Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats!
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Daniel
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Post subject: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:03 pm |
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The first person to get it correct wins, and the winner will be announced tomorrow, or whenever it's answered correctly. The question has nothing to do with Halloween, but here goes.
Give the nickname or pet names for the following coins:
Half Cents Matron Head Cents Morgan Dollars Three Cents Silvers Lincoln Cents
Hint: One series above has more than one nickname, and I'm looking for the most popularly accepted nicknames.
The prize will be a PCGS grade 1984 Lincoln Cent MS66 Red.
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Isaiah
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:22 pm |
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Daniel wrote: The first person to get it correct wins, and the winner will be announced tomorrow, or whenever it's answered correctly. The question has nothing to do with Halloween, but here goes.
Give the nickname or pet names for the following coins:
Half Cents Matron Head Cents Morgan Dollars Three Cents Silvers Lincoln Cents
Hint: One series above has more than one nickname, and I'm looking for the most popularly accepted nicknames.
The prize will be a PCGS grade 1984 Lincoln Cent MS66 Red. Half cent= Half penny Matron Head cent= Coronet cent, OR Silly head Morgan dollar= Liberty head OR Bland dollar Three cent silver= Trime Lincoln cent= Wheatie, for Wheat ear type. Isaiah
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james421
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:53 pm |
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Half cent===== Half penny or 13 star variety Matron head====Coronet cent or silly head morgan dollar liberty head or buzzard dollar...... three cent silver== trimes or fish scale lincoln cent ==== wheatie or wheatstraw pennies
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RHM22
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:42 pm |
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Very good question and a great learning opportunity. You can bet that I will be writing some of these interesting nicknames down for future reference.
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:05 pm |
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So far, some are correct or partly correct, but no one has them yet. I'm actually looking for names they where called during their time, it's a little more of a historical question.
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regandon
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:26 pm |
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Morgan Dollar : cartwheel
In my early collecting days, I use to collect Morgan DMPL and PL's. Back then we called all the old large silver dollars by the name of cartwheels. I only collected Morgans, so what the other coins were called, I have no idea.
edited to add: Wheat Backs for the older Lincoln cent.
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james421
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:29 pm |
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some called it ferriswheels to for morgans, Some large cents =======apple cheeks amiable face
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:37 pm |
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No other guesses? I will add another PCGS graded MS67 Lincoln Cent, from the 90's for anyone who gets the correct answer.
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ocon4008
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:13 am |
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Half Cents - "little half sisters" "coppers" "half penny" "ha'penny" Matron Head Cents - "coronet cent" "silly head" "booby head" "coppers" "obese ward boss" Morgan Dollars - "Bland dollar" "buzzard dollar" Three Cents Silvers - "thrip" "trime" "fish scale" Lincoln Cents - "penny" "wheatie"
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ocon4008
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:34 am |
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Half Cents - "little half sisters" "coppers" "half penny" "ha'penny" Matron Head Cents - "coronet cent" "silly head" "booby head" "obese ward boss" "tammany cent" "copper" Morgan Dollars - "Bland dollar" "buzzard dollar" Three Cents Silvers - "thrip" "trime" "fish scale" Lincoln Cents - "penny" "wheatie"
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:45 am |
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ocon4008 wrote: Half Cents - "little half sisters" "coppers" "half penny" "ha'penny" Matron Head Cents - "coronet cent" "silly head" "booby head" "obese ward boss" "tammany cent" "copper" Morgan Dollars - "Bland dollar" "buzzard dollar" Three Cents Silvers - "thrip" "trime" "fish scale" Lincoln Cents - "penny" "wheatie" I'm impressed, but you have left out one common name for a very popular coin. Guess which coin and name and the prizes are yours.
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RHM22
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:27 am |
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I haven't heard of buzzard dollar for Morgans or thrip for trimes. Good work, everyone. You should add a list of common slang terms for various U.S. coins to the website, Daniel.
