What coin am I?

1793 half cent?

 

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1792 half disme

 

"The smallest US coin ever made was equal to 5 of me."

I am not a coin, but am a denomination and a unit of value, the smallest one in the US according to the 1792 Coinage act.

Even some early US coins referred to me on their edges.

 

what is a mill? (1/10th of a cent)

 

Yep, Chip is up.

 

Who was the Philly mints in-house model from 1836 -1839?

 

Barbara Bush ?

 

Was that posthumous Peter the eagle?

 

That is korrect, Peter the eagle is mentioned as the model for the Gobrecht dollar

 

Okay. For our next question, assume you've gotten back to your car maybe two minutes after the meter ran out, and you're now the proud owner of a $100 parking ticket. You're understandably unhappy, and you'd like to share your unhappiness by paying the ticket with a nice, big, heavy pile of coins.

What US coin, issued for circulation, would weigh the very most in a quantity of $100 face value? (There are multiple correct answers, but please be quite specific about denomination and date-range or variety.)

 

I would guess $100 in Chain cents, or similar 1793 cents would weigh the most.

 

Oh, you again.

As best I can tell, yeah, the pre-1795 cents would be it -- chain, flowing hair, or early Liberty cap -- coming in at 134.8 kg, or almost 300 pounds. Later large cents would amount to only 109 kg, or 240 pounds.

Actually, half cents from the same period would yield exactly the same total weight; they were specified at just half the weight of a cent.

By contrast, pay with ten thousand Zincolns, and your statement would total just 25 kg, 55 pounds. Hardly worth the trouble.

(By the way, if you do decide to pay a fine with late-18th-century US cents, please let me know ahead of time. I'd like to be there to document the reactions of the people you're paying -- and, of course, to offer to relieve them of their large, heavy burden, exchanging for it good and convenient paper money.)

Next question!

 

Hmmm, how about i am a us coin who's nickname was "little sister"?

 

Good choice, but I don't want to monopolize this game, so I'll just give a hint - they pre-date clad coins by quite a bit.

 

How about the half cent.

 

Yep. You are up lgl.

 

Anthony de Francisci designed what coin?

 

Peace Dollar

 

That is correct, your turn rocky!

 

Which US coin had the inscription "United States of Ameri?"