Week # 135 - Read all about it...

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

Farran Zerbe attributed his interest in numismatics to a childhood incident in which he was given a foreign coin in place of a dime while selling newspapers. Name the country of issue and denomination.

 

Good Luck!!

 

Our first place winner will receive the Grading Guide For Modern U.S. Coins written by the acclaimed Rick Montgomery and David Lange. We will also give a prize to a randomly selected player.

 

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.

[Weidel Legacy Collection]

French 50 centimes

[ziggy29]

It was a French piece. Fifty centimes, I believe.

[Narmuriel]

French 50-centimes

[chinook]

france

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

Farran Zerbe attributed his interest in numismatics to a childhood incident in which he was given a foreign coin in place of a dime while selling newspapers. Name the country of issue and denomination.?

 

ANSWER:

 

France, 50 Centimes

 

Congratulations RWW!!! You are this weeks numismaquest winner. You will be receiving the Grading Guide for Modern U.S. Coins. Written by Richard Montgomery & David Lange. (signed)

 

Runner up winner is Narmuriel!! You will be receiving a display box.

 

Thanks for playing and stop back next week for another question. Keep up the good work

[Weidel Legacy Collection]

Cool. This just goes to prove that even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut - of course, it sure helps this blind quirrel that Google exists!

 

Danielle -

Any chance of getting the authors to sign it?