World Coins: follow the leader by THEME game
lordmarcovan
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Let's do another "follow the leader" game thread.
Here's how it works. Each player will suggest a theme. The next person must post a coin that fits that theme.
If you post a coin that fits the suggested theme, you then get to choose the next theme. See my first three coins below for an example of how it works.
Try not to pick too esoteric a theme, so as to not make it too difficult for the people playing behind you.
If we ever get stuck, anyone can post a new theme if the current one has been in play for 24 hours with no responses.
This is a World coin thread but it is perfectly permissible to post US coins or tokens here as well.
Ready? Stand by- I'll start below...
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Theme: bullion silver.
So I post my Somalian coin here.
Which suggests the next theme: elephants.
Theme: elephants.
Belgian Congo with elephant.
Next theme: Africa.
Theme: Africa.
Tanzania 5-shilingi.
Next theme: non-round coins.
I think you get the idea now?
Not necessarily a coin, but should fit the bill:
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Asheland did not pick the next theme, so let me post an African item and choose Age of Discovery as the next themed item.
DPOTD
Age of discovery
Spain: copper 2-maravedis of Ferdinand V of Aragon & Isabella I of Castile, ca. 1474-1504
(Financiers of Columbus' journeys, as everyone knows)
Next: coin with a castle or lion, or both.
coin with a castle or lion, or both.
1827 Spanish Cob 8 Maravedis of Fernando VII
Next theme: Spanish coin or Copper
."It's a dangerous business... going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to" -JRR Tolkien_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Outstanding BST transactions as a seller, buyer and trader with: ----- mustanggt, Kliao, claudewill87, MWallace, paesan, mpbuck82, moursund, basetsb, lordmarcovan, JWP, Coin hunter 4, COINS MAKE CENTS, PerryHall, Aspie_Rocco, Braddick, DBSTrader2, SanctionII, Histman, The_Dinosaur_Man, jesbroken, CentSearcher ------ANA Member #3214817
Next theme: world crowns
Next theme: Any coin with a Sun
Coin with a sun.
Next theme: Peru or South America.
Next Theme : World Long rereigning Monarch
Long-reigning monarch. One of the longest-reigning ever, at 70 years and counting...
Next theme: another British queen.
Another (long reigning) British Queen
Theme-Dragon
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
Not really a coin... but it has a dragon on it :-)
Next theme: Egyptian coinage or another dragon
."It's a dangerous business... going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to" -JRR Tolkien_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Outstanding BST transactions as a seller, buyer and trader with: ----- mustanggt, Kliao, claudewill87, MWallace, paesan, mpbuck82, moursund, basetsb, lordmarcovan, JWP, Coin hunter 4, COINS MAKE CENTS, PerryHall, Aspie_Rocco, Braddick, DBSTrader2, SanctionII, Histman, The_Dinosaur_Man, jesbroken, CentSearcher ------ANA Member #3214817
Theme- Egyptian Coinage
New Theme- Man with Hat
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
Wow! I was also going to play a coin of King Farouk and go with hats next, but you beat me to it!!!
I'll go with my planned Farouk anyway, for the Man with Hat theme.
Next theme: toned coin or medal.
Toned coin or medal
Next: Coin with a lighthouse
."It's a dangerous business... going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to" -JRR Tolkien_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Outstanding BST transactions as a seller, buyer and trader with: ----- mustanggt, Kliao, claudewill87, MWallace, paesan, mpbuck82, moursund, basetsb, lordmarcovan, JWP, Coin hunter 4, COINS MAKE CENTS, PerryHall, Aspie_Rocco, Braddick, DBSTrader2, SanctionII, Histman, The_Dinosaur_Man, jesbroken, CentSearcher ------ANA Member #3214817
Coin with a lighthouse
edit to say: I had to dig through my change jar for this one
Next theme: Coin with a Horse
Theme- Coin with a Horse
New Theme- Post a coin with a Latin legend
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
Latin Legend
New Theme Post a coin with a harp
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Theme- Coin with a harp
New theme- Post a coin with a date ending in -82
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
Theme--coin with a date ending in -82
ok, it's a medal, but it's pretty.
New theme--post a coin or medal with a marine theme.
Jeremy Bostwick
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Not mine, because I don't have a photo of mine.
New Theme - A coin commemorating 100 years of something
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100th year of the Reformation.
Let us see a chrysanthemum. Should not be difficult for a certain type of collector.
DPOTD
Coin with a chrysanthemum
Next theme: Coin with an Angel (or winged figure)
Coin with an angel.
Next, coin with a rooster or chicken.
Coin with rooster
Next, coin from Canada.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for first loving us.
Canada. (Newfoundland).
Next: young Victoria ... OR ... another Maritime province Canadian coin.
Next theme : Monarch with a beard
Monarch with a beard (George V).
Next theme: Australia.
Theme- Australia
New Theme-Ruler who abdicated
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
That looks familiar.
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Ruler who abdicated.
Napoleon I abdicated in 1814.
He died in 1821 but had a second funeral in 1840, when his remains were returned to France. That was the occasion for the striking of this medal, which shows his original resting place on Saint Helena.
Next: coin, token or medal of a funerary and/or posthumous nature.
OK, so the last theme fell flat. It happens. That's why we have the 24-hour rule. Anyone may hit the "reset" button by presenting a new theme if the one in play got no response within 24 hours.
So let's try a different theme.
How about... shields or coats of arms?
Next Theme: Coin with small Bird
Let us see a coin or medal featuring Jerusalem, but on a Muslim or Christian item.
DPOTD
Here's a papal medal featuring Pope Saint Paulus VI for his visit to the Holy Land in 1965. The Gate of Jerusalem is featured on the reverse...
New theme--post a coin or medal with a papal states theme.
Jeremy Bostwick
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Theme- Papal States
1940 Vatican City 5 Lire
New theme- Coin or medal with a Saint
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
Theme- Coin or medal with a Saint
Saint Micheal on a 1720 Switzerland half taler Beromuenster
New theme: Coin that includes a Snake or Reptile
Theme- Piece with a reptile
New Theme- Post a piece dated with the French Revolutionary Calendar
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
Post a portrait coin of one of the Qajar shahs.
DPOTD
Qajar Persia, Fath Ali Shah gold toman. But not a portrait coin, so the previous theme remains in play.
Invoking the 24-hour rule.
Anyone may hit the "reset" button by presenting a new theme if the one in play got no response within 24 hours.
Initiating coin theme randomizer
Next theme: Coin with a City View or Landscape
City View.
I like the theme, so let's keep it the same. City View or Landscape.
More of the "City View or Landscape"?
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Theme 'City View or Landscape'
'Town' View and Landscape 1637 Hesse-Cassel Willow Tree Thaler
New Theme- Post a piece with a Tree
Justin Meunier
Boardwalk Numismatics
This is about one of the weirdest, creepiest, and coolest pieces that I've had. It is a tree, a Christmas Tree in fact, with, you know, a skeleton...
New Theme--Post a piece with a yuletide theme.
Jeremy Bostwick
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New theme: Venus.
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Roman Empire: silver denarius of Lucilla (d. 182 AD), with Venus on the reverse.
Next theme- continue with something Roman, with extra credit it if it features an empress.