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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 647920, member: 9474&quot;]Please answer these questions and pm me your answers.&nbsp; And one other thing.... These are due by Thursday.&nbsp; Thanks. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Please give the exact date as to when the US government made it legal for you to buy, sell and hold all US and foreign gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. What denomination is an eagle?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Please explain how the term &quot;bourse&quot; relates to numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. What year was it made mandatory to include the motto &quot;In God We Trust&quot; on US coinage?</p><p><br /></p><p>5. When someone refers to the &quot;device&quot; of a coin, what are they referring to?</p><p><br /></p><p>6. What was the exact date that Congress enacted a law that said that changes to US coinage cannot be made more frequently than once every 25 years?</p><p><br /></p><p>7. What is the difference between a proof set and a mint set? And explain what the term &quot;Mint sealed Proof sets&quot; mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. Did you know that three out of the first 4 &quot;real&quot; people to appear on US coins were foreigners?&nbsp; Name these three people and the year and coins they were on.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; Both matte proofs and sandblast proofs (also know as &quot;satin&quot; proofs) use a process of blasting the surface of the coin with fine sand particles to create their look, but one occurs before the coin is struck and the other occurs after.&nbsp; Which are they?</p><p><br /></p><p>10. Was the US the first country to offer clad coinage of the &quot;sandwhich&quot; variety? And if not, what country was it?</p><p><br /></p><p>11. Why was a clad composition, instead of pure nickel, chosen for the new, silver-less coinage?</p><p><br /></p><p>12. What year did the mintmark first appear on US coinage and from what mint were they issued?</p><p><br /></p><p>13.&nbsp; What do the 1905-S Coronet quarter eagle and the 1915-O Barber half dollar have in common?</p><p><br /></p><p>14. What was the first coin to be issued by authority of the United States and when was it issued?</p><p><br /></p><p>15. What was the first silver dollar size coin ever proposed for the United States?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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