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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 1357907, member: 6986&quot;]Question # 2:&nbsp; What was the first series of US paper money to be completly engraved and printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing?</p><p>Answer:&nbsp; First Series of Fractional Currency (or Postage Currency) in 1863.</p><p><br /></p><p>Five of the participants answered this question correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me know by PM if you are OK with posting a table of the participants and the running score.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is question #3:</p><p><br /></p><p>At the request of the BEP, between 1912-1918 the Treasury Department used a certain process on US paper money that would be frowned upon by collectors if done today.&nbsp; What was the process?</p><p><br /></p><p>The deadline for answering is 8:00PM Central Monday January 30, 2012.</p><p><br /></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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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