[Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

Netherlands and Portugal. Both pretty worn, but it is what it is.

 

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Thanks, yes that coin was a great addition. Hope that another example shows up in future auction for you!

 

1824 Central American Republic (CAR) 8 Real

 

Looks to be time for 1823:



and who’d think I’d have more from this year…and from South America no less.

 

1823 Britain, Buenos Aires and Poland.

 

Netherlands Indies again, Sumatra. 1/2 Stuiver

 

France, 2 francs - 1823

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PRUSSIA.
1/6 thaler 1823.

 

NETHERLANDS.
1 cent 1823.

 

BUENOS AYRES.

 

Hesse-Cassel 1 Heller 1822

 

Anchor coin, 1/16 dollar, silver 0.892 fine. 16mm.

Struck in Britain for various British colonies. Listed in Krause World Coins under British West Indies.

The 1822 coins were struck for use in Mauritius, but saw their widest distribution in Canada and the Caribbean colonies. It was designed as divisible parts of the Spanish dollar which was in use in the Caribbean at the time. The coinage was of Spanish dollar fineness (.892 silver). The coins were made in fractional values which refer to equivalent portions of the Spanish dollar, i.e., half Anchor dollar was equivalent to four reales, quarter dollar to two reales, eighth dollar to one real and sixteenth dollar to a half real.

 

I have a bunch of 1822. @Jimski , I'm interested to see how raised the design is on your West Indies coin compared to mine.

 

Do you have a 1/16th? ... My coin does have a very high relief.

 

I just have the 1/8. I didn't realize they were different denominations.

 

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Hiddendragon, thanks for calling my attention to this.

The relief on the coin in hand does not look that deep. I think the apparent high relief is a photo effect … maybe due to the extreme lighting angle and the long shadows. The photos were from the seller.

I took my own, and they are below.

Repeating: Anchor coin, 1/16 dollar, silver 0.892 fine. 16mm. ... British West Indies.

 

Brazil.

 

Great Britain.

 

Reuss-Obergreiz.

 

This the first I have heard of this type of coin, and I want to get some of them.