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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinman0456, post: 726154, member: 18177&quot;]Okay, time to test your Numismatic Historical Knowledge. Try to answer the following Questions, and compose a paragraph about that collector,Dealer or cataloguer. Good Luck! Prizes for the member who provides the most correct answers and a 2nd place prize for the best composition of a correct answer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IDENTIFY THESE 20th CENTURY COIN DEALERS BY THE ADVERTISING SLOGANS THEY USED.</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) &quot;Don&#039;t stand on your head to read this advertisment, but I have what you want below&quot; .</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) &quot;We all have our hobbies&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>(3) &quot; Mint Marks&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>* Now identify the collector, Dealer or Cataloguer of the following questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>(4) At the Stickney sale I bid $6,100 on the Brasher Dabloon. My collection of American Colonials,Silver and Private Gold was considered the finest in existence&nbsp; at the time of my death in 1908.</p><p><br /></p><p>(5) I was commissioned to catalogue the James B. Wilson Sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>(6) I was the absent Host of an A.N.A. Convention.</p><p><br /></p><p>(7)</p><p>I had come to America in 1763 and was know to have at that time the best well documented collection of Coins and Medals, totaling roughly 135 pieces. In 1776 I was requested to consult on the 1st committee. I am credited with having suggested the &quot;Triangle and the Eye of Providence&quot; for the Great Seal.</p><p><br /></p><p>*General Questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>(8) When the head of the Head Of Liberty is tied at the back, it is called?</p><p><br /></p><p>(9) The small space between the bottom of the bust, or type and the rim is called?</p><p><br /></p><p>(10)&nbsp; The Earliest reference to the use of &quot; E Pluribus Unum&quot; was?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun researching if you readily do not know these answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Don&#039;t rush your answers. The contest time will close Two weeks from today at midnight. Post your answers and Paragraph Bio one at a time, I will keep score.</p><p><br /></p><p>******Somewhere within these questions are a set of&nbsp; KEY&#039;s , that will unlock a doorway to assist you in this contest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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