WEEK 596..

[LISA B]

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

The question must be answered by Saturday at midnight EST

 

QUESTION:

 

Which circulating USA coin series featured a major design element taken from a pattern coin of 20 years previous?

 

This weeks winner will receive a copy of "The Treasure Ship S.S. New York, Her Story 1837-1846. By Q. David Bowers

 

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

 

[bit1work]

Flying Eagle Cent from 1856 was from the Pattern Dollar of 1836

[reid1836]

Barber dime reverse design taken from 1871 ten cents Judd-1079, Pollock-1215

[SamD]

I am guessing that from the total of eight different GOD OUR TRUST pattern coins struck in 1861 the motto eventually made it onto US coinage as In God We Trust.

[wdrob]

Flying Eagle Cents used a design element ( the Eagle) from the Gobrecht Dollars

[dan8402]

Mercury DIme?

[Elbesaar]

 

The Gobrecht " Flying Eagle " design of the 1836 Pattern Dollars was

used on the 1856 [ 1856 to 1858 ] Flying Eagle Cent.

 

 

[JIM F.]

Morgan Dollar.

[sc7000]

The Flying eagle cents which used the reverse design of Liberty seated dollar designed by Christian Gobrecht.

[CyberspaceVoid]

The Lincoln Shield Cent

[LISA B]

QUESTION:

 

Which circulating USA coin series featured a major design element taken from a pattern coin of 20 years previous?

 

Answer: Flying Eagle Cents

 

This weeks winner wdrob has won a copy of copy of "The Treasure Ship S.S. New York, Her Story 1837-1846. By Q. David Bowers

 

Our runner up, sc7000 has won a single coin display box.

 

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