Osborne Mint
The Osborne Mint is located in this Ohio city.
WHAT IS CINCINNATI?
This is the year US cent coins were made of zinc-plated steel.
What is 1943?
He’s the President on the $20 bill.
WHO IS ANDREW JACKSON?
Grading helps us determine this about a coin, which can help you when buying or selling.
WHAT IS VALUE?
All US Coins can be found in this this guide with a colorful nickname.
WHAT IS THE RED BOOK?
Osborne’s new laser die cutter replaced the older Computer Numerical Controlled milling machine, commonly known by this acronym.
What is CNC?
US coins are all made at one branch or another of this place.
What is the U.S. Mint?
He was never President, but he’s featured on the front of the $10 bill.
WHO IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON?
This is the term for a coin that has not seen any wear and tear from use.
WHAT IS UNCIRCULATED or MINT STATE?
The best way to tell another collector which coin you’re talking about is to use this reference number, often found in a thick book.
WHAT IS A CATALOG NUMBER?
Some of the large coin presses were built by a company named after this city, followed by the name “Millicron”.
What is Cincinnati?
This US coin has had the most varieties of reverse designs.
What is the quarter dollar?
The front of the $5 note features Abraham Lincoln; the back features this place.
WHAT IS THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL?
This is the highest number on the Sheldon Scale for a “perfect” coin.
WHAT IS 70?
Coin catalogs group coins together first by this, so it helps if you can tell where it’s from.
WHAT IS COUNTRY?
Osborne is the same mint that made two designs for Abraham Lincoln’s campaign tokens… with or without this.
What is Lincoln's beard?
US cent coins used to be made of mostly copper; now they’re just copper plated over this metal.
What is zinc?
This back of the current US $2 note features this famous event.
WHAT IS THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
To get a good look at a coin’s condition, you should get a good one of these, a type of magnifier used by jewelers.
WHAT IS A LOUPE?
Sometimes to identify a specific coin variety, you need to use a scale to check this.
WHAT IS WEIGHT?
The Office of Price Administration had the Osborne Mint make ration tokens in these two colors.
What is RED and BLUE?
This US coin’s current reverse features a torch flanked by an oak branch and an olive branch.
What is a dime?
This is the name of the place that prints US paper money.
WHAT IS THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING?
This is the 3-letter acronym for the official third party grading service of the ANA.
WHAT IS N.G.C.?
This measurement useful for identifying coins is the widest distance across the face of a coin.
WHAT IS DIAMETER?