1. What three trees appear on silver Massachusets Colonial coins?

2. Who wrote "The comprehensive Catalog of US Paper Money"?

3. Were any 1938-S Buffalo 5-cent pieces struck?

4. What US Mints struck uncirculated specimens of the 1984 Olympic dollar?

5. What does CNA stand for?

Answers

1. Pine, Oak and Willow
2. Gene Hessler
3. No
4. Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco
5. Canadian Numismatic Association

1. At the US Mint, what side is generally the lower die?

2. What are bracteates?

3. What landmark appears on notes issued by Gibraltar?

4. What Mint struck the double eagle overdate of 1909/8?

5. The George Washington commemorative half dollar depicts what structure on the reverse?

Answers

1. Reverse
2. Thin, waferlike silver coins
3. The rock
4. Philadelphia
5. Mount Vernon

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1. What are the two varieties of Lousiana Purchase Exposition commemorative gold dollars?

2. What is the monetary unit of Italy?

3. What feature of Andrew Jackson has gradually disappeared since first used on US paper money?

4. A coin bearing a 'P' mint mark was struck at what US mint?

5. Who wrote "Hight Profits from Rare Coin Investment"?

Answers

1. Jefferson obverse, McKinley obverse
2. Lira
3. His fingers
4. Philadelphia Mint
5. David Bowers