HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FINANCIAL HISTORY?

1. Who was the first actual( not allegorical) woman to appear on US paper money?

2. What were the earliest coins produced in North America?

3. Who owned the dueling pistols used in the Hamilton / Burr duel in 1804?

4. What modern-day newspaper did Alexander Hamilton found?

5. What purchase price did the US pay for the Louisiana territory?

6. What founding father served as the president of Pennsylvania from 1785 – 1788?

7. What was the first open-ended mutual fund?

8. Who invented the first stock ticker in 1867?

9. What Federal Reserve chairman is best known for his tireless campaign against inflation in the 1980s?

10. In what year did the United States experience its first financial panic?

1. Martha Washington( Educational Series, 1896) 2. Pine tree shillings( Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1652) 3. Hamilton’ s brother-inlaw, John Barker Church, who was married to Angelica Schuyler 4. The New York Post 5. $ 15 million 6. Benjamin Franklin 7. The Massachusetts Investors Trust 8. Edward Calahan 9. Paul Volcker 10. 1792 www. MoAF. org | Spring / Summer 2026 | FINANCIAL HISTORY 57