1. Where were the first Mint-marked copper-nickel 5-cent pieces struck?

2. What year did Austria introduce a gold-colored 20 schilling?

3. What design feature on the back of the 1934C $20 Federal Reserve note changed in mid-series?

4. Who issues official presidential inaugural medals?

5. Is the US Mint required by law to sell uncirculated sets every year?

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1. Who designed the Roosevelt dime?

2. What does PROBA mean on coins of Poland?

3. On what modern Federal Reserve note does “E Pluribus Unum” appear?

4. Is the 1916 doubled Buffalo 5-cent piece listed in the Red book a planchet, die or striking error?

5. What was the approximate volume of coins produced by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1983?

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1. Where is the Mint mark on a 1969-D half dollar?

2. What is the monetary unit of South Africa?

3. What event did the $2 Federal Reserve note commemorate?

4. The Atwood-Coffee catalog focuses on what type of exonumia?

5. Which US silver denominations were struck in each of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries?

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1. A sundial appears on what two Colonial coins?

2. What country struck the ecu?

3. What veteran of the War of 1812 appears on a 1981 Federal Reserve note?

4. What is the diameter in millimeters of the Lincoln Cent?

5. Britain’s Royal Numismatic Society has what American counterpart?

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