All you have to do is identify the 20 coins from these pictures (in TWO posts). Prize for this contest will be an 1893 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar, courtesy of Ms T. Bunny (and the Brain Scramble contest that just ended).

Each picture is of a coin (not a token or medal) made at a US mint. For each picture, identify the coin and include a reasonably accurate date or date range for positive ID (nothing tricky going on with that).

First one to correctly identify all 20 coins wins. Let’s set a limit of 5 entries maximum per contestant. Contest closes at midnight, July 11, 2005. If nobody correctly identifies all 20 by that time, the first one to have correctly identified the most coins wins.

Remember, there are 20 pictures - A through T, in two posts.

Should be a piece-of-cake.

Here are the first TEN, A-J

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B.


C.


D.


E.


F.


G.


H.


I.


J.


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Look at the next post for coins K-T

Good Luck to all!

almost not fair to uc canadians that don't know the U.S. coins all that good

Even to us Americans this is rather challenging! I'm only about half done after 2+ hours of work.

A- A KENNEDY HALF dollar
B- California Quarter
C- a 2 cent peice 1860 Era
D- Silver American EagleE
F- Columbus Expo Half Dollar
G- A Nickle
H-
I- The Good ole Roosy Dime
J
K- Peace Dollar
L
M
N
O- 2005 Marshall Commemorative dollar
P
Q
R
S- Florida State Quarter
T

Rotten Rodney SOARS to the front leading all entrants (he is the only entrant so far) with a blistering 10 correct! (well, really 9, but I'm sure he can fix that).

Closes tomorrow at midnight - anyone dare to challenge him?

A- 1964 to date Kenndy Half dollar
B- 2005 California State Quarter
C- 1864 to 1873 2 cent piece D- 1986 to date Silver American Eagle
E-1948 to 1963 Franklin Half Dollar
F- 1892 to 1893 Columbus Expo Half Dollar
G- 1938 to date Jefferson nickel
H-
I- 1965 to date Roosevelt dime
J-

A new leader with 12 correct - nice!

A - Kennedy Half
B - California State Quarter
C - 64-73 2 cent piece
D - 86-Present Silver Eagle
E - Working on it
F - Columbus Expo 92-93
G - Jefferson Nickel
H -
I - 1793 Strawberry Leaf Large Cent
J - I'm throwing this one out there, it's a long-shot but.....Eisenhower Dollar?
K - Peace Dollar
L - 1793 Flowing Hair One Cent
M - Lincoln Penny
N -
O - 05 Marshall Commemorative
P -
Q-
R - Morgan Dollar
S - Florida State Quarter
T - Mercury Dime?

N is driving me crazy. I can't find anything close to it! I went through my Redbook today for about 2 hours at work working on this. It was pretty fun

12 correct!

I see I got something started.

A- 1964 to date Kenndy Half dollar
B- 2005 California State Quarter
C- 1864 to 1873 2 cent piece D- 1986 to date Silver American Eagle
E-1948 to 1963 Franklin Half Dollar
F- 1892 to 1893 Columbus Expo Half Dollar
G- 1938 to date Jefferson nickel
H-
I- 1965 to date Roosevelt dime
J-

[center]16 correct!! [/center]

Closes at midnight tonight (Eastern Time)

A-1964 to date Kenndy Half dollar
B-2005 California State Quarter
C-1864 to 1873 2 cent piece
D-1986 to date Silver American Eagle
E-1948 to 1963 Franklin Half Dollar
F-1892 to 1893 Columbus Expo Half Dollar
G-1938 to date Jefferson nickel
H-
I-1965 to date Roosevelt dime
J-
K-1921 to 1964 Peace Dollar
L-2005 Bison Nickel
M-1959 to date Lincoln cent
N-1851 to 1873 three cent
O-2005 Marshall Commemorative dollar
P-1903 to 1935 Phillipines ten Centavos
Q-1951 Carver-Washington Commemerative Half Dollar
R-
S-Florida State Quarter
T-Providence, Rhode Island Tercentenary

hmmm, double post deleted, sorry

[center]17 correct!!! [/center]

Closes at midnight tonight (Eastern Time) - in about 10 minutes!

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Congrats to The_Cave_Troll for correctly identifying 17 out of the 20 coins from those *very* difficult pics. Very impressive.





Here are the solution pics.



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Congrats Cave Troll.... Great Job

-Bobby

way to go cave troll

Congrats Cave Troll.

Congrats Cave Troll! Great contest syzygy!

There are a lot of resource sites out there. Even with familiarity, you would need to use them, i think!

BTW: Loved the contest!