This is WAR!!!!!!!

MrEureka

I like US coins, but they just don't have much history going for them compared to coins from so much of the rest of the world. Let's see if you can prove me wrong. Post your most historical coins and make your case. You Lightsiders outnumber Darksiders 10:1 around here, but I'd bet very heavily that they are about to kick your collective butt. Go prove me wrong! I dare you!

Dog97

Askari is their ringleader. I aint messing with him!

coinlieutenant

Working on a MATLAB code at the moment... Will join the fray this evening. Just keep the thread going...

merz2

I have to much respect to try that game with Askari.

hookedoncoins

<< <i>Askari is their ringleader. I aint messing with him! >>

Russ

I'm scared of those people. Last time I tried to post over in their world I was beaten about the head like a rag doll and left for dead at the side of the forum.

Russ, NCNE

Cladiator

Yeah I won't touch this one with a ten foot pole.

MrEureka

OK, fine, I'll start.

Here's a dime. They only made a couple dozen, probably for some sort of party favor. I hear a kid spent one a bowl of ice cream. It doesn't get much more historical than that, right?!

relayer

This coin commemorates the historical invention of the light bulb.

They ain't got no light bulbs on the darkside.

theboz11

Clankeye

History never repeats.

MrEureka

Yeah, you thnk that ugly Jeton is historical? Hah!

Here is a RACKETEER NICKEL. Someone gold plated a few and passed them as $5 gold pieces. Like, whoa! Excellent idea! Put it in a museum!

CarlWohlforth

I can't believe everybody is taking this challenge laying down! I have an ancient gold coin that is pretty neat, but I can't even say exactly what year it was made.

This bad boy (image below) was made during the California gold rush. When gold was discovered a huge number of easterners came out west however they could to try to get rich. What could be more American? They were traveling by Canestoga wagons and sailing around the tip of South America by boat to get to the Sierra foothills.

At the time there wasn't enough small change to do proper commerce. Bartenders were charging a pinch of gold dust for a shot of whiskey. Naturally bar owners wanted to hire bartenders with the fattest fingers So fractional California gold coins were made.



C'mon gang, the US Revolution is very important in world history! Lets see some of that. Or maybe some civil war stuff...

CarlWohlforth

Whew, I'm glad there were a few attempts while I was making my last post!

theboz11

MrEureka

This bad boy (image below) was made during the California gold rush.

Wrong! It was made by a jeweler thirty years later to sell to the tourist trade. But nice try.

Clankeye

Oh, we're talking esoteric historical.

Yeah, Dark Side wins, hands down.


Clankeye

cosmicdebris

Chalk one up for the UK

MrEureka

Next millenium

Well, at leased Lightsiders no how to spell...

CarlWohlforth

Well, at least it reminds me of the CA gold rush! What's 30 years among friends?

Clankeye

<< <i>Well, at leased Lightsiders no how to spell... >>



For those not interested in the other part of the game, find at least two errors in that sentence.

Clankeye

hookedoncoins

I wish I had a better picture, but here goes:



This coin is a British/Irish Gun-Money florin dated June 1690. Below I will tell the coin's story:

The second son of Charles I, James II reigned from 1685 until 1688, when he was ousted in favor of William of Orange (in one of Britain's civil war's). Bitter, James II went to Ireland to muster an army and retake his thrown (sp?). As 1689 progressed, however, James' first issue of coins was running out due to a lack of materials at the Dublin mint. James was also running out of funds to pay his army, so he melted down whatever he could find (bronze, copper, etc) and used this metal to mint a new batch of coins. These coins were issued with the understanding that after James II regained his thrown, they would be replaced with pounds sterling. Unfortunately James never did regain his thrown.

trozau

This one has history ...

1jester

One for Mr.Eureka

One for Clankeye

One for HepKitty

One for Askari

One for Conder101

One for Tonelover

One for for all you other fools

MrEureka

This coin is a British/Irish Gun-Money florin dated June 1690.





Need I say more?

JohnZ

Did someone say history?

In the 1550’s the state of the Livonian Order fell apart, facing a Russian invasion. While most of Livonia turned to Poland for protection, the city of Reval and Northern Estonia accepted Swedish King Erik as their protector, an event which marked the begin of Swedish expansion in the Baltic region.

