We have received many positive comments on the random trivia that pops up in our title frame when you first enter our site. The suggestion was made that we use this information and put together a trivia quiz on North Carolina numismatics. This page is the result. So if you are a frequent visitor and have paid attention to the pop-up trivia you should have an advantage on this quiz as all the correct answers can be found there. If not, best of luck! Please note that many of the effects used in this quiz such as instant grading, etc. only work in Netscape. To get your results using Microsoft's Internet Explorer you will have to wait until the end and click on the Calculate Score button. O.K., have at it!
2. Who designed the 1937 Roanoke Commemorative Half-Dollar which commemorates the 350th anniversary of the lost colony on Roanoke Island, North Carolina and the birth of Virginia Dare?
William Barber
James Earl Fraser
Laura Garden Fraser
William Marks Simpson
3. In 1815, 1817, and 1824 the state of North Carolina issued notes ranging from 5 to 75 cents. These are both rare and interesting not to mention probably an illegal state issue. Which State Tresurer was responsible for their issue?
James Gahrmann
John Haywood
Samuel R. Johnston
William Tyler
4. Until 1829 North Carolina was the only state producing domestic gold for our nation's coinage. In that year what two other states made their first deposits of gold at the mint in Philadelphia?
South Carolina and Virginia
South Carolina and Georgia
Virginia and Georgia
Georgia and California
5. The Charlotte Branch Mint offically opened this year and on March 28th struck half eagles, the first United States coins struck outside of Philadelphia. What year was it?
1835
1837
1838
1839
6. The opening of the Charlotte Branch Mint did not put the Bechtlers out of business as the federal authorities had hoped. The Bechtlers survived by providing their customers with what they wanted and what the
Branch Mint could not supply until 1849 - the gold dollar. In what year did the Bechtlers first strike this denomination?
1831
1838
1835
1832
7. Which Raleigh, North Carolina Bank(s) issue what we now refer to as obsolete banknotes?
Bank of the State of North Carolina (1834)
The Bank of North Carolina (1859)
State Bank of North Carolina (1810)
All of the above
8. In 1921-22 the United States Mint in Philadelphia struck two varieties of Bechtler $5 gold pieces as proofs using three dies (2 obverses and 1 reverse) supplied by which famous numismatist / dealer?
B. Max Mehl
John J. Ford
Henry Chapman
Louis Elaisberg
9. In his annual report for 1839, John Wheeler, superintendent of the Charlotte Branch Mint reported the United States had minted $3,000,000 in gold coin at all branches during its history compared to the Bechtler's total production to date of?
$2,560,000
$4,125,000
$2,950,000
$3,625,000
10. In which year were no coins minted at the Charlotte Branch Mint and why?
1854 due to a robbery of the gold reserves
1845 due to a fire in 1844 that closed the mint for repairs until 1846
1860 due to dies not being delivered over political bickering
1839 due to a special offer from the Bechtler's mint
11. The first deposit of gold, mined in the United States, made at the Philadelphia Mint came from North Carolina and was made on May 25th of what year?
1799
1802
1804
1806
12. In the 1970's Bechtler coins held by The North Carolina Museam of History were tested for gold content by the Nuclear Engineering department at N.C. State in Raleigh. It was found that the quality of the Bechtler coins ...?
increased over time with the added experience
declined over time especially as the business was passed down
remained pretty much constant and high
was erratic and unpredictable
