Coins and Banknotes Trivia

1. Historical records showed that the hobby of coin collecting started with which Roman Emperor?

From Quiz She Wanted Dimes But I Could Only Pumpernickels

Answer: Caesar Augustus

Roman historian Suetonius claimed that Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus was a coin collector during his reign. Caesar Augustus gave his collected coins, including old pieces of the kings and foreign money, as Saturnalia gifts.

From Quiz Famous Ancient Coins

Answer: Athens

Athena was the patron goddess of Athens, and she was usually accompanied by an owl. Classic ancient coins of Athens show a portrait of Athena on one side, and her owl on the other, usually with a sprig of olive - the production of olive oil was an important area of the Athenian economy. The coins of Athens were prized by traders in ancient times because of their consistent weight and high silver content. Especially sought after by collectors is the Athenian tetradrachm (four drachm) silver coin. It is so famous that is often just called an "Owl." These coins are not rare at all, but their historical importance and appealing design makes them very popular among collectors, so their price is relatively high. It is not uncommon to find Owls defaced by deep cuts; these were made in ancient times by merchants to verify that the coin was solid silver, and not a silver-plated counterfeit!

From Quiz The Love of Money

Answer: A naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver

Gold and silver are often found together in nature. When these first coins were made, a little additional silver was added to the alloy. As people learned to extract silver from lower grade ores, its value fell, and the value of gold rose, so more silver was added. The first Lydian coins contained about 55% gold, 43% silver, and 2% copper and other metals. Later examples have a higher silver content. These early coins are called "trites," and weigh about 4.71 grams, and were worth 1/3 of a stater.

From Quiz Bimetallic Coins

Answer: 2 pounds

The non-commemoratives had "STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS" on the edge, while commemoratives have had many different designs on the reverse and on the edge.

From Quiz His Imperator's Coinage-- Roman Coins

Answer: "The glory of the army"

The "GLORIA EXERCITVS" reverse is a common coin of Constantine and his sons. It commonly depicts two soldiers with spears and two Roman standards, but there is much variety.

From Quiz Money Through The Ages

Answer: Juno

The Temple dedicated to Juno Moneta gave us the modern word money. She was also represented by symbols such as hammer, anvil, pincers and die. Ceres Goddess of Agriculture and Tillage. Diana Goddess of Moon and Hunting. Venus Goddess of Love and Beauty

From Quiz Commemorative Coins and Issuing Countries

Answer: Dominican Republic

Independence came in 1844 after they had rebelled against the Haitians: The 1 Peso coin was made of cupro-nickel. The Carribbean Games took place in 1974, where Cuba was the most successful nation winning 101 gold medals: 1 Peso and 30 Pesos gold coins were produced. The Pueblo Viejo gold and silver mine is located in the center of the country near Cotui: 10 silver and 100 gold Pesos coins were minted.

From Quiz Banknotes: Millennium Issues

Answer: Genji Monogatari

'Shureimon Gate' is featured on the front of the note and is also the watermark, but it is 'Genji Monogatari' that features on the back. It is the Japanese 'Tale of Genji'.

From Quiz She Wanted Dimes But I Could Only Pumpernickels

Answer: numismatics

Numismatics is the study of the collection of currency. Fields of numismatics include the study of the collection of coins, tokens, paper money and other forms of payment media. Historical and economic studies of money's use and development are integrated into the field of numismatics.

From Quiz Differences Between American and Canadian Coins

Answer: They stopped being made permanently

2012 was the last year that Canadian pennies were made, due to people wanting to eliminate the penny from circulation. However, American pennies continued being made after that, even with many people in the United States also wanting the penny to be eliminated. Canadian pennies were 12-sided (although subtly) from 1982 to 1996.

From Quiz General Numismatic Trivia

Answer: Lydia

Lydia was the name of an ancient kingdom in modern-day Turkey. It is believed that the world's first coins were made there, around 610 BC. They were made with electrum and featured a lion's head. Most early coins are crude and simple by today's standards. Early coins generally featured images of animals, and did not have legends or writing.

From Quiz Coins of the German States

Answer: The Thaler, divided into Groschen and Pfennige

Until 1821 the Brandenburg-Prussian Thaler was divided into 24 Groschen of 12 Pfennige each (so 288 Pfennige were 1 Thaler). In 1821 the division was changed to 30 Groschen (still of 12 Pfennige each, so 1 Thaler now had 360 Pfennige). The Gulden-Kreuzer-Heller system was the main one used in south Germany and Austria, while most of the German Hanseatic cities and Mecklenburg used the Thaler, divided into 32 Schillinge of 12 Pfennige each. The Gulden was generally divided into 60 Kreuzer of 4 Heller each. Some 'Gulden states' also minted a Thaler coin of (usually) 90 Kreuzer. At various times other subdivisions were used. Some states occasionally minted coins 'outside' their usual monetary system; so, for example, some 'Gulden states' occasionally minted 1, 2 or 4 Pf. coins.

From Quiz Nazi Numismatics

Answer: 1924

The Rentenmark was only in circulation as the main legal tender during the short period of 1923 to 1924 after which it was officially succeeded by the Reichsmark, the symbol of the Nazi currency and economy. The Rentenmark could still be used up until as late as 1948, three years after the capitulation of the Third Reich. The denominations ranged in varying increments from one Rentenpfennig coins to 1000 Rentenmark notes. Incidentally, 1924 was the year after which the infamous, though unsuccessful, Munich "Beer hall" Putsch took place in Bavaria. This was a turning point for the politics of the NSDAP (Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), the National Socialist German Workers Party. They went from trying to obtain power over Germany by force to doing so legally via politics and the Reichstag (German parliament).

