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Quiz
- Which British coin was introduced in February 1971 and withdrawn from circulation in December 1984?
- Referring to the two flat faces of coins, what is the opposite side of reverse?
- How many pennies were there in an old pre-decimal British pound?
- In the United States, how many cents is a nickel worth?
- What name is given to a specialist who collects and deals in coins?
- Which South African coin was first minted on 3 July 1967 to help market South African gold?
- True or false. Two 1p coins weigh the same as one 2p coin, and two 5p coins weigh the same as one 10p coin?
- The British one pound coin was introduced in April of which year?
- Which coin, tied to the fictional depictions of pirates, was also the Spanish dollar?
- How many sides does a British 20 pence coin have?
- Which European city was the first city to mint its own gold coins in 1252?
- In which country would you spend the 'loonie', a gold-coloured coin showing a common loon, a bird found throughout this country?
- In June of which year was a general-circulation £2 coin introduced in the United Kingdom?
- What word comes from an old English monetary term meaning twentieth of a pound?
- Which British coin ceased to be legal tender on 1 January 1961? And an image of what type of bird was on this coin?
- The Royal Mint released a new 50p coin in 2020 design by Dominique Evans, in block capitals what does it say 'Built Britain'?
- Where exactly was the Royal mint established in 886 AD, where it remained and operated for approximately 800 years?
- Which Spanish coin worth two escudos was used widely in the Americas until the mid-nineteenth century?
- Who appeared on the penny coin between 1797 and 1970, and on the 50 pence coin between 1969 and 2008?
- What was a popular name for the sixpence or sixpenny coin until decimalisation?
- Which coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold?
Answers:
- Decimal halfpenny (1/2p)
- Obverse
- 240 pence
- 5-cents
- A numismatist
- The Krugerrand
- True
- 1983
- Piece of Eight
- 7 sides
- Florence, Italy
- Canada
- 1998
- Shilling
- The farthing. An image of a wren.
- Diversity ('Diversity Built Britain')
- The Tower of London
- Doubloon
- Britannia
- Tanner
- Guinea coin