#8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $200: In 2022 Samoa honored "Sesame Street" with a $5 coin featuring this Muppet popping out of his trash can Oscar (the Grouch) |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $800: Cameroon is one of several countries that use a currency called the CFA this; coins come in values from 1 to 500 franc |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though Mount Ararat is in Turkey, this neighboring country issued a 500-dram coin featuring the mountain along with Noah's Ark & a dove Armenia |
#6849, aired 2014-05-29 | NEW BRITISH COINS $400: Lord Kitchener points at you from the 2-pound coin commemorating the 2014 centenary of this World War I |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | OLD MONEY $2000: One of the world's earliest coins, it has a name from the Greek for "to grasp" a drachma |
#5692, aired 2009-05-12 | WORLD COINS $200: In 2004 Somalia issued 6 coins in the shape of this instrument, including a Fender Stratocaster guitar |
#5482, aired 2008-06-10 | A WORLD OF CURRENCY $200: An 1873 law states that this creature must appear on the reverse of all U.S. coins greater than 10 cents the bald eagle |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | WORLD COINS $400: Each year this country changes the design of its gold & silver panda coins, adding to their appeal China |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | WORLD COINS $1200: A 1966 gold coin from Kenya has "Father of the Kenya Nation" on one side, his portrait on the other (Jomo) Kenyatta |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | WORLD COINS $1600: Popular modern gold coins include the cat series introduced in 1988 by this island off England Isle of Man |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | WORLD COINS $2000: This land of the "dragon people" depicts Saturn on its beautiful 1995 1-sertum solar system coin Bhutan |
#4506, aired 2004-03-22 | WORLD COINS $1600: All of Ireland's coins feature this musical instrument on one side the harp |
#4506, aired 2004-03-22 | WORLD COINS $2000: In 2001 Russia issued a coin with his portrait to commemorate the 40th anniversary of manned space flight Yuri Gagarin |
#4184, aired 2002-11-07 | WORLD COINS $200: In 2001 the Isle of Man issued 6 coins devoted to this 11-year-old wizard; the first depicted him casting a spell Harry Potter |
#4184, aired 2002-11-07 | WORLD COINS $1000: A hologram of this sacred temple lies in the center of Cambodia's 2001 10,000-riel coin Angkor Wat |
#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 |
#3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ANCIENT COINS $400: The animal featured on the electrum coin of Lydia, it got the world's coinage off to a roaring success Lion |
#2668, aired 1996-03-20 | COINS $400: In 1930 Germany issued 3 & 5 Reichsmark coins commemorating the around-the-world flight of this airship The Graf Zeppelin |
#2258, aired 1994-06-01 | WORLD COINS $400: Some of the first coins issued by this Caribbean nation in 1807 pictured its president, Henri Christophe Haiti |
#2258, aired 1994-06-01 | WORLD COINS $600: This nation's coins of the 1820s were minted on Aegina with presses bought from the Knights of St. John Greece |
#2258, aired 1994-06-01 | WORLD COINS $800: Gold sovereigns issued by this small European nation in 1982 depicted the Bishop of Seo de Urgel Andorra |
#2258, aired 1994-06-01 | WORLD COINS $1000: When this country revised its coinage system in 1967, all of its new coins were inscribed in Tagalog the Philippines |
#2135, aired 1993-12-10 | WORLD COINS $100: In 1980 this country adopted a design of the Aztec dragon for its 5-peso coin Mexico |
#2135, aired 1993-12-10 | WORLD COINS $400: Equal to 20 rials, the Pahlavi is a former gold coin of this country Iran |
#2135, aired 1993-12-10 | WORLD COINS $500: In 1988 Australia became the 1st large country to issue bullion coins made of this valuable metal platinum |
#1897, aired 1992-12-01 | WORLD COINS $400: A 30-drachma piece issued in 1963 celebrated the 100th anniv. of this country's then-current royal dynasty Greece |
#1897, aired 1992-12-01 | WORLD COINS $600: During its WWII occupation of this country, Germany issued coins featuring a tulip the Netherlands |
#1897, aired 1992-12-01 | WORLD COINS $1000: Originally referring to gold ducats, the name of this Polish coin means "golden" a zloty |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | STAMPS & COINS $200: The world's 1st airmail stamp was privately issued in 1877 for mail to be carried on 1 of these a hot air balloon |
#263, aired 1985-09-11 | CANADA $600: Canada is the world's leading producer of this metal used in magnet alloys & coins nickel |