YN Quiz for June 2016
Prepared by Donald Cleland
1) The United States first half-dollar coin was called what type?
2) What was the reverse called on half-dollar produced from 1801 thru 1807?
3) With all of the different types of half-dollars and their many varieties, who wrote the
book to catalogue them all?
4) In what year was the first 90% silver half-dollar minted?
5) In what year did the San Francisco Mint first strike a half-dollar coin?
6) Why were arrows placed at the date on 1873 half-dollars?
7) In what year was the first half-dollar struck at a Mint other than Philadelphia (known as
a “branch” Mint?
8) How many different edges were used in the Capped Bust series?
9) What design followed the Capped Bust series?
10) How many “bits” is a half-dollar?