In 1563 Sweden found herself in war against Denmark, Poland, and Luebeck (the Nordic 7 Years War, 1563-1570). The Danes conquered Älvesborg, Sweden's access to the North Sea, which Sweden regained by paying a ransom.
A problem arose in 1587, when Swedish crown prince Sigismund Vasa was elected King of Poland, and, as a condition to being crowned, had to convert to Catholicism. In 1592 his father Johann III died and Sigismund was crowned King of Sweden as well, uniting Poland and Sweden in a dynastic union.

However, the Swedish church and nobility feared that Sigismund might attempt to reintroduce Catholicism by force (after it’s recent schism from the Catholic Church and it’s adoption of Lutheranism). Sigismund was deposed in 1600, but continued to rule in Poland until his death in 1632. He never gave up his claim to the Swedish throne, and his mere existence was perceived a threat by Lutheran Sweden.

Sweden now had two archenemies, Denmark and Poland.




Here is a silver Poltorak of 1624, Sigismund Vasa.

LucyBop

Here's a very historical coin:





when this GEM was introduce something was happening in America..... Rhythm and Blues was jumpin and spreading to the white teens of America, many pioneer doowop groups were laying the foundation for what was to come......

when this coin came out:,



A young Hillbilly Hepcat burst on the scene..... He had the black mans tempo and fire and a sound that a certian record producer was lookin for, and dreammmmmmy looks were his...... The Cats started boppin, may of the teenyboppers got their own radios and record players..
This Hepcat cut a record called 'Thats Allright Mama' and forever changed the world!

which leads us up to this historical coin:



By the time this one came out, the jukeboxs were rockin' in soda shops all across the country, and the dance halls were boppin' in full force, the Hepcats were living it up, the most! The cars were the best! Cars with fins, Poodle Skirts, Cateye glasses, Saddle shoes, Ducktails, Sideburns..... Rock'n Roll was in full swing!!!! No other Country/coin can touch this one!

Slamdunk, 1950s coins, cars and Rock'n Roll....
Go Cat Go!

the HepKitty has spoken!

hookedoncoins

<< <i>This coin is a British/Irish Gun-Money florin dated June 1690.





Need I say more? >>

puff

<< <i>This one has history ...

>>



Thanks trozau! Lest we not forget September 11th 2001, a date that will live in infamy!

LALASD4

How about one pound of Gold?




Plus some other historic (scences) coins.












I know those are not very old, so here are some from 600 B.C.

barberlover

My most "historic" coin is a 1861 m.s. 65 seated quarter, that has full luster and has never seen a dipp jar or an acid bath. Just honost American crud collected over 143 years !!!

The pic of this coin was posted several months ago so I wont bother with it again.

My 76 S Trade dollar is the nations centennial year, thats important history isn't it ?

Of course I consider 1892 a very historic year also, but nobody here could guess why [lol].

Les

1jester

"the HepKitty has spoken!"

puff

<< <i>Of course I consider 1892 a very historic year also, but nobody here could guess why [lol].

Les >>



Les....... Could it be because Columbus was supposed to have discovered America 400 years prior.

JohnZ

Of course I consider 1892 a very historic year also, but nobody here could guess why

Your birth year?

Dog97

Here's one from a good year. Wait a minute, who's side am I on?

coinkat

This is interesting but it is difficult for the New World to compete with those coins that date prior to 1492. I am sure that the 1492 date will create a debate that may take the thread back even further so I won't waste time posting a Cromwell Shilling or a Henry VIII Testoon.

MSD61

Throw Ireland in




In 1822 and 1823 a small issue of pennies and halfpennies was released for use in Ireland by the Royal Mint.
By this time the normal English currency, which had been reformed in 1816, was circulating in Ireland along with an extensive series of banknotes of the numerous private banks in Ireland.
The coinage also consisted of a farthing which was not issued and only specimens or patterns exist.
Proof strikings of the penny and halfpenny exist for both years of issue and there is a scarce pattern penny with a narrower harp that the normal issue.
In 1826 the Irish currency was formally abolished and the Irish pound which had been valued a few pence below the sterling pound was brought into line and ceased to exist as a seperate denomination.

MSD61

More?