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ocon4008
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:08 pm |
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<<Guess which coin and name >>
WAG: Lincoln Cent: "steelie" "lead penny" for the 1943 one year type cent?
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james421
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:27 pm |
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Yea RHM22 many said the eagle on the rev looked like a big ugly buzzard.
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:41 pm |
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ocon4008 wrote: <<Guess which coin and name >>
WAG: Lincoln Cent: "steelie" "lead penny" for the 1943 one year type cent? Not what I was looking for. You where so close, and technically correct with your answer, that I shouldn't penalize you for not coming up with one little pet name that I expected. You seem to know the nicknames as good as I, so you're the winner. I was looking for "Cartwheel" for the Morgan Dollar, but you did get all the nicknames correct, plus some. Congratulations! PM your mailing address and I will send you your coins. Thanks for participating, and please check back because we will have another this week.
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RHM22
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question - Win a PCGS Graded Coin! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:53 pm |
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james421 wrote: Yea RHM22 many said the eagle on the rev looked like a big ugly buzzard. That's interesting. I can see why they would say that, because the Morgan reverse is one of the uglier eagles on our coinage.
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ocon4008
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:54 pm |
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<<Not what I was looking for. You where so close, and technically correct with your answer, that I shouldn't penalize you for not coming up with one little pet name that I expected. You seem to know the nicknames as good as I, so you're the winner. I was looking for "Cartwheel" for the Morgan Dollar, but you did get all the nicknames correct, plus some. Congratulations! PM your mailing address and I will send you your coins. Thanks for participating, and please check back because we will have another this week.>> I hate to disagree, but "cartwheel" is a generic nickname of all silver dollars not just the Morgan. http://cointerms.com/glossary/c_definitions.htmThat is why I left it off. Jim
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RHM22
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:58 pm |
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Actually, I think the term 'cartwheel' is even broader than that. It is used quite often to describe crown-sized world coins and really any large silver coin.
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:22 pm |
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I go with the masses, and didn't want to get into trivial what is and what isn't, and that's why I decided to declare a winner, however, the Morgan Dollar popularized the term Cartwheel, and has been referred to as a cartwheel more often than any other coin in history.
If you type cartwheel silver dollars in a google search, you will see more references calling the Morgan Dollar a cartwheel, than any other coin. So, I stick by my answer, but I thought I was fair on this one.
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james421
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:29 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:36 pm |
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Since there are no accepted slang words for different coinage series, whoever wins is totally up to whomever runs the contest. Even if that wasn't true, ocon won anyway, so it couldn't have been unfair. That said, why the #@$% didn't I win? 
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:40 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:43 pm |
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RHM22 wrote: Since there are no accepted slang words for different coinage series, whoever wins is totally up to whomever runs the contest. Even if that wasn't true, ocon won anyway, so it couldn't have been unfair. That said, why the #@$% didn't I win?  RHM22, you would have won, and I mean it, but for one tiny detail. You forgot to post an answer! Now are you goin to run that other trivia question we talked about, or do I need give you a nickname? 
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RHM22
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:49 pm |
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You know, looking back on it, you're right. I probably would have had a better chance of winning had I entered.
And as for the other contest, well, you might as well call me William Tecumseh Sherman, because I will not run.
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Daniel
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:55 pm |
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RHM22
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:12 pm |
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The contract is in the box with all those SGS AG3 Lincolns.
I didn't run the contest this week because of your Halloween contest, but I'll start it next Sunday. Really, I will!
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Isaiah
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Post subject: Re: Special Halloween Trivia Question *WINNER ocon4008 Congrats! Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:58 pm |
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RHM22 wrote: The contract is in the box with all those SGS AG3 Lincolns. God, I hate knowing all these details about shady companies, but, SGS on slabs coins that are "MS 60" and above. Of course, a cleaned VF is an MS 60, at least, to SGS, but that's another story. Isaiah
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