Trivia time

[chrisfuccione]

Last night I mentioned that we haven't had members post any trivia questions for a while. Well here is my first. The first person who gets it right gets the chance to post another question.

 

Here it is. What were the only proof medals struck by the U.S. Mint not intended for individual sale but as part of a set of coins. CHRIS

[truthteller]

Hmmmmmmm? I think they were the 1982 proof medals in the US proof set which were issued to fill the hole left by the SBA dollar. The mint used the left over proof holders in 1982, so they issued the medal until new holders were manufactured in 1983.

 

Gimme my prize!!!!!!!

 

 

TRUTH

[chrisfuccione]

Good job now the prize is you have to post a question. CHRIS

[truthteller]

I want free stuff!!!!

 

 

OK, here's the question. It's very, very difficult.

 

 

Which person was depicted on a US coin, who was still living at the time of coin minting, only to die in the same year?

 

 

TRUTH

[Leothelion]

G.W.

 

Leo

[TomB]

Carter Glass.

[truthteller]

The answer is Joseph T. Robinson. The Ark-Robinson commem was struck in January of 1937, even with a date of 1936, and Robinson died in July of that 1937.

 

Carter glass was indeed living when the Lynchburg commem was minted, however, he died in 1946

 

George Washington was indeed on the 1932 quarter and, but died quite a few years beforehand.

 

TRUTH

[Leothelion]

I thought GW appeared on quite a few coins before his death in 1799. They must not be US coins!

 

Leo

[truthteller]

K of J,

 

You are correct about his portrait. GW was on several medals pre 1799, but no coins struck in the US. Some of those medals are considered in the 'colonial' category, and are associated with colonial coinage, which is pre US coinage.

 

TRUTH

[TomB]

Dang! I was up in the air as to Robinson or Carter and I didn't want to look it up and cheat! Oh well. Good question though!

[EVillageProwler]

Tom,

 

Since when is doing research for an answer considered cheating? Did you learn nothing from your umpteen years in academia?

 

 

EVP

 

[TomB]

You are absolutely correct. I guess I was viewing this quiz as something we already knew and not as something we could find the answer to.

 

As to the years in academia, you mean I could have gotten out sooner?

[EVillageProwler]

you could've gotten out sooner if you had really cheated!