Following in the footsteps of Jody, this trivia will take a little research. 1. Who was the first actual woman used on a US coin and why? 2. There are 7 mint marks while there have been 8 mints. Why? 3. This is the first coin authorized by the US congress. What denomination was it? (Bonus Question) 4. Weight 2.49 grams; .900 silver, .100 copper; diameter 17.9 mm, reeded edge; minted in Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City. What coin is this?
1. Who was the first actual woman used on a US coin and why? The schoolteacher on the Morgan dollar? 2. There are 7 mint marks while there have been 8 mints. Why? There were two D mints, the Dahlogega, GA for gold coins and the Denver mint. 3. This is the first coin authorized by the US congress. What denomination was it? - Cent? (Bonus Question) 4. Weight 2.49 grams; .900 silver, .100 copper; diameter 17.9 mm, reeded edge; minted in Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City. Variety 3 Liberty Seated Dime!
Not the chain cent, but a good guess. Let me be a little more specific in the woman on the coin. All the early Liberty coins were modeled after someone, but there is one coin that actually displayed a woman's image that was specific to her. Who was she, and why was her imaged used?
Good answer. Why was she chosen? How about a shot at number 3. Do you know which cent was the first authorized by congress?
Queen Isabella was on a commemerative quarter for the Columbus 400th anniversary. Number 3: Fugio Cent??
I agree the Fugio cent was the first coins authorized IAW pg 63 of the Redbook. Now these coins were not issued by the mint but were contracted out to a Mr. James Jarvis and was coined at the expense of the contractor. Unless I am incorrect, the first cent have any recorded population that as minted by a goverment owned mint was the Liberty Cap Type Half Cent in 1739. Not getting any questions correct but learning a lot in the process
I thought the first coin was he half dime, made with Martha Washington's table silver? D/D is what I would have guessed, same with Queen Isabellea, on the quarter for the World's COLUMBIAN Exposition, which honored Columbus, who discovered America, whose journey was bankrolled by Queen Isabella of Spain. That other question with the silver stuff, who knows?
The first coins minted in the original Philly mint was the Half disme. Speculation has it that the silver was donated by the Washington family, and may even be Martha for the portrait. These coins were made in early 1792. These pattern coins were not the only ones minted that year. The Silver Cent, Birch Cent, and Quarter were also made during the year. All had very few mintages and are assumed to be presentation pieces. The first year of the mint was 1793. It only minted half cents and cents. Many consider 1794 as the first full production run as most of our nations circulating coins were made in that year. The quarter being the exception.
The half dismes struck on July 13th, 1792, were struck in the basement of a house at Sixth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia. The government had not yet bought the land that the mint would be built on. Dismes were the first coins minted in the actual mint building, sometime between September and December 1792. (this according to Breen.)
Birch Cent. The only one minted in accordance with the Mint Act of 1792 before it was amended to change the weight standards.
Good referrence work, you are referring to the Peter Getz dies created and "probably used" in the 6th and chestnut st. location. You also mention the Birch Cent as the first, as it followed the standards of 1792. Again, good research. If you read the Breen referrence to the July 8, 1792 letter to Washington, you will see that the Half Dismes and Cents struck were done by Mint employees. Therefore, even without the mint facility, which as you made mention wasn't owned, was still done under the authority of the US Mint. George Washington in his address made it clear that these two coins were in fact "legal tender", making them the first US Coins. Now to the Fugio Cent. On April 21, 1787 Congress passed the resolution authorizing this coin. If you see, I worded question number 3 with "congress authorized".
