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Message:: [QUOTE="coinmaster1, post: 1142665, member: 26741"]Sorry everybody who has advanced that I'm so late! I've been busy lately. I AM SHORTENING THIS CONTEST TO FIVE ROUNDS DUE TO A VACATION FROM APRIL 15th TO THE 18th. This round ends on April 3rd, 2011 at 11:59pm EST Here are the questions, and please PM me your answers: 1.) What are the common 1943 Wheat Cents made of?2.) Who designed the Double Eagle issued from 1850-1907?3.) What year Silver Eagle accidentially minted transitional errors? (Hint: it was a Burnished piece.)4.) Who was the previous Mint director? (Hint: They resigned in December 2010 and ended their position on January 9th, 2011.)5.) What was the first U.S. commemorative coin?6.) What year and denomination U.S. gold piece was made of California gold and even had "CAL." stamped into the reverse?7.) Who was the first Mint director?8.) What coin had a dozen of their type fly in the Discovery shuttle in 1999? (Hint: They were dated 2000.)9.) From cent to the dollar, what strange denomination U.S. coins had been minted from the mid-19th century to the 1870's?10.) What year did the most-famous U.S. commemorative coin craze take place?[/QUOTE]