I was at a flea market yesterday and found the Coin World Coin Trivia Game (made in 1985 I guess). Every week I'll post questions from a Novice card and Expert card. There are no winners in this game, just for fun! After a week I'll post the answers to each of the questions. Have fun!

NOVICE:

#1. Of what allow were cents from 1944-1946 composed?
#2. What portrait appears on all coins of Andorra?
#3. Treasury notes of 1890-91 are also known as what other type of notes?
#4. Harrold E. Hibler and Charles V. Kappen cataloged what medals in a 1963 book?
#5. What mint marks have been used on 40 percent silver coinage of the United States?
#6. Where is home for Krause Publications?

EXPERT:

#1. Who designed the Albany, NY Charter commemorative half dollar?
#2. The trisceles is used as the arms on the coins of what countries?
#3. Who appears on the 1890 $1 Treasury note?
#4. How many U.S. Assay Commission medals depict George Washington?
#5. To what cabinet officer did the U.S. Mint report in 1794?
#6. What was the name of the pioneer numismatic magazine published by Eben Mason Jr.?

N1 and N4 are the only two I know for sure.

I went through about 30 cards yesterday and barely knew any of the answers. Some of these are really hard or the events happened before I was born. Kind of fun to just go through.

I only knew N1.

N1 - Metal Alloy
N2 - An Andorran's portrain
N3 - Old
N4 - Pass
N5 - None (there were no mintmarks on any coins during the mid-60s when 40% silvers were minted... right?)
N6 - Ohio somewhere

I wasn't considering myself a novice, but aparently I'm right about that but in a different way... I'm not even a novice yet

N1 is the only one I can answer

N2: At the time when the game was written, the answer to N2 was "Bishop Joan", but there is no such portrait on modern Andorran coins.

E2: Do Sicily and the Isle of Man count as countries? (Hmm, maybe the latter ...)

Christian

For the novice I know all but #2, on the expert I only know #2 and #5.

Alright... so what are the answers to all of them then?

I'll give it a few more days and see if more people respond. Wouldn't want to ruin their fun.

I got N6. Its all the state has to offer. Krause, BlackHawk and the Green Bay Packers.

N1 - Steel
N2 - None, Andorra did not issue it's own currency, they used either Spanish or French coins
N3 - Coin Notes
N4- "So-Called Dollars", Commemorative and Exposition Medals
N5 - S, San Francisco
N6 - Iola, WI

Can you post some that are of the Pre-Novice level. These made me feel stupid.

I would if I could! Novice is the lowest it goes.

They did indeed use French and Spanish coins, but nevertheless Andorra issued (diner and centims) coins, and still does. (Basically for collectors.) And the man depicted on the older pieces is Bishop Joan of Urgell ...

Christian

E1 - Gertrude K. Lathrop
E2 - India
E3 - General Phillip Sheridan
E4 - Over 50?
E5 - Dept. of State
E6 - Mason's Coin Collectors Magazine

Nope. That was 1943.

Rats! It was a trick question. I got in too big of a hurry.

N1 - .950 Copper and .050 Zinc

N5 - I was thinking, and there should be D (60s halves), and S (silver Ikes, etc.)

Still not the what they are looking for.

It may not be what they were looking for, but it is correct. They worded the question wrong, they asked what the alloy was and not the source of the alloy.

Bronze. I would be interested in the answers to the rest of the questions however. Burks, you about ready to post answers yet?

Just got on to do so!

Answers:

Novice
#1. Brass (in part from cartridge cases)
#2. Bishop of Urgel
#3. Coin notes
#4. So-called dollars
#5. D, S
#6. Iola, Wis.

Expert
#1. Gertrude. K. Lathrop
#2. Isle of Man and Sicily
#3. Edwin M. Stanton
#4. 10
#5. Secretary of State
#6. "Coin and Stamp Collectors Magazine"

Will post more questions tomorrow. Good job to those who got them correct. These won't get much easier.

I didn't know ANY of them!

'Looks like i picked the wrong day to specialise in the wrong period'.

New questions!!!

NOVICE:

#1. Who designed the Lincoln Memorial motif on the cent?
#2. What country uses a springbook on its precious metal coins?
#3. Name the two non-presidents appearing on 1981 Federal Reserve notes from $1 to $100
#4. What part of the coining press failed in creating a broadstruck error coin?
#5. Has Mint Direct Donna Pope ever visited Fort Knox?
#6. Name the oldest continuously operating Mint in the New World.

EXPERT:

#1. Whose Flowing Hair design was on the 1794-1795 silver dollars?
#2. Name the person petitioning on the English "petition" crown of 1663.
#3. What was the name of the bison who was the model for the 1901 $10 United States note?
#4. What is the name of the sculptor who designed both the Eisenhower inaugural medals?
#5. What was the nation the Magdeburg Mint issued coinage for from 1750-1806?
#6. When was the Canadian Numismatic Association established?

Have fun! I knew N1, N3, N4, N5, and E1's last name (couldn't remember his first).

I know E2 is Thomas Simon. I presume N2 is referring to the Krugerand?

Got N2,N3,N4,E6
N6 I'm thinking Mexico City, but I have a feeling Lima might be it.

N2, well, I suggest South Africa too. And E5 should be Brandenburg (later Prussia).

Christian

I think the guesses for the Springbok (1 o) are correct, but just to be sure, I'll check that next week

We could help you double check. Just get some free samples for us.

As for the other questions (apart from N2 and E5), well ... no idea. But I like those trivia!

Christian

More looks like America's trivia, not the world. 8 out of 12 questions definately concerning Americas.

Right. Note, however, that the discussion is not called "World Coin Trivia Game" but "Coin World Coin Trivia Game". Coin World is the name of the magazine, and since its readers are mostly Americans, most of the questions will be about things American ...

Christian

#1. Who designed the Lincoln Memorial motif on the cent?

Frank Gasparro

#3. Name the two non-presidents appearing on 1981 Federal Reserve notes from $1 to $100

Alexander Hamilon, Benjamin Franklin

#4. What part of the coining press failed in creating a broadstruck error coin?

The Collar

#6. Name the oldest continuously operating Mint in the New World.

Mexico City - although I thought Santo Domingo or Veracruz may also be a good answer.

EXPERT:

#1. Whose Flowing Hair design was on the 1794-1795 silver dollars?

Robert Scot?

#3. What was the name of the bison who was the model for the 1901 $10 United States note?

Black Diamond?

#5. What was the nation the Magdeburg Mint issued coinage for from 1750-1806?

I agree with Prussia

Darn. Should had known E3!