.

 

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Received my first entry today. They now have 10 chances of winning all 3 prizes unless someone else sends me their answers.

 

Congrats on being a survivor!

 

#3 needs clarification...

#8 is subject to opinion.

Please revise before I participate.

 

Congrats on being cancer-free for 40 years. And thanks for the contest!!

 

Congrats on being cancer-free for 40 years, Karen!!!!

I used a 2000 RedBook and found most of the answers in it. I hope that I got the others right.

Thanks for the contest!

 

See page 12 of the 2013 Red Book

See page 31 of the 2013 Red Book.

All answers can be found on pages 1-34 in the 2013 Red Book.

 

I will simply congratulate you and also thank you for the contest. Good luck to those who participate!

 

Bless you Karen for your fight against this dreaded disease........

 

A few of the answers are subject to personal opinions . But thank you nonetheless for the awesome contest and congrats on the no cancer for so long! I shall send in my answers momentarily.

 

Congratulations for staying cancer free and surviving stroke, Karen! And, thanks also for the contest.

 

Wow a stroke too? You are one trooper!

 

I'm Blessed and have a purpose on this earth that hasn't been fulfilled.
That's how I look at it.

I know some answers are debatable but decided to use the answers in the Red Book as the final decision. I don't want to offend anyone or deter their own opinions. I just thought this would be a great way for other people to get a crash history lesson. After all, how many of us truly read the introductory pages of the Red Book? I know I didn't. I just started looking up the coins I had on hand.

 

Today at 5pm is the deadline for this contest. A HUGE thank you to all who have participated so far!

 

Thanks for the contest 6 out of 10 from memory, don't think i did 2 bad.

 

Winners of quiz time!

Sorry for the delay. My husband surprised me and came home this weekend (OTR Truck Driver). Now it's back to business after a lovely dinner with the family.

Congratulations to the following people. Please send me your addresses:

1st Place: mikenoodle
2nd Place: ebunny
3rd Place: Zachkeaton

Thank you to all who entered!
Karen

 

Hey Karen -- thanks so much for the contest and the win!!

So happy that your husband gave you and your family a lovely surprise, too.

Season's Greetings to you and your family!

 

Once again, thanks for the contest! I had a blast going through and actually reading the redbook.

 

Thanks for the contest and congrats to all the winners! ... Continued good health to you Karen as well!

 

Answers to quiz time

Wanted to post the answers to the questions in the quiz. The answers here come directly from the 2013 Red Book.

QUIZ QUESTIONS

The Spanish Milled Dollar, or Pillar Dollar, or Piece of 8. (page 11)

Nearly 4 centuries from 1620 to present. (page 11)

Quarter dollar & two bits (page 12)

New Hampshire - Copper - 1776 (page 13)

1) Restored coinage of silver dollars
2) Required the Treasury to purchase at market prices 204 million dollars worth of silver each month
3) Coin silver into silver dollars at a ratio to Gold of 16 to 1. (page 20)

Assistant Financier of Confederation, Gov. Morris (page 13)

January 15, 1782 - Robert Morris (page 13)

The Great Treasury Release of 1962-1964 (page 31)

February 28, 1878 (page 20)

12 1/2 cents - bit (page 12)