#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | U.S. COINS $200: From 1909 to 1958 the Lincoln penny depicted 2 sheaves of this on the reverse ears of wheat |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | U.S. COINS $400: Due to a minting error, this beast appears to have just 3 legs on some 1937 nickels the buffalo (bison) |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | U.S. COINS $600: This Latin phrase has appeared on U.S. coinage since 1795 & must do so by law since 1873 E pluribus unum |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | U.S. COINS $800: In 1979 she replaced Eisenhower on the $1 coin, but just as women earn less on the dollar than men, her coin was slightly smaller Anthony |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | U.S. COINS $1000: A quarter released in 2023 features this Native American prima ballerina along with her Osage name, which means "two standards" Maria Tallchief |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $200: In 1971 Nixon presented the first proof of the dollar coin featuring this president to his widow Mamie Eisenhower |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $400: The first historical woman on a U.S. coin was this 15th century Spanish queen Isabella |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $600: First minted in 1809, the "Liberty Cap" this was .74 inches in diameter, just a bit bigger than today dimes |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Old West artist James Earle Fraser designed this 1913 coin with a Native American design nickel |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $1000: Released in the order in which states ratified the Constitution, the state quarters series began with this one in 1999 Delaware |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | U.S. COINS $200: On a penny you won't find the word "penny" but this instead one cent |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | U.S. COINS $400: This queen who sponsored Columbus turned up on a commemorative U.S. quarter in 1893 Isabella |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | U.S. COINS $600: This letter on U.S. coins indicates that the coin was minted in the "Mile High City" D |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | U.S. COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): When it appeared in 1913, it was the first animal besides the eagle to appear on a U.S. circulating coin a buffalo |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | U.S. COINS $1000: Like FDR, less than one year after his death, he appeared on a circulating U.S. coin JFK (John Kennedy) |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | U.S. COINS $200: Produced in 1892, the first commemorative U.S. coin featured this non-American Christopher Columbus |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | U.S. COINS $400: Calling it "close to sacrilege", Teddy Roosevelt ordered this motto removed from the Saint Gaudens 10-dollar gold piece "In God we trust" |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | U.S. COINS $600: A 1937 Indian head nickel that featured this animal on the reverse with only 3 legs is a collector's item a buffalo |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | U.S. COINS $1000: The Winged Liberty dime is popularly called this because of its resemblance to a certain Roman god the Mercury dime |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | U.S. COINS $1,200 (Daily Double): A 1946 memorial half-dollar was the first U.S. coin to feature an African American, this educator Booker T. Washington |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $200: "125th Anniversary of the Light Bulb" is on the reverse of the coin honoring him Edison |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $400: A 2001 commemorative depicting this animal was based on the design of a nickel that was produced 1913-1938 the buffalo |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $800: A coin honoring the Marine Corps' 230th anniversary features this motto of the Corps on the reverse Semper fi |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $1000: A silver dollar commemorating desegregation in education showed Central High in this city on the reverse Little Rock |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1992 commemorative coins honored the quincentennial of his greatest achievement Christopher Columbus |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $400: On April 2, 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the building of the U.S. Mint in this Penn. city Philadelphia |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $800: In 2006 his image on the nickel was changed to one based on an 1800 portrait when he was vice president Thomas Jefferson |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $1200: This state's quarter features a cactus, with the Grand Canyon in the background Arizona |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $1600: A 2009 silver dollar honoring this Frenchman has the letters "BRL" in raised dots so it can be read by the blind Louis Braille |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $2000: When this motto first began appearing on gold & silver coins, it was left off the dime, which was too small "In God We Trust" |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $200: In 2009 some collectors' editions of this coin will contain 95% copper, as it did in 1909 the penny |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $400: As with a sculpture, this term refers to a portrait on a coin that shows the head, neck & upper shoulders a bust |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $600: The Columbian quarter was issued in 1893 & featured this 15th century queen on the obverse Isabella |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $800: It should be easy to "home" in on this longest of the 10 words on the back of a current nickel Monticello |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $1000: The Mint's 2 types of coin products are circulating & this type that includes proof sets, from the Latin for "coin" numismatic |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the U.S. Mint in Denver, CO.) The United States Mint's Westward Journey nickel shows the word "Liberty" in this man's