Jester's Challenge #162

1jester · November 1, 2003 8:50AM

Welcome to Jester's Challenge, an interactive history lesson.

Inspired by many others here on the Darkside forum, I'd like to present what I hope will turn into a great learning experience for all of us. Many members on this World and Ancient Coin Forum have done a formidable job of sharing with us many fascinating and historically important coins. Since looking at coins is also one of my greatest pleasures, I'd like to try to follow in that time-honored tradition and submit for your pleasure and entertainment some world coins I've come across in my short lifetime.

I will pick out a coin on a regular basis, and post it along with the challenge to you to name the coin, its provenance, denomination, metallic content, mintage, any distinguishing characteristics or noteworthy features, and its value. The more information, the better. I'd like as many people as possible to participate, regardless of how little knowledge you might have on the subject. I appreciate comments on every aspect of the coin, including its history, or its role in human history, or info on similar coins in its series, etc. I myself don't presume to know 1/1000 of what you collectively know, hence my challenge to all of you to share your knowledge with the rest of us. Hopefully this exercise will encourage thought, discussion, and most importantly, more friendship.

Thanks for your participation!!!

Here is the one hundred sixty-second selection:

a2labmom · November 1, 2003 9:56AM

1808, that's a modern compared to challenge #161.

Askari · November 1, 2003 10:19AM

Now that would make an interesting collection -- coins of "companies" that ran countries (or parts thereof) and issued their own coinage.

elverno · November 1, 2003 11:40AM

When I got mine the dealer had included a note that said:

"While delivering the freshly minted coins to Bengal India, The Admiral Gardner and the Britannia were sunk in a storm. The coins, enclosed in wax sealed kegs were amazingly nice when recovered from the ocean floor in 1985."

spoon · November 1, 2003 12:04PM

Nice! one that hasn't been stripped

1jester · November 1, 2003 9:53PM

Thanks for the comments, folks! I have a couple of the Admiral Gardner salvaged coins, but this is not one of those. The details on this are uncirculated. It does have some kind of layer of soot on it, however, and I don't know where it was stored all these years, but not under the sea.

newbiecollector · November 1, 2003 9:55PM

<< <i>Thanks for the comments, folks! I have a couple of the Admiral Gardner salvaged coins, but this is not one of those. The details on this are uncirculated. It does have some kind of layer of soot on it, however, and I don't know where it was stored all these years, but not under the sea.

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Let us see it !!

1jester · November 1, 2003 10:33PM

Here are the other coins, which are both sea-salvaged from the Admiral Gardner. The first one is "raw" and the second is shown in its original "slab" from the company marketing the sea salvage, copyrighted 1993. I also have the COA but don't show it here.

newbiecollector · November 1, 2003 10:36PM

You, my friend, have an amazing collection of coins!.........

1jester · November 1, 2003 10:39PM

Why thank you most sincerely, my kind and gracious sir!

SYRACUSIAN · November 1, 2003 10:51PM

Beautiful coins brother J

1jester · November 1, 2003 11:08PM

Thank you too, Most Esteemed Brother D!

Bruce · November 2, 2003 12:22AM

I like East Indian Company coins! Come to think of it I like most coins.

1jester · November 2, 2003 1:12AM

Well put, Bruce! I think that makes you normal.

Jester's Challenge #162

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