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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 1489994, member: 6986&quot;]Question #20: Between 1870 and 1913 the BEP printed checks for the US government and its agencies featuring portraits of famous Americans. Identify the portrait on the checks printed by the BEP for the following agencies. You will get one point for each correct answer. Some answers may be repeated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Answer #20:&nbsp; See the images and information below.&nbsp; The answers are based on observed examples and it is possible that other answers are correct.&nbsp; If you think you have a different correct answer please post the item below.&nbsp; I will wait until this Sunday for other possible answers and post the results then.</p><p><br /></p><p>War Department - Henry Stanton.&nbsp; There are many different types of War Department checks with Stanton&#039;s portrait.&nbsp; This is one of them.</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/War1894.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Navy Department - Admiral Farragut</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/NavyFar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Commissioners of the District of Columbia - George Washington</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/DCMilitia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Commissioners of the Freedmen&#039;s Savings and Trust Company - Abraham Lincoln</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/NewYork.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Department of the Interior US Pension Agency - General Philip Sheridan</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Pension1904.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago - General Henry Lawton</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/PhilArch.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Treasurer of the Philippine Islands - General Henry Lawton</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/PhilIsland.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Treasury of the Philippine Islands at Manila P.I. - William McKinley</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/PhilTreas.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Department of Agriculture - J.M. Rusk</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Agriculture.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Comptroller of the Currency - Samuel Dexter</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Comptroller1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Treasurer of the District of Columbia - George Washington</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/DC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Geneva Award - Salmon P. Chase</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Geneva1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Isthmian Canal Commission - Henry Stanton</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/IsthmianCanalCommission.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Department of Justice - John Marshall</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Justice.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Library of Congress - Salmon P. Chase</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/LibraryofCongress.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>3% Loan of 1908-1918 - Abraham Lincoln</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/31908.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post Office Department</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Untitled.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Government Printing Office - John DeFrees</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/GPO.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>US Treasurer Transfer Account - Samuel Dexter</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Cash1902.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>US-Canada Water Boundary Commission - Samuel Dexter</p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/assttus188.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Rules:</p><p>1. The contest will consist of a series of 20 questions about the BEP and its history.</p><p>2. One question will be posted at a time and run for five days. The closing date and time will be listed with the question.</p><p>3. Answers must be private messaged to me prior to the deadline. Answers received after the deadline will not be counted. Please do not answer on the board.</p><p>4. The correct answer will be posted when the time for answering has expired.</p><p>5. The person who answers the most questions correctly will win the first prize consisting of (1) the Durst reprint of the BEP Centennial book, (2) a CD-Rom of the Pick Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues and (3) a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. Second prize will be the same without the Durst reprint book. Third prize will only be a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series.</p><p>6. If there is a tie at the end, the prize will go to the person who answered the first question correctly in the least amount of time.</p><p>7. I am the sole judge as to interpretation of the rules and whether an answer is correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t209366/#ixzz20tL9zCIs" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t209366/#ixzz20tL9zCIs">http://www.cointalk.com/t209366/#ixzz20tL9zCIs</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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