Trivia Question Answer Part 1

A couple of weeks ago I posted these 2 questions.

1. What is the only US Gold coin to have a bird on it other than an Eagle?
2. What is the bird?

Here is your answer to the first question:

1915-S $50 Pan Pac

In 1915, San Francisco hosted the Panama-Pacific Exposition to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. To commemorate the event, the United States Mint struck a variety of coins in silver and gold, including a Half Dollar, Gold Dollar, $2-1/2 Gold, $50 Gold Octagonal, and $50 Gold Round. The coins were sold at the Exposition individually or in a variety of combinations and/or sets.

Apart from Patterns and semi-official Territorial gold coins, the United States had never issued a $50 gold piece. Not sure of how many they could sell, Mint officials struck 1,509 Octagonal and 1,510 Round versions. Because of the high cost of the coins and the sets, very few coins actually sold. Of the 1,510 $50 Rounds, 10 were set aside for assay purposes, 483 were sold to the public, and the remaining 1,017 coins were destroyed. The Panama-Pacific $50 Round ranks as one of the great numismatic rarities of the 20th Century.*

I will give you the answer to the second question on my next posting.

Kimberly

*information obtained from PCGS Coin Facts