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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 25460796, member: 77639&quot;]Cal’s Coin Trivia Quiz #2.&nbsp; Try to answer from your mind or paper sources first before asking Prof. Google.&nbsp; And please, only one answer per member gives more folks a chance to participate.</p><p><br /></p><p>2-1.&nbsp; Name a U.S. coin that did not have “UNITED STATES” inscribed on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>2-2.&nbsp; What is the heaviest coin produced in a U.S. mint prior to the recent 5 oz coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>2-3.&nbsp; What U.S. sculptor, who was never a mint employee, designed a sitting liberty U.S. coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>2-4.&nbsp; What was the first U.S. coin designed by a woman?</p><p><br /></p><p>2-5.&nbsp; What is the largest diameter coin produced in a U.S. mint prior to the recent 5 oz coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>---------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Some definitions applicable to the quiz: </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin is a cast, milled or struck metal, glass or plastic object that, within approximate limits, is a cylinder (including elliptical) or right polyhedron, has a design or inscription, and was created by a government as a medium of exchange or has a monetary value inscribed.&nbsp; The object must have a width significantly greater than height. Objects having the foregoing physical characteristics, created under authority of a noble, company or military organization, and widely used as a medium of exchange are also coins.&nbsp; Counterfeits are not coins unless later accepted by governmental or military authorities to be one as described above.&nbsp; Paper, plastic or other fabric currency, stamps, checks, and bonds are not coins even if encased in metal, glass or other hard substance.&nbsp; Objects found in nature, like shells, rocks, gems, and wood, even if carved, stamped, milled, inscribed or otherwise altered, are not coins.&nbsp; Native metals are an exception if processed into a coin as described above.</p><p><br /></p><p>“U.S.” means United States … the country that began 4 Mar 1789 when the Constitution took effect.&nbsp; “U.S. coin” means a coin minted in a U.S. mint, said mint under the authority of the U.S. Government … colonial, Confederation, Confederate, territorial, private, assay office, etc. don’t count.&nbsp; Objects produced by U.S. mints and designated by the U.S. government as medals are not U.S. coins.&nbsp; Coins produced by U.S. mints for U.S. territories or protectorates, or for foreign governments are not U.S. coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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