handwriting Jefferson |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $800: It's the creature on the reverse of the quarter in use since 1932 the eagle |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $1200: Compared to about 8 billion Lincoln cents, each year the Mint issues 7 million of the Kennedy these half dollars |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $1600: Move over, Sacajawea: a new series of presidential coins worth this much is being launched in 2007 one dollar |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Denver.) Though it depicts Caesar Rodney's ride to vote for the Declaration of Independence, Delaware got the Mint's first state quarter because it was the first to do this ratify the U.S. Constitution |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | U.S. COINS $200: $20 gold coins were a specialty of this mint whose mark is a "D" Denver |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | U.S. COINS $400: In 1973 Congress thought about making pennies in this light metal, but the copper industry objected aluminum |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | U.S. COINS $600: If you like to roll your own coins, you know there are this many pennies in a standard roll 50 |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | U.S. COINS $800: Just prior to all those individual state designs, the quarter had one of these birds on the back eagle |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | U.S. COINS $1000: A study done in 1978 found people hated this coin even before it was issued; it looked too much like a quarter the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $200: The Leif Ericson proof had 2 versions: the U.S. dollar & this island country's kronur Iceland |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $400: There were 4 heads & an eagle on the 1991 coin honoring this landmark Mount Rushmore |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $600: In 1997 this Brooklyn Dodger got a commemorative coin as quick as you could say his name Jackie Robinson |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $800 (Daily Double): His quincentenary was celebrated with a coin in 1992 Christopher Columbus |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $800: Congress authorized coins to commemorate this event held in 1984, 1992 & 1996 the Olympics |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $100: In 1979 Eisenhower was demoted off the dollar coin & replaced by this women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $200: A few rare 1965 quarters were still made of this metal; the Mint switched to a clad coin that year silver |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $300: The 1909-S V.D.B. version of this coin is a grail to collectors; just watch out for counterfeits Lincoln head penny |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $400: Musical instrument pictured on the back of the U.S. Bicentennial quarter drum |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $500: Collectors don't use "tails" & "heads", they use the terms reverse & this obverse |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $200: A limited edition silver dollar featured this black baseball pioneer & the inscription "Rookie of the Year 1947" Jackie Robinson |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $400: The mint produced silver coins for the U.S. & Iceland honoring the millennium of his discovery of the New World Leif Ericson |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $600: Randy'l He-Dow Teton was the model for this coin the Sacajawea dollar |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $700 (Daily Double): To honor the bicentennial of this, a silver dollar featured an open book & the Jefferson Building the Library of Congress |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $1000: This state's commemorative quarter features the natural rock formation "The Old Man of the Mountain" New Hampshire |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | U.S. COINS $100: The design of the Franklin half dollar includes a deliberate crack in this object The Liberty Bell |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | U.S. COINS $200: The face value of the 1-ounce gold American Eagle is $50; this is the face value of the 1/10-ounce $5 |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | U.S. COINS $300: The figure on a Mercury dime is actually Liberty wearing these on her head, like Mercury Wings |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | U.S. COINS $400: On the back of some of the Denver Mint's 1937 nickels, this animal is missing a leg Buffalo |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | U.S. COINS $800 (Daily Double): Next U.S. one-dollar coin in order: Morgan, Peace, Eisenhower.... Susan B. Anthony |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $200: On the quarter during the 1920s, it was flying; today it's perched the eagle |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $400: The old Lincoln penny had one ear of Lincoln's on the front & 2 ears of this grain on the back wheat |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $600: On a very fine one of these coins from 1930, the full horn shows buffalo nickel |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $800: It currently has a torch on the back; prior to 1946 it had a fasces, a bundle of rods the dime |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $1000: 1879 Morgan dollars with an "O" mint mark commemorated the reopening of this southern city's mint New Orleans |
#2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $200: This state's 1925 diamond jubilee was commemorated by a half dollar showing the 1849 gold rush California |
#2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $400: The Indian head nickel features this animal 2 ways: on a mound or on a plain buffalo (bison) |
#2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $600: In 1946 the U.S. minted over 255 million of these new dimes the Roosevelt dimes |
#2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $1000: Words from this poem appear on the reverse of the Ellis Island dollar issued in 1986 "The New Colossus" |
