Currency of the
U.S. Quiz

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1. What does the large eye in a triangle appearing above an unfinished pyramid (the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States) on the back of a dollar bill represent?
Eye of Providence
Eye of Commerce
Pyramid of Knowledge

2. When were $1 Silver Certificates last issued?
1957
1963
1974

3. When were small-size Federal Reserve notes first issued?
1919
1929
1939

4. What percentage of a note partially destroyed will be redeemed by the Treasurer of the United States at full face value?
50 percent
60 percent
75 percent

5. The Legal Tender Note of 1869, and subsequent series of 1875, 1878 and 1880, all have an eagle on the obverse which, when the note is inverted for viewing upside down, resembles the head of a
horse
bull
jackass

6. In the 19th century, Fractional Currency notes were issued in denominations of
2, 5, 10 and 25 cents
5, 10, 25 and 50 cents
3, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents

7. Some U.S. Fractional Currency notes were printed on paper made in Europe and watermarked for the
Confederate States of America (C.S. or S.A.)
Republic of Texas (R.T. or T)
State of Florida (F)

8. A $1,000 note of the Bank of the United States, with serial number 8894, is probably a
note printed by mistake (error note)
replica or copy
Havana counterfeit

9. The Series 1905 $20 Gold Certificate, which has the center of the face gold tinted and the Seals and serial numbers printed in red -- resulting in a spectacular color combination of gold, red, black and white -- is known as the
Technicolor Note
Rainbow Note
Treasure Note

10. The back design (i.e., reverse) of the $5 note of the Second Issue large-size Silver Certificates of the Series of 1886 features five (5) actual-size facsimile U.S. coins. What coins are portrayed?
$20 gold pieces (Double Eagles)
$5 gold pieces (Half Eagles)
$1 Liberty Head (Morgan Type) silver dollars

Score =
A+ (100%) Numismatic Authority on U.S. Currency
A (90-99%) Expert Numismatist
B (80-89%) Numismatist
C (70-79%) Advanced Collector
D (60-69%) Collector
F (0-59%) Novice Collector
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