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Week #590 Will we have a winner this week????

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This weeks First and Second place winners will be picked at random.

The question must be answered by Saturday at midnight EST

 

QUESTION:

 

Who named the 1844 dime “Little Orphan Annie,” and for what publication did he write?

 

This weeks winner will receive a copy of Fred Reeds

“Abraham Lincoln Beyond the American Icon”.

 

There will also be a runner up prize given to a selected player with the correct answer.

 

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

 

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Frank C. Ross, a writer from Kansas City, nicknamed it the "Little Orphan Annie" dime. He wrote about it in the Numismatic Scrapbook magazine in the 1930's, and probably in other coin literature as well.

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QUESTION:

 

Who named the 1844 dime “Little Orphan Annie,” and for what publication did he write?

 

Answer: Frank C. Ross, Hobbies Magazine

 

This weeks winner, bsshog40 has won a copy of Fred Reeds

“Abraham Lincoln Beyond the American Icon”.

 

Our runner up this week is reid1836

 

Thank you for playing and please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question

 

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