Week # 221 - Dust off your thinking caps

[Guest]

QUESTION:

 

Who drafted the Mint Act of 1873 and later appeared on a national bank note?

 

Good Luck!

 

Our first place winner will receive a copy of the "United States Coins NGC Census Report for July 2006". There will also be a runner up prize given to a radomly selected player.

 

 

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[BankNote1]

John J. Knox ! He is on the 1902 $100.00 note!!!

[jtryka]

I will guess John Sherman.

[zrlevin]

John Jay Knox

[MunkyMan95]

Grover Cleaveland?

[rtpjr]

James Pollock

[TJ]

John Jay Knox

[cpm9ball]

If you are referring to the Coinage Act of 1873, it was John Jay Knox............I think.

 

Chris

[mhardin2413]

chase.

[saen78]

John Jay Knox

[Coinguy19]

Geroge S. Boutwell I got no idea

[Admiral Mike-migration]

This bill was introduced by Ohio Senator John Sherman on a proposal of Treasury Secretary George S. Boutwell. Was later referred to as "The Crime of 1873". His portrait appears on the $50 First National Bank of Lake Geneva. Charter # 3125. He also appears on the $50 Seaboard National Bank of San Francisco, Charter # 9141.

[satootoko]

John Jay Knox

[Guest]

QUESTION:

 

Who drafted the Mint Act of 1873 and later appeared on a national bank note?

 

ANSWER:

 

John J. Knox (Comptroller of the Currency 1872-84)

 

Congratulations to our lst place winner BankNote1 you have won a copy of the "United States Coins NGC Censur Report" for July 2006.

 

 

Congratulations to our runner up winner Saen78, you will be receiving a display box.

 

Thanks for playing this weeks Numisma-Quest. Dont forget to stop by for this weeks PMG quest.

[Lamar]

Senator John Sherman and Representative William Kelley were the drafters of the Mint Act of 1873, I think John Sherman went on to appear on a National Bank Note.

[WinstonWare]

I'll go with the majority - John Jay Knox