Jester's Challenge #184

1jester

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 eighty-fourth selection:

cladking

Most of the early issues of this denomination were heavily used and are hard to
find pristine. Later issues were not as worn and can be found in VF/XF but are
little more common in unc.

Even worn specimens are infrequently enough encountered that heavy melting
has to be suspected.

1jester

I have a 1939-H also in XF but it's been cleaned lightly. These things seem to be pretty tough to find, as Cladking mentions.

JamminJ

Has there ever been a Jester's Challenge without a King or Queen of England represented among the offerings?

I like the palm tree but I'm biased by having one just like it on my lawn.

-JamminJ

1jester

Jammin', I sort of like British coins.... And I drink tea with milk.... It seems that the Darkside is gaining an ever-stronger hold on my life. But I'll try to make do.

Bruce

Another neat coin. And I have seen some of his without the British Monarch present for sure.

JamminJ

I like the Brits too! No dig was meant by my comment.

I have a dialup connection so it takes a bit for the photos to load and I try to guess whose portrait may pop up while waiting. I noticed I'm most often right guessing George V, George VI or Liz II in each group of 4 or 5 challenge coins posted simultaneously.

-JamminJ

1jester

I guess I'm going to have to mix it up a bit better....