Test Your Numismatic Knowledge.
We give clues concerning five different American coins, some rare, some not so rare. How many can you identify? Get three or more right, and you are doing well. Get four right, and you are in the expert class. Get all five correct, and you deserve a gold medal! Answers are given at the end.
1. This 20th-century coin was minted to the extent of only 52,000 pieces. The designer was Adolph A. Weinman. The first year of its design, it was largely overlooked by numismatists at the time of issue, although Philadelphia dealer Henry Chapman, for one, had a modest stock of them..
a. 1916-D Mercury
dime
b. 1913-S Type II
Buffalo nickel.
c. 1916 Standing
Liberty quarter.
d. 1921 Liberty
Walking half dollar.
2. The motif of all of these items except one included the portrait of the same historical person. Which one did not?
a. 1932 quarter
dollar.
b. 1900 Lafayette
dollar.
c. 1983 Olympic commemorative
dollar.
d. World War 11 $1 with HAWAII overprint.
3. Regarding Carson City Mint coinage, which one of the following coins is not considered to be a rarity?
a. 1876-CC quarter
dollar.
b. 1876-CC twenty-cent
piece.
c. 1870-CC $10 gold.
d. 1873-CC Liberty
Seated dollar.
4. In the 19th century, when coin collecting was just beginning to become popular, one of the most publicized American coin rarities was featured in advertisements and news items. For a long time, Ebenezer Locke Mason, Jr., stated that he would pay $25 for a nice one:
a. 1794 silver
dollar.
b. 1805/4 overdate
half dollar.
c. 1802 half
dime.
d. 1799 copper cent.
5. In Mint State, which one of the following Liberty Head nickels is particularly hard to find?
a. 1883 without
CENTS.
b. 1885.
c. 1901.
d. 1905.
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