Jester's Challenge #205

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 two hundred fifth selection:

wybrit

Syracusian would like this one, but it depends which side of Cyprus it was found in.

JMOORE

Cyprus

Decimal Coinage. 50 Mils = 1 Shilling: 20 Shilling = 1 Pound: 1000 mils = 1 Pound:

3 MILS

Bronze

Mintage 6,2500,000

XF = .10 Unc = .25

1jester

Wybrit, I was thinking the same thing!

Jim, you're right! As you can see, it's worth a fortune!!!

Someone around here collects fish coins, but I forgot who.

cladking

This is one of those distressingly common moderns.

Not a bad looking coin though.

1jester

"Distressingly common modern" is not heard too often by Cladking!!!

Plus, the coin has been cleaned. Good thing I only paid a buck or two....

Shipcoin

I like it! Yesterday I have put all colonial English coins to the separate album--there your British India coins (thanks onc emore , Mike!) spending nice time now with some Cyprus pieces, also!

1jester

THanks Nick! And you're most welcome. I hope your album isn't PVC!

I have precious few Cyprus coins, but I do find this design to be pretty in its simplicity.



PS: Nick, check Kuhli's present thread about liquidating his world coin collection. I saw he has a few Indian coins for sale (for cheap!) and among them are different Annas. I hope and pray Kuhli's health problems are solved.