Administrator LISA B Posted February 1, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 1, 2013 This weeks First and Second place winners will be picked at random… The question must be answered by Saturday at midnight EST QUESTION: Name at least three American coins that depict a plow. This week’s winner will win John M. Mercanti,Chief Engraver, United States Mint (RET.) “American Silver Eagles, A guide to the U.S. Bullion Coin Program” There will also be a runner up prize given to a selected player with the correct answer. REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth F Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Reuben Harmon, Jr's 1785 VERMONTIS and 1786 VERMONTENISUM 1787 New Jersey State Copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhardin2413 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 new jersey coppers 1786-87 1785 vermont copper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksoup Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 1: 1786 NJersy Nar Shld, Curv Plow Beam, BN (Regular Strike) 2: Vermont coppers is the name given to copper coins issued by the Vermont Republic.[1] The coins were first struck in 1785 and continued to be minted until Vermont's admission to the United States in 1791 as the State of Vermont. 3: Norfolk Virginia Bicentennial Half Dollar - 1936 --> Obverse Description: The image is the official seal of the city of Norfolk—a ship plow and stocks of grain—encircled by the inscriptions Borough of Norfolk Bicentennial 1936, City of Norfolk Virginia Town–1682, Borough–1736, City–1845, and Et Terra Et Mare Divitiae Tuae Crescas. Obverse Designer: William Marks Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1ncolnF4n Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 New Jersey Nova Caesarea coppers (1786) Vermont Coppers (1786) Myddelton tokens (1796) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
einstein0505-migration Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Vermont Landscape Coppers of 1785 and 1786 New Jersey Coppers : features a horse's head with a plow beneath it on the obverse, and the date appears beneath the plow on most examples. On the back of each coin is a shield with thirteen stripes New Hampshire Coppers New York Coppers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan8402 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 1785 & 1786 Vermont Copper 1786 New Jersey Copper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e1cnr Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 1- New Jersey coppers (various 1786-1788) 2- Vermont coppers (various 1785-1786) 3- 1936 Norfolk half dollar all have plows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAA Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 It didn’t take me much time to think of the first two coins on my list. Both the 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar and the 2000 Massachusetts State Quarter features a Minuteman standing in front of a plow. Try as I could I couldn’t think of another U.S. coin with a plow on it. Then I realized that you asked for the names of three American coins. I assume that this would include the Post-Colonial Pre-Federal issues authorized by the various states prior to the establishment of our federal coinage. After that aha moment I remembered that both New Jersey and Vermont had authorized copper coins which depicted plows on them. The New Jersey Coppers were minted between 1786 and 1788 and include twenty-two know varieties all of which depict a horse head above a plow on the obverse. The Vermont “Landscape” coppers of 1785 and 1786 have three varieties which depict plows on their obverse. Starting with the earliest and proceeding to the most recently struck my list of American coins which depict a plow on them is as follows: 1) Vermont “Landscape” copper pieces of 1785-1786 (3 varieties) 2) New Jersey “Horse Head and Plow” copper pieces of 1786-1788 (22 varieties) 3) 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar 4) 2000 Massachusetts State Quarter (includes 2000-P, 2000-D, 2000-S, and 2000-S [silver]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector1-migration Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Whew, another tough one this week. These are the four that I got. 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Half Dollar The 1786 New Jersey Copper The 1785 and 1786 Vermont Coppers Thanks for the contest and good luck to everyone else who enters! -theSharpGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAA Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 It didn’t take me much time to think of the first two coins on my list. Both the 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar and the 2000 Massachusetts State Quarter features a Minuteman standing in front of a plow. Try as I could I couldn’t think of another U.S. coin with a plow on it. Then I realized that you asked for the names of three American coins. I assume that this would include the Post-Colonial Pre-Federal issues authorized by the various states prior to the establishment of our federal coinage. After that aha moment I remembered that both New Jersey and Vermont had authorized copper coins which depicted plows on them. The New Jersey Coppers were minted between 1786 and 1788 and include twenty-two know varieties all of which depict a horse head above a plow on the obverse. The Vermont “Landscape” coppers of 1785 and 1786 have three varieties which depict plows on their obverse. Starting with the earliest and proceeding to the most recently struck my list of American coins which depict a plow on them is as follows: 1) Vermont “Landscape” copper pieces of 1785-1786 (3 varieties) 2) New Jersey “Horse Head and Plow” copper pieces of 1786-1788 (22 varieties) 3) 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar 4) 2000 Massachusetts State Quarter (includes 2000-P, 2000-D, 2000-S, and 2000-S [silver]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamD Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 1785 - 1788 NJ Copper Coins. 1785 - 1788 Vermont Copper Coins. 1785 - 1788 NY Copper Coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIM F. Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 1786, 1787, and 1788 New Jersey copper (many varieties) 1785 Vermonts copper 1785 Vermontis copper 1786 Vermontesium copper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnstyne Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 1785 Vermont Copper 1786 Vermont Copper 1786 New Jersey Copper straight plow 1786 New Jersey Copper curved plow I actually thought this one would be easy but that is all I could find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc7000 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 1786 conneticut copper 1787 vermont copper 1786 new jersey copper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc7000 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial Half Dollar 1787 Vermont Copper 1786 New Jersey Copper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator LISA B Posted February 8, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted February 8, 2013 Here I am… Sorry… QUESTION: Name at least three American coins that depict a plow. Answer: New Jersey coppers, Vermont coppers, Lexington-Concord Half Dollar, Massachusetts Quarter This week’s winner, TheSharpGun, has won a copy of, John M. Mercanti,Chief Engraver, United States Mint (RET.) “American Silver Eagles, A guide to the U.S. Bullion Coin Program” Dan8402 has won and NGC Single Coin Display Box… Thank you for playing and please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
