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Week # 115 - TGIF!!

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QUESTION: Who was the U.S. Mint engraver who left his employment there before his one and only coin design was accepted?

 

First post with the correct answer wins a copy of The Complete Guide to Buffalo Nickels second edition by David W. Lange. (signed)

 

Don't forget, we also draw for a runner-up prize from all remaining posts with a correct answer.

 

Good Luck!!!

 

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends/ended on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia Info post for more details.

 

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators can see it. Stop back each Monday. We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners.

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QUESTION: Who was the U.S. Mint engraver who left his employment there before his one and only coin design was accepted?

 

 

ANSWER: Adam Pietz, creator of the Iowa Centennial half dollar

 

There are no winners this week.

 

 

Congratulations and thanks to everyone for playing!!

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Adam Pietz was employed in the Philadelphia Mint's Engraving Department from 1927 until 1945, when he resigned in disgust over the low pay. mad.gif

 

Despite the wartime inflation, he was refused a raise. He shortly thereafter took the commission for sculpting the Iowa Centennial Half Dollar.

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