Coin Crossword Puzzle

How well do you know your coins?  Put your numismatic knowledge to the test and solve this crossword puzzle.

Use grid coordinates of first letter for clue.
I have added a light grey version on the bottom of the page so you can print it out without killing your printer ink.

If you are a little handy with spreadsheets you can copy the puzzle from my Google Document.

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ACROSS
A6 Found on every US coin
K6 British Penny
Q6 Liberty, on the reverse of the 2013 Woodrow Wilson Dollar coin
X6 Reengraved die, abbr
G7 A period of time
I8 10¢, back in the day
O8 In whom we trust
S8 Grading, evaluating, handling, attributing, marketing, notetaking
A9 Some pennies have a dozen
M9 Near Myld.
E11 Nays, in Congress
I11 A mint or sandwich
Q11 Linear plate bubble
C12 He's Honest
W12 2001 quarter canal
E13 2018 for example
K13 Magnifier
S13 Commemorative Half Dollar made from 1934 through 1938
B14 East of ID
W14 The story of Lewis and Clark
G15 The US Mint uses the Schuyler type
M15 Die chip in Liberty
Q15 1940-D WRPM-002 direction
A16 Newborn planchet
W16 To soften with heat
Y16 2004 quarter, Great Lakes St.
M17 1948-S WRPM-003 direction
D18 How the US Mint destroys a coin
U18 Used in French bronze
I19 Mr Ellington
P19 Coins and bills
V19 Collected
A20 It's in the pudding
U20 Seen on the reverse of the 1920 Pilgrim Half Dollar
Y20 Quarter: The Evergreen State
J21 Man on the coin before Kennedy was governer here.
U22 State quarter after OH
C22 Done with a coin on a pond
M23 US Mint Set finish 2005-2010
T23 On the back of the coin in clue J21 Across
D24 Error
X24 Used for clothing, not coins
A29 The Bureau of The Mint is in this Department
L26 M mintmark
J27 Neither PS nor MS
R27 The back dont line up with the front the way it should
C28 To give a coin
A29 Where to keep the animal on the reverse of the Utah quarter
O29 Animal on the back of clue Y20
T29 Superlative age
F30 First found in a fresh box when CRHing
A31 The starting point for gold coins
J31 A brockage or off center coin for example
P31 One who studies coins

DOWN
A6 5.01
C6 Full luster
E6 The Ocean State
G6 For, in Congress
K6 One of the makers of the Liberty Bell
M6 When you have an empty slot in your album
O6 $10 Gold
R6 State quarter, Musical Heritage
T6 Coins with no face value
X6 Chancy investment
Z6 20853 Half Eagles struck here in 1838
I7 Walker designer
Q8 Brasher made some
E9 Coins and bills
M10 When zinc rots
W10 Rework a damaged die
G11 Coin and _____
U11 Tariff
O12 The back side
S13 Silver will, gold wont
B14 PCGS #508061
I14 Milled edge
Y14 MS65
M15 Used with items in the claws on Morgan Dollar
U15 Stop production
D16 The state in clue W12
Z16 2002, 1816 qtr
F17 United States __ America
G18 MS12
L18 1910-1919
Q18 1st President in office to be seen on a coin. He's shown with George.
V18 Last of the big spenders
Y19 2 Old Eagles
A20 MS70
U20 One way to get rid of a coin
J21 0.999
N21 A collector with experience
V22 A complete set
D24 Haypenny or farthing
F24 Vehicle on the reverse of the Florida quarter
L24 1992 Transitional Die Varieties
R25 What the Eagle left
W26 Better than the rest
J27 A great find
T27 Scale, loupe, caliper, microscope, tongs, stapler
Y27 A numismatist keeps these as well as coins
C28 Boast about a great coin
E28 On a map, below NA
H28 Lots and lots of bills
P28 What they did in the building on the back of the 1975 Half Dollar
L30 South of Clue Y20

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