YN Giveaway - open to all YN's or CU Forum members on behalf of a YN <WINNER POSTED>

relayer · February 15, 2005 12:13PM

Answer

It was first done by the states in 1793 or 1794
-The first silver dollars were authorized by Congress in 1792 and issued in 1794 (though they may have been minted in 1793, but I wasn't there)
After the Peace ended,
-Silver dollars were minted on and off since then, until the end of the Peace dollars in 1935
the victorious leader of the Wars was honored,
-General Dwight D. Eishenhower was the commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II and as President obtained a truce in Korea. He was honored by being placed on the new US Dollar coin in 1971
but not with the same core that was always used before.
-Starting in 1971 the dollars were clad and the days of US Silver Dollars had come to an end.

Results

There were 12 correct entries. The random tie breaker score was calculated taking the Minutes part of your post and who ever was closest to the cents portion of todays NASDQ close, which was 2061.34

That makes ccrdragon the winner (who posted at exactly 34 minutes past the hour).

Year MM Score Member
1971 43 09 MAD4MORGANS
1971 06 -28 ksteelheader
1971 25 -09 Dennis88
1792 12 -22 vega1
1793 21 -13 Neptune
1971 37 03 mercurydimeguy
1971 23 -11 Betta285
1971 14 -20 YCCY9229
1971 34 00 ccrdragon
1971 59 25 Cherwood
1971 19 -15 RYC
1971 36 02 tn218
1794 33 -01 coinandcurrency242
1971 55 21 MrLee
1971 57 23 ddbird

This contest is open to all YN (18 and under) or any CU Forum member on behalf of a YN (who will be given the coins).

Here is the prize:

All you have to do is reply with the year of this important numismatic event as described in this Nostradamus-esque passage:

It was first done by the states in 1793 or 1794
After the Peace ended,
the victorious leader of the Wars was honored,
but not with the same core that was always used before.

To enter, identify this numismatic event and reply with the YEAR it occurred.

The contest ends Thursday 12/17/2005 at 11:59 PM PST and the winner will be selected at random from all of the correct entries.

MAD4MORGANS · February 15, 2005 5:43PM

Just guessing....1971?

ksteelheader · February 15, 2005 7:06PM

1971 for my grand daughter Randi in my sig line!

Dennis88 · February 15, 2005 9:25PM

1971

vega1 · February 15, 2005 10:12PM

The first US coin was struck (with a silver plug) in 1792

Edited to add, this is on behalf of my ten year old son.

Neptune · February 15, 2005 10:21PM

well, my googles reveal nothing, but on behalf of my YN's who are children of my identical twins who were born in 1971 on two different days (before and after midnight), I will guess that the year: 1793?

mercurydimeguy · February 15, 2005 10:37PM

Well, on behalf of my YN son (his name is Noah...he has a couple of registry sets he and I are building), if you said that the U.S. started doing this in 1794, then he thinks the answer is 1971

1794 -- first year the silver dollar was struck
After Peace ended, means that this coin came after (a dollar)
To honor victorious leaders (Eisenhower)
But not with the same core (clad)

So, the answer is 1971 and the coin missing from the picture -- the 1971 Ike $1

...but you said 1793, and he doesn't think there were any $1 made in 1793

Well, he'll go with 1971 anyway

Betta285 · February 16, 2005 6:23AM

The first u.s. dollars were issued in 1794
The Peace was a dollar coin from 1921-35, excluding 64, which made the event after then
Eisenhower was a major leader in Europe durring WWII
1971 was the first year a dollar was produced of a clad composition

I'm going to say the issuing of the Ike Dollar in 1971 as my answer. Thanks you veyr much for holding this generous giveaway!!

jim