CU version of U.S. Coin Jeopardy!
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Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
3: Answer: Fended off an 8 pound sand shark with 6 pound mono line and a Swiss Army knife.
All questions will be coin related. Collectors and coins....maybe a bit of exonumia as well.
Question:
What well known US Coin Collector acquired several 1933 Gold Double Eagles?
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Israel Switt has been correctly solved. I'll add number 4.
What is my prize?
Who is B. Max Mehl?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Correct:
Who is Henrietta Howland Green, mother to Col. E.H.R. Green, coin collector best known as the possessor of all five 1913 Liberty Nickels.
Question: Name (2) "Legendary" Female Coin Dealers.
I'll give it to you. I was thinking the auctioneer and high bidder on the World record US coin sale (1794 dollar).
Thank-you,,,,, I am sure Alex Trebek would have done the same thing.
Winner. Always read about her in Guinness book of world records.
Question: Name the daughter of a former U.S. Mint Superintendent in San Francisco.
Question: Who is Buddy Ebsen?
...need a bit more on this one.
In the early 1900's?
Keep Googling. not there yet.
She started her job as a Forest Service Look-Out in 1913 and thus prevented a fire that could have burned the SF Mint to the ground which in turn could have cause so much grief in The US Mint Familyhood that the ensuing depression of the Mint employee's would have prevented the striking of the (5) 1913 Liberty Nickels.
OK, I might be pushing it a little bit here,,,,,
I now have to go and research my possible bids for tomorrows Great Collections Auction:
Thanks for the guesses, Grandam!
""There are many theories as to why 24 proof Dimes were minted in 1894 at San Francisco. Only 10 are confirmed to exist today and this coin is likely the third finest known. The most widely accepted theory is that the Mint Superintendent, John Daggett, had high ranking visitors he wanted to impress with special coins. No one knows for sure why he picked the Dime, except that he needed to balance a $2.40 deficit in the Mint ledger, so striking 24 dimes achieved dual purposes. After minting and distribution to his friends and guests, he gave 3 or 4 coins to his daughter, Hallie Daggett.
This story is one of the greatest in numismatic lore, and continues when Daggett's daughter Hallie eventually sold a couple gem examples, including this very coin, to Earl Parker, a coin dealer in California, around 1950. At the time, she told Parker that she originally spent one of her prized dimes to buy an ice cream cone. That coin is known today in Good-4 as the "Ice Cream Specimen" but has not traded hands publicly since 1981. 1894-S Dimes have long been considered one of the top major classic numismatic rarities, along with the 5C 1913 Liberty Nickel, and the 1804 $1. In fact, the coin is currently ranked #4 in the "100 Greatest U.S. Coins" (Third Edition, Garrett, 2008) -- behind the 1913 nickel, but ahead of the 1804 dollar, in importance.""
Buddy Ebsen was the star of the Beverly Hill Billies and a coin collector who sold his coins via Superior Galleries in the mid 1980's.
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Some nice proof silver.
Number 4 Answer.... What did Saint Guru name his collection?? Cheers, RickO
Answer: A coin found in a Wawa parking lot.
BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich, Bullsitter, jmski52, LukeMarshall, coinsarefun, MichaelDixon, NickPatton, ProfLiz, Twobitcollector,Jesbroken oih82w8, DCW
Question: What is post mint damage?
BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich, Bullsitter, jmski52, LukeMarshall, coinsarefun, MichaelDixon, NickPatton, ProfLiz, Twobitcollector,Jesbroken oih82w8, DCW
Got it, Ricko