#2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $1,500 (Daily Double): A 1926 commemorative half dollar depicted profiles of Washington & this president at the time Calvin Coolidge |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $200: Sold during an 1892-93 exposition, America's first commemorative coin depicted this explorer Columbus |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $400: For the 100th anniversary of Bridgeport, CT's incorporation, a coin was issued depicting this showman (P.T.) Barnum |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $600: A quill pen & the phrase "We the People" appeared on 1987 coins honoring the 200th anniversary of this the Constitution |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $800: Dollars & half dollars were issued in 1991 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this sculpted monument Mount Rushmore |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $1000: This Daniel Chester French statue was used for the design of a 1925 Lexington-Concord coin The Minute Man |
#2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $100: It's the residence that replaced the bison on the back of the nickel Monticello |
#2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $200: A coin of this value was minted 1864–1873, so if you wanted to put its worth into a conversation... 2 cents |
#2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $300: There are no quarters dated 1975 & the 1976 quarters also have this year on them 1776 |
#2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $400: Some say the design on the 1992 Olympic baseball dollar was copied from a baseball card of this Texas pitcher Nolan Ryan |
#2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $1,500 (Daily Double): From 1948-1963 the half-dollar had this object on its back the Liberty Bell |
#1891, aired 1992-11-23 | U.S. COINS $100: From 1838-1861 the Mint mark "D" stood for Dahlonega, Ga.; today it stands for this Denver |
#1891, aired 1992-11-23 | U.S. COINS $200: James E. Fraser designed this coin using 3 different Indians as models Indian head nickel |
#1891, aired 1992-11-23 | U.S. COINS $300: Winged Liberty head dimes, minted from 1916 to 1945, were also known by this name Mercury dimes |
#1891, aired 1992-11-23 | U.S. COINS $500: Minted from 1793 to 1857, it was the smallest denomination of coin ever issued by the U.S. half-penny (or half-cent) |
#1891, aired 1992-11-23 | U.S. COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): For the bicentennial, the reverse side of this coin featured a colonial drummer the bicentennial quarter |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $200: The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all of this metal from dimes & quarters Silver |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $400: Dies for all U.S. coins are made at the mint in this city Philadelphia |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $600: The 2 denominations that don't have grooves or milling around the edge Nickels & pennies |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $800: "From Slave Cabin to Hall of Fame" appeared on a half-dollar memorial to this black educator Booker T. Washington |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $1000: The first American coins were shillings made in 1652 with the imprint "N.E." which stood for this New England |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. COINS $200: The composition of this coin is now 97.5% zinc & only 2.5% copper the penny |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. COINS $400: Animal featured on the reverse of the Indian Head nickel from 1913 to 1938 a buffalo (or bison) |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. COINS $600: All U.S. coins display this phrase which means "out of many, one" E pluribus unum |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. COINS $800: This dime which took its name from the wings on the cap of Liberty preceded the FDR dime the Mercury dime |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. COINS $1000: The Double Eagle gold piece was issued in this denomination $20 |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $100: In 1864, a new 2-cent piece, minted to relieve a coin shortage, was the first to display this motto In God We Trust |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $200: The dime with his likeness was introduced January 30th, 1946,
which would have been his 64th birthday FDR |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $300: Legend says she was the model for liberty on the 1792 half-dime, & her silver was used in the first ones Martha Washington |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $500: Surprisingly, this major mint didn't put its mark on a domestic coin until the 1942 nickel Philadelphia |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $600 (Daily Double): Due to changes for the bicentennial coin, there were no quarters with this year stamped on them 1975 |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $200: The word "dollar" appears on these 2 coins the quarter dollar & the half dollar |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $400: They're the only 2 coins with buildings on the back the penny & the nickel |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $800: The 2 presidents shown with bows in their hair Jefferson & Washington |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $1000: The back of a dime shows sprigs of both an olive & this tree an oak |
#1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $3,000 (Daily Double): They're the presidents on the front of the smallest & largest coins in size FDR & Kennedy |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | U.S. COINS $200: This coin was originally spelled "disme" a dime |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | U.S. COINS $400: On the half dollar, his portrait was replaced by one of JFK Benjamin Franklin |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | U.S. COINS $600: This U.S. coin is now made of over 97% zinc the penny |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | U.S. COINS $800: Highest denomination coin ever struck by the U.S. mint $50 gold piece |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | U.S. COINS $1000: The phrase "2 bits" reminds us that U.S. coinage was based on this country's "8-part" dollar Spain |