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Hidden : 10/8/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Pennies! Everyone's least favorite coin. Do you throw them in a big jar at home? Do you politely refuse them from the cashier when receiving them in change? Do you think that the metal is worth more than its monetary value? Well, the U.S. one cent piece has quite the long history. This cache will test your penny cents, er, sense!


THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES which appropriately would put you in the middle of the PENN(Y) LINCOLN Highway!

The cache is located at

N40 27.ABC
W079 49.DEF

where A through F can be determined by correctly answering the following penny-related questions:


A In what year was the penny made with zinc-coated steel?

• 1860

• 1909

• 1917

• 1943

• 1999


• 8

• 6

• 4

• 2

• 0
B What is the last year the penny was made with 100% copper?

• 1796

• 1857

• 1909

• 1958

• 2008
 

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6
C Which of the following expressions dates back at least to a 1546 publication by John Heywood?

• He's like a bad penny, always turns up.

• Not worth a red cent.

• A penny saved is a penny earned.

• A penny for your thought.

• Put your two cents in.
 


• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9
D In what year was an aluminum penny made but never released in circulation?

• 1943

• 1960

• 1974

• 2000

• 2006
 

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6
E Who designed the Lincoln cent?

• Vincent D. Brown

• Vaughn Bostok

• Vance David Bartholomew

• Viktoras Barnauskas

• Vladomir D. Blossovich
 

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 0
F Which of the following is not a type (style) of a large cent penny?

• Indian head

• Draped bust

• Braided Hair

• Liberty Cap

• Coronet
 

• 7

• 5

• 4

• 2

• 0

We hope that you find the puzzle to be fun and not too hard. Good luck and have fun!


You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.


Congrats to sweetdacey for the FTF!



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)