1. The middle name of Salmon P. Chase is also the name of a city in Oregon. What is the name?

2. Where were Nova Constellatio coppers struck?

3. Where is the eagle on a Franklin half dollar?

4. Before 1961, where did 3 pies equal 1 pice, 4 pice equal 1 anna and 15 annas equal 1 rupee?

5. Were Confederate notes ever considered legal tender by the U.S. government?

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The folks over at TopTenz put together a list of the top ten most valuable American coins. The list isn’t all that scientific or rigorous, but it’s a fun look at the big boys of rare coins from the sidelines.

I can only imagine what it would be like to have the means to buy one of these.

1. What were the first Colonial coins in the English U.S. Colonies?

2. What sea creatures are shown on Iceland’s 1981 5 kronur?

3. What comes first in the plate position indicator, number or letter?

4. Since 1936, when has production of U.S. Proof sets been suspended?

5. On what modern U.S. coin was an eagle added to the design as an afterthought?

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1. Is the Mint mark raised or incused on a die?

2. What formerly traditional feature is missing from the post-war coins of Norway?

3. What country issued “kreditivsedlar”?

4. Is a die adjustment coin an example of a planchet, die or striking error?

5. Which of the U.S. Olympic coins does not depict a flaming torch?

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1. What two 1976 coins show flaming torches?

2. What three denominations of Olympic commemoratives did Canada strike in 1976?

3. What two types of U.S. paper money was overprinted with HAWAII during World War II?

4. Who appears on the 1984 half ounce American Arts Gold Medallion?

5. What is the last new U.S. denomination authorized still being struck?

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