Jason’s Coin Contest Giveaway #4 **1,100 Post Coin Contest Giveway**

Jason’s Coin Contest Giveaway #4

Contest will end at 14:30 CST on 4 December 2016​

As promised lets’ jump straight into Coin Contest Giveaway #4​

So, let’s begin. Please answer each question and submit your answers to me via PM. You are more than free to discuss the questions on the forum and it is recommended but remember; others might just copy the answer that YOU did all the work to answer. Depending on how many people participate will determine how much more of a chance you could WIN!!! The point of this coin giveaway contest is so that you can expand your numismatic minds and find out a little more about the glorious and beloved hobby we call Numismatics. All answers must be submitted in exactly 7 days from the exact time the contest begins. I will provide the ending time of the weekly contests to avoid confusion. Some or all questions were used from the archives of Bowers & Merena Galleries, Wolfeboro, NH. Thank you.

Jason’s Coin Contest Giveaway #4​

1. Dr. William H. Sheldon, whose grading number system was adopted by the ANA and which is now used by everyone, and whose classification of 1793-1814 half cents is standard today, was written up by the New York Times Magazine a few years ago in connection with his:


a. Placing microfilm with military secrets in a pumpkin, where a Russian spy could pick it up.

b. Ice cream socials hosted at the American Numismatic Society in New York City.

c. Photographing nearly-nude Yale University students.

d. Secret career as a gag writer for Abbott and Costello.







2. This president has been slighted numismatically, and his only image on a legal tender coin is on the commemorative s relating to Mount Rushmore, and even then, his image is very small:



a. George Washington.

b. James Knox Polk.

c. James Buchanan.

d. Theodore Roosevelt.





3. In 1952 Numismatic News was founded in Iola, Wisconsin, by Chester (“Chet”) Krause, who at the time was a:


a. Feature writer for the Saturday Review of Literature.

b. Carpenter.

c. Stock analyst for Merrill Lynch.

d. Lithographer of show and circus posters, working in Baraboo in the same state.




4. In 1901 President McKinley was mortally wounded while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The telegrapher who flashed the news around the world was a numismatist and part-time dealer who in 1902 is living in Pittsburgh, soon to move to New York City to establish a prominent rare coin dealership:



a. Wells W. Healey

b. Thomas L. Elder

c. Maurice Stack

d. John Stanton




5. Just about anyone can afford a specimen of this common but historically fascinating coin. Released on August 2 of the year in question, it became popular immediately. However, certain uninformed observers criticized the initials of the coin’s engraver, which were given a prominent place on the coin. The Mint reacted by removing the initials from future dies, thus isolating this variety as a one-year-only design type.



a. 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln cent.

b. MCMVII (1907) High Relief $20 with monogram ASG (for Augustus Saint-Gaudens) on the obverse above the date.

c. 1878 Silver dollar designed by George T. Morgan, with his “M” initial on both the obverse and reverse.

d. 1913 Buffalo nickel by James Earle Fraser, obverse die signed by him

 

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So many giveaways here! Keep it up Jason, it's awesome!

 

Thanks I really appreciate your kind comments.

Jason

 

Greetings one and All!!!​

We have successfully completed Coin Contest #4 and we have a WINNER!!!


We had (4) individuals that got ALL the answers correct; but there can only be


ONE!!! (Highlander reference, ha-ha) Names were put into a hat and we now have


our winner!!!



I would like to thank all that participated in Jason’s Coin Contest Giveaway #4.

Congratulations to: Seattlite86​

Your prize consists of:​

1884-O Silver Morgan Dollar – Donated by Roy Greenwood (ret. CSM) owner of W&M Coin Shop in Lawton, OK



1925 Silver Peace Dollar – Donated by Allan Rhodes (numismatic friend)



Silver Nativity Coin with John, Mary and Baby Jesus

Hope you like your gifts!!!!​

Please PM your mailing address and I will send out your prizes as soon as possible.


Now that Jason's Coin Contest #4 is over I will provide the answers to each question for all to see. Thank you for participating and hope to see you for in my FINAL Contest #5!!!!

ANSWERS!!!​

Jason’s Coin Contest Giveaway #4

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1. Dr. William H. Sheldon, whose grading number system was adopted by the ANA and which is now used by everyone, and whose classification of 1793-1814 half cents is standard today, was written up by the New York Times Magazine a few years ago in connection with his:


a. Placing microfilm with military secrets in a pumpkin, where a Russian spy could pick it up.

b. Ice cream socials hosted at the American Numismatic Society in New York City.

c. Photographing nearly-nude Yale University students.

d. Secret career as a gag writer for Abbott and Costello.




2. This president has been slighted numismatically, and his only image on a legal tender coin is on the commemoratives relating to Mount Rushmore, and even then, his image is very small:



a. George Washington.

b. James Knox Polk.

c. James Buchanan.

d. Theodore Roosevelt.





3. In 1952 Numismatic News was founded in Iola, Wisconsin, by Chester (“Chet”) Krause, who at the time was a:


a. Feature writer for the Saturday Review of Literature.

b. Carpenter.

c. Stock analyst for Merrill Lynch.

d. Lithographer of show and circus posters, working in Baraboo in the same state.




4. In 1901 President McKinley was mortally wounded while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The telegrapher who flashed the news around the world was a numismatist and part-time dealer who in 1902 is living in Pittsburgh, soon to move to New York City to establish a prominent rare coin dealership:


a. Wells W. Healey

b. Thomas L. Elder

c. Maurice Stack

d. John Stanton




5. Just about anyone can afford a specimen of this common but historically fascinating coin. Released on August 2 of the year in question, it became popular immediately. However, certain uninformed observers criticized the initials of the coin’s engraver, which were given a prominent place on the coin. The Mint reacted by removing the initials from future dies, thus isolating this variety as a one-year-only design type.




a. 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln cent.

b. MCMVII (1907) High Relief $20 with monogram ASG (for Augustus Saint-Gaudens) on the obverse above the date.

c. 1878 Silver dollar designed by George T. Morgan, with his “M” initial on both the obverse and reverse.

d. 1913 Buffalo nickel by James Earle Fraser, obverse die signed by him