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- ...that the
American Buffalo
gold bullion
coin, will be the first .9999 fine 24-carat gold coin released by the
United States Mint?
- ...That the
Alabama centennial half dollar was the first
commemorative coin minted with the image of a living individual?
- ...That
Aksumite currency was the only native coinage to be issued in
Africa without direct influence by an outside culture like
Roman,
Greek, etc...?
- ...that the 1933
Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar marked the first striking of a US
commemorative at the
Denver Mint?
- ...that minting on the 40,000
Columbian Exposition quarter dollars started on June 13, 1893, six weeks after the opening of the
World's Columbian Exposition where they didn't sell well?
- ... that the gold used in making the
American Gold Eagle, the official
gold bullion coin of the
United States, must come from a source from within America?
- ... that the $100,000 bill, the largest bill issued by the
United States Treasury, features a portrait of
Woodrow Wilson and has an orange obverse?
- ... that the circulation of
high-denomination bills was halted in
1969 by
executive order of President
Richard Nixon, in an effort to combat organized crime?
- ... that the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing says the "average life" of a
$1 bill in circulation is 22 months before it is replaced due to wear?
- ... that an unknown quantity of
Columbian Exposition half dollars were used as
collateral against
loans made to the
Columbian exposition and when the exposition failed to repay the debits, the banks dumped the coins into circulation?
- ... that when the
Lincoln cent was released in 1909, hundreds of people across the United States lined up to get them?
- ... that
Constance Ortmayer designed a
commemorative coin for the anniversary of an event that never happened?"
- ... that artist
Thomas Eakins suggested
Anna Willess Williams pose for the depiction of Liberty on the
Morgan dollar?
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