Give and Take, a Trivia game

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FOR CAMLOV 2 ONLY!
The United States Mint's track record for one-cent pieces is phenomenal. Since 1793 it has produced a penny (with 1857 signifying the switch from the large cent to the small cent) every single year up until the present day... EXCEPT during one year! What year was a U.S. one-cent piece not struck and issued for circulation during the interim of 1793-2010? What were the conditions behind the situation?

 

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This question may be hard or easy depending on your collecting interests.

Which year, mm, US Silver coin has a sought after variety known as the "Comet head single leaf" variety?

Thank you for the entry into your contest, if by chance I should pull the upset, I would prefer that the prize go to a yn.

 

The above question is for the contest originator, Camlov. I would have edited my post but I am post editing shy.

 

The penny was not produced in 1815 due to a shortage of copper (due to the war of 1812)

I could find an 1807 Draped Bust cent that is called a "Comet Head" but that is not silver and doesn't have one leaf. Having trouble finding something other than that.

Both of you get an entry, I would be interested in knowing more about the other comet coin.

 

Next question open to everyone-

The next question deals with coins, any coin pictured in the red book will work.
Make a list of all types of animals and a coin they appear on. Largest list wins.

Deadline is 48 hours from this post.
still a 24 hour delay for those already with an entry into the contest (but it probably won't be a problem with this question).

 

By animal, how specific can we be? Is "eagle" and "hummingbird" acceptable, or are you keeping it at species, i.e. just "bird?"


edit: And just for further clarification, we definitely CANNOT do plants, right? Just in case anyone later on tries to manipulate the definition of animal as organism. lol

 

I thought you might call the Draped Bust cent of 1807, so I made sure to mention the silver coin to rule that one out. The One I was looking for was the capped bust half dollar of 1817, which is Overton number 106a, it is listed as an r4 coin, with a medium amount of collector interest according to Edgar Souders, book "The Top 100 r-4 and r-5 Capped Bust Half Dollar Varieties & Sub-Varieties". Values for an xf (the area I am trying to focus in on is listed at between 190-400$. Souders writes, if you see the die crack that gives the comet look to the head, "flip it over the reverse usually shows no dentillation, the upper olive leaf is a single washed out looking leaf."

 

an eagle and a hummingbird are not the same. (for the record I am not saying that there is an eagle on any us coin, you will have to find one if it exists)

 

oh yeah, a plant is not an animal, geesh.

 

if you would like to PM me answers you can (so that others can't see what you have found). I will post the number of animals found but not the animals or the coins.

 

So who won?

 

+1 :yes:

 

Sadly I only got one pm. With two animals listed cubenewb was the winner. All he could find were a hippocamp and a mermaid. Strange, I though there were more...

Ready for your question-

 

Well how was I supposed to find more when you ruled out plants!? lol

For Camlov2 Only!
Many coins from specific years have high variations in their designs. Some, for example, have marginally larger text on certain portions of the coin, large and small mintmarks, large and small dates, differing compositions, or even different obverse and reverse designs altogether, all within the same year. I request the penny (1793-2010) that has the highest 'variability,' excluding variations in mint mark type (i.e. "1999" is not a valid answer; "1999-P with two variations" (CAM and WAM) would be acceptable). Give me the year and mint mark of the particular penny, and also how many 'variations' there are of it. Please also note to not include Proof samples; keep it all business strike.

The question is sort of complex and I'm not sure if I worded it very clearly; below are some examples of answers you could submit:
-1969-S: 2; Normal and Doubled Die Obverse
-1960-D: 3; Large Date, Small Date, and D over D

 

I think I am going to need more than my 1982 (P) which has 4 types....
off to research.

 

...and back with nothing. I don't have the resources here regarding varieties and I wasn't able to find anything really helpful online. I guess you will need to teach me about this one. I know I have heard of a coin with 6 varieties but I am sure that doesn't even come close.

 

Well, keep in mind that this question was devised rather hastily, and with limited resources also. The coin you are talking about is the one I had in mind, specifically the 1803 Draped Bust (-P), with the 6 varieties below:
- Small Date, Small Fraction
- Small Date, Large Fraction
- Large Date, Small Fraction
- Large Date, Large Fraction
- 1/100 over 1/000
- Stemless Wreath

I conjured this question after a quick perusal of the 2010 Red Book; as such the answer may be wrong (since I don't have the Cherry Picker's guide yet, so I only know the fairly mainstream anomalies). But yeah, my intent was the 1803 cent, so given the context in which I devised the question.... there you have it. lol

 

I am pulling my Fivaz-Stanton list for review of this one. I have it on a flash drive and can get it later today.

 

Thanks, I think you can offer up some excellent information on this inadvertently difficult question I've created

 

entries Krispy (4), cubenube (2), swish513, d.t.menace, wassappening, Duke Kavanaugh, lincolncent, chip.

Next question, should be quick.
What was the series of the last silver certificate produced? (some example series are 2009, 2003A)