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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GunLocators, post: 12437, member: 1044&quot;]<b>Here is what my research turned up</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Question 1: What was the first authorized coin to bear the poitrait of one of our presidents? (Hint: Keyword is &quot;authorized&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>My Guess: Well Lincoln Penny was the First in 1909 to contain a portrait but not so sure it was what you are calling authorized. My guess is the Washington Quarter. Seems fitting since he provided raw material for coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question 2: Why was there a suspension of silver dollar coinage from 1905 through 1920?</p><p><br /></p><p>Answer: No Morgan dollars were minted from 1905 through 1920 due to a shortage of silver bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question 3: When did the motto &quot;In God We Trust&quot; first appear on the nickel?</p><p><br /></p><p>Answer : 1866 and disappeared in in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. . Since 1938, all United States coins bear the inscription. Later, the motto was found missing from the new design of the double-eagle gold coin and the eagle gold coin shortly after they appeared in 1907. In response to a general demand, Congress ordered it restored, and the Act of May 18, 1908, made it mandatory on all coins upon which it had previously appeared. IN GOD WE TRUST was not mandatory on the one-cent coin and five-cent coin. It could be placed on them by the Secretary or the Mint Director with the Secretary&#039;s approval.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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