From Quiz His Imperator's Coinage-- Roman Coins

Answer: Constantius II

Coins struck under Constantius II (337-361 AD) often actually bear that inscription. Romans loved titles and abbreviated them to get them on their coins. "IMP" =Imperator/ Emperor. "CONSTANTIVS" =his name. PF =Pious/Felix (Pious and Happy). "AVG" =Augustus.

From Quiz Commemorative Coins and Issuing Countries

Answer: German Democratic Republic

Beethoven's grandfather moved to Bonn in 1733, where Ludwig was born. He spent most of his life in Vienna, where he died in 1827: 10 Mark silver coin was created, it was the only one of the three that included the composer's head. Brahms was born in Hamburg and died in Vienna, his concert he gave in Leipzig in 1853 at the age of 20, was what persuaded two firms to publish his works: 5 Mark copper-nickel-zinc coin was issued. Bach was the only one of the three composers to be born in East Germany, he died in Leipzig: 25 Mark silver coin, with some music on one side, along with the dates 1685-1750.

From Quiz Banknotes: Millennium Issues

Answer: They are Polymer Plastic

The first polymer issue in Papua New Guinea was in 1991.

From Quiz Currency & Coinage History Trip

Answer: spade money

Spade money is flat pieces of bronze shaped like Chinese spades and is among the earliest pieces of shaped metal money ever to be discovered.

From Quiz The Coinage of Ancient Rome

Answer: 280-260 b.c.

There is some dispute about the exact date, but it is certain that the Romans were issuing coins by 260 b.c.

From Quiz Famous Ancient Coins

Answer: Marc Antony

The inscription stands for "Antonius Augurus Triumvir Rei Publicae Constituendae," and refers to Marc Anthony's status as a member of Rome's "Second Triumvirate." What makes these coins so famous is that they were minted by Marc Anthony to pay his troops before the Battle of Actium, where he and his lover, Cleopatra, were defeated by Augustus and his son-in-law, Agrippa. Each coin has the number of the legion it was minted for on the reverse side of the coin. Huge quantities of these coins were minted, and they remained in circulation for centuries, sometimes turning up in hoards of coins dating from the 4th century AD. Unlike most famous ancient coins, these remain affordable for most collectors due to the large numbers that have survived.

From Quiz Funny Money

Answer: Lumps of cast bronze

There wasn't much silver in Italy, but there was a lot of copper, so the Romans adopted a monetary system based on bronze. In the earliest days of the Roman Republic, the currency was just odd lumps of cast bronze traded by weight, called "aes rude" (aes is the Latin word for bronze). These eventually evolved into flat bars of bronze stamped with various symbols called "aes signatum," but they were still valued by weight. The first true coins did not appear until the 3rd century BC; called "aes grave," these were large bronze coins that were cast in molds, and weighed from 10 pounds down to a quarter of an ounce. A short time later, Rome began producing struck silver coins, and the bronze coins were reduced in weight to become a token coinage. In 211 BC, Rome introduced the silver denarius, a coin that would be produced for nearly 500 years.

From Quiz Bimetallic Coins

Answer: Polar bear

The toonie replaced the $2 banknote. Several years earlier, the loonie ($1 coin) replaced the $1 banknote.

From Quiz Obsolete European Coins and Currencies

Answer: Peseta

The peseta was adopted as Spain's national currency in 1869, and remained so until 2002. The peseta was divided into 100 centimos. It was originally a silver coin worth about the same as the French franc, but inflation steadily reduced its value until it was worth less than one cent. At the time of the conversion to the euro, which was completed in 2002, it took 166.386 pesetas to equal one euro.

From Quiz General Numismatic Trivia

Answer: dollar

Silver was found in great quantity in Joachimsthal, Bohemia in the 16th century and minted into large silver coins called joachimsthalers. These large coins became very popular, as they were the same value as gold coins but considerably larger (and thus, harder to lose). Eventually, Germany made similar coins but shortened the word to "thaler," which later became the English word "dollar." The word thaler also gave rise to the names of other currencies in the region, such as talar and rigsdaler.

From Quiz World Coins & Currency

Answer: Poland

It is thought that Poland may convert to the Euro in the near future, possibly around 2015.

From Quiz Nazi Numismatics

Answer: 100

As with the majority of currencies, 100 subunits make up one unit. There were 100 Reichspfennig in one Reichsmark just as there were 100 Rentenpfennig in one Rentenmark. Britain was famous for having 240 pennies in one old British pound in the days of pre-decimalisation, where one shilling was worth five pence and so on. Utterly confusing!

From Quiz Money Through The Ages

Answer: Scotland

Scotland. A Scottish coin small in dimension first recorded as legal tender in 1541. The name is thought to have originated from the name of the Mintmaster of that time called Sillebawby.

From Quiz Commemorative Coins and Issuing Countries

Answer: Thailand

18 Countries competed in Asian Games in 1970, by contrast the last Games held in Bangkok in 1998 attracted 43 countries: cupro-nickel 1 Baht coin. The headquarters of the World Fellowship of Buddhists is located in Bangkok: 50 Baht silver coin was produced. The Crown Prince was born on 28th July 1952 in Bangkok and on 28th December 1972 he was given the title "Somdech Phra Boroma Orasadhiraj Chao Fah Maha Vajiralongkorn Sayam Makutrajakuman" which made him heir to the throne: 1 Baht coin in cupro-nickel.

From Quiz The Coinage of Ancient Rome

Answer: didrachm

When Rome began issuing its coinage, the economy of Italy was dominated by various Greek colonies. So the Romans issued their first coins on the Greek standard.

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