There were only 312,000 of these struck in 1940

The animal chosen for the penny is a hen with chicks. The hen is holding an arrowhead in one claw. This is the only design which features an inanimate object associated with the animal design.
The design of the hen was altered slightly in 1938 to improve the flow characteristics of the metal under striking.
The penny was first struck in 1928 and was last struck in 1968. It was demonetised on the 18th of February 1971 along with the remaining denominations which had no counterpart in the decimal coinage.

Geoman

I only collect US Coins, and have never ventured to the "darkside." However, I just recently picked up a coin that I call "The Train" coin. A friend of mine sent it up from southern Texas. I believe that it is a Mexican Commemorative coin, but am not sure. If anyone knows more about it, such as a KM number, please let me know. I'll give some info on it below. It has some pretty good history.

When railroads were first being built there was no standardization of rail gague, or rail width. So one train would work on one set of tracks, but not another. Most industrial countries standardized tracks before, or around 1900. Mexico, being rather slow to get that done, suffered great financial difficulty as a result. On top of the differences in rail gague, the Northwestern part of Mexico was not connected, rail-wise, to the Yucatan Peninsula. In 1950 Mexico finally got their rail gague standardized and connected to the Yucatan. The Mexican mint struck 200,000 of the 5 peso train coins to commemorate the event.

In 1968 the Olympic games were held in Mexico City, and a 25 peso silver coin was struck to commemorate that event. For reasons I don't know, about 100,000 of the train coins were melted down, and the silver used to produce the Olympic coins. That only leaves about 100,000 train coins.

farthing

Where modern minting techniques really began.

Compa

1892 = start of the Barber series

ConstellatioCollector

MSD61,

That's a chicken, NOT a PIDGIN!

farthing

One only Master grasps the whole domain

farthing

Geoman - Your Mexican 5 Pesos is catalogued as KM 466. .6431asw

Very popular coin!

lordmarcovan

Here's one that weighs 3.38 pounds. I never weighed it, but it's certainly heavy, and I try to avoid dropping it on my foot! It's a Swedish "plate money" 2-daler "coin" struck in copper, and recovered from the Nicobar shipwreck. The Nicobar, a Danish ship, was carrying a bunch of these to India, when it sank in 1783, off the South African coast. Mine is one of 1,103 pieces dated 1750 that were salvaged off the wreck. Only 1,135 total 1750 2-daler plates are known, but it is by far the most common plate.

(This information from forum member Refrema.)

Vet

josh tatum was his name,he was blind .

Nic

Nuff said. K

mongoose

LIGHTSIDE RULES! bwaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaa

MacCrimmon

Here's one with some history.....

1696 Sixpence - William III


The first of the Great Re-coinage in England to replace the old hammered silver which had become badly clipped and worn out due to years of heavy usage. About the value of a dime, it would have bought a lot more than a dish of ice cream!!
Of course, for ice cream you need refrigeration, and England still has problems with much of that.....


Condor Token - Middlesex 716 - No date because it's timeless
"TAXS, RENTS!", says the donkey. "I WAS AN ASS TO BEAR THE FIRST LOAD"!!


Political commentary at it's finest!

GDJMSP

Just couldn't stay out of this one


OK - one of the coins that started it all here in North America. A 1542-46 4 reale struck at the Mexico City mint. The descendents of these coins were the most widely accepted and widely circulated coins in the western hemisphere. And when the USA was founded they were the dominant coinage. They continued to circulate in the USA until 1857 when the young country finally had enough coinage of their own.







Darkside and lightside - all at the same time

MrEureka

This is an excessively rare USA Buffalo Nickel with only THREE LEGS on the Buffalo.

OK, maybe it looks more like 3 and a half legs.

Well, yeah, sure, somebody just overpolished the die a bit too much. The Buffalo really has four legs.

BUT IF THE BUFFALO REALLY ONLY DID HAVE THREE LEGS, NOW THAT WOULD REALLY BE HISTORICAL.

First one ever! Betcha never saw one of THOSE in a zoo. Except maybe one that had an accident. Or a birth deformity. Or someone just really liked the Buffalo and didn't want to "eat it all at once", like the hero pig in that old joke. OK, so maybe a three legged Buffalo isn't really all that special. But it could be, because it's only one leg away from being a two legged Buffalo, and how many of THOSE have you seen???