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<p>[QUOTE="Sholom, post: 866359, member: 17753"]Folks, I don't have much to offer . . . . but I _do_ have access to the new Hot Springs Quarter that was released a few hours ago (I picked up a bunch and just got back).</p><p><br /></p><p>And so . . . the theme of this contest is "Americana and Coins". There are five questions. *Every* person that gets all five correct will get an uncirculated Hot Springs Quarter set (P & D). If nobody gets all five, then everybody who gets four correct will receive the prize.</p><p><br /></p><p>Answers by 12 noon Eastern Time tomorrow. Please PM me with your answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. In what year did the District of Columbia elect their first mayor?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. What US coin, mintage over one million, was hoarded by a single person who was able to hoard over 1/3 of the specimens ever made? Who was the hoarder? (Edit: to clarify, I am looking for a specific year/mintmark/coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. What circulating coin depicts a person on its obverse, and the person's full surname on the reverse?</p><p><br /></p><p>4. What circulating coin depicts a person (other than Lincoln) on its obverse and the same person is depicted on the reverse? (Edit: there are actually two answers to this)</p><p><br /></p><p>5, Name a common American ancestor of Sarah Palin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sholom, post: 866359, member: 17753"]Folks, I don't have much to offer . . . . but I _do_ have access to the new Hot Springs Quarter that was released a few hours ago (I picked up a bunch and just got back). And so . . . the theme of this contest is "Americana and Coins". There are five questions. *Every* person that gets all five correct will get an uncirculated Hot Springs Quarter set (P & D). If nobody gets all five, then everybody who gets four correct will receive the prize. Answers by 12 noon Eastern Time tomorrow. Please PM me with your answers. 1. In what year did the District of Columbia elect their first mayor? 2. What US coin, mintage over one million, was hoarded by a single person who was able to hoard over 1/3 of the specimens ever made? Who was the hoarder? (Edit: to clarify, I am looking for a specific year/mintmark/coin) 3. What circulating coin depicts a person on its obverse, and the person's full surname on the reverse? 4. What circulating coin depicts a person (other than Lincoln) on its obverse and the same person is depicted on the reverse? (Edit: there are actually two answers to this) 5, Name a common American ancestor of Sarah Palin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt?[/QUOTE]
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