Week # 164 Happy Memorial Day! It's Question Time!

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

Name any two USA coins known to have been struck but of which no examples are known to survive.

 

Good Luck!

 

Our first place winner will receive a copy of the April US Coin Census report. A prize will be awarded to a randomly selected player.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends/ended on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia Info post for more details.

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Edited by Melissa (05/27/05 04:35 PM)

 

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[reid1836]

1873 s no arrows half and 1873-s silver dollar

[Hoot]

1964 Peace dollar and the 1979 Gasparro Liberty Head dollar.

 

Hoot

[gmarguli]

1964-D Peace $ & 1895 business strike $.

[TJ]

33 Double Eagle

64 Peace Dollar

[Weather11-migration]

1841 O 5 Dollar gold piece and the 1873 S one dollar.

[prooflike]

1873-S Seated Dollar (700 minted, unknown in any collection)

1964-D Peace Dollar (316,076 minted, supposedly all melted)

[midijab-migration]

1964 Peace Dollar 1974 Aluminum Lincoln Cent

[BankNote1]

The $50 Half Union and the $100 Union???

[JamminJ]

1964 Peace dollar

 

Proofs of the Bicentennial dollar were coined in 1974 at the Philadelphia Mint without a mintmark

[Ed Daggett]

1964 Peace Dollar

 

1792 copper half disme

[CarolinaCollector]

1873-S Seated Silver Dollar

1964-D Peace Dollar

 

Rumors are that examples of both exist.

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

Name any two USA coins known to have been struck but of which no examples are known to survive.

 

ANSWERS:

 

1870-S quarter dollar, 1873-S half dollar without arrows, 1964-D silver dollar, 1841-O half eagle, 1895 silver dollar (excluding proofs), 1873-S silver dollar, 1976 quarter dollar without mintmark, 1976 half dollar without mintmark.

 

Congratulations Reid1836! You had the first correct response. You will be receiving an April Census book.

 

Congratulations Prooflike! You are the runner up winner this week. You will be receiving a display box.

 

 

Thanks for playing and stop back next week for another question. Keep up the good work!

[prooflike]

Thanks for the prize!