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I got this one from @lordmarcovan

Newfoundland 50 cents

 

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Iceland 1 eyrir 1959

 

I just noticed I went back to a Canadian.
If that's not ok then I will play Denmark.

 

Just came across this thread. Looks like a fun game! Would any other members be interested in a revival?

I quote the OP rules:

@Pickin and Grinin left us in Denmark. We will board a ship and take passage to...

UNITED KINGDOM
Time of Victoria, 1837-1901
CU Farthing (20.0mm, 2.83g, 12h)
Dated 1890. Royal mint, London
Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F: D:, laureate and draped bust of Queen Victoria left
Reverse: Seated figure of Britannia facing right, holding trident in left hand and shield with Union flag in right; sea behind with lighthouse on left and ship on right; FARTHING above, date in exergue
References: Numista 1013
Mintage: 2,133,000
In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 65 RB. Bright lustrous surfaces. From the Crichel House Cache, “Raindrop Race Wager.” In 1890 two friends were sitting inside the stately Crichel House in Dorset one rainy day. Noticing the raindrops sliding down the glass window panes, they each chose a drop and made a bet of £5 on which one would reach the bottom of the window first. The loser, disgruntled, decided to make things as inconvenient as possible and withdrew from the bank his £5 payment in farthings, the lowest value denomination, which amounted to 4,800 coins. The farthings were brand new, fresh from the mint, and wrapped in rolls of paper. The winner of the bet stored them away, still wrapped, where they sat undisturbed for more than 120 years until they were brought to auction. The entire collection sold for £63,440.
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Where next?

 

Across the Atlantic to the Bahamas.

 

From one Caribbean island nation to another.

REPUBLIC OF HAITI
AR Gourde (37.6mm, 25.00g, 6h)
Dated 1887. Paris mint, France
Obverse: RÉPUBLIQUE * D'HAÏTI AN 84, Liberty facing right, wearing head scarf; ·900 MILL·1895·25 GRAM· below; ROTY Gr LAFORESTERIE below bust
Reverse: Coat of arms of Haiti: banners, spears, muskets with fixed bayonets, cannons, and cannonballs behind and around palm tree surmounted with liberty cap, L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE on banner below; ·LIBERTÉ·ÉGALITÉ·FRATERNITÉ· above, ·1 GOURDE · below
References: Numista 23882
Mintage: 200,000
Formerly in NGC encapsulation, graded AU Details. From the Globus Collection.
In 1492 the very first European settlement in the New World was established by Christopher Columbus on the northwestern coast of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in what is now the country of Haiti. For two hundred years the island remained under Spanish control, until 1697 when the western portion was ceded to the French. The harsh treatment and brutal working conditions of the slave population there led to the outbreak of a slave revolt in 1791, which eventually resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Haiti in 1804.​

 

Panama

 

Same! I had read that story awhile back, but only recently made the effort to hunt one up and buy it. Not that they're terribly rare or hard to find.

 

Continuing our Caribbean tour, we stop off at...



...Jamaica!

BRITISH JAMAICA
Time of Victoria, 1837-1901
CU Penny (30.1mm, 9.40g, 12h)
Dated 1895. Royal mint, London, UK
Obverse: Crowned bust of Queen Victoria left within beaded circle, L C WYON (engraver) below bust; VICTORIA QUEEN above, * 1895 * below
Reverse: Coat of arms of Jamaica within beaded circle, JAMAICA above, * ONE PENNY * below
References: Numista 14273
Mintage: 36,000
Formerly in NGC encapsulation, graded AU details. From the Globus Collection.
The Caribbean island of Jamaica was one of Britain’s oldest colonial possessions. Taken from the Spanish in 1655 under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, the island, already a valuable resource for its productive sugar plantations, soon became a haven for English privateers and pirates – including the famous Henry Morgan, who made the city of Port Royal his base of operations and eventually became lieutenant-governor of the island. Over the following centuries, despite several rebellions and attempts by both the Spanish and the French to capture it, Jamaica continued to be an extremely valuable colony for Britain, exporting both sugar and later bananas. The island was granted independence in 1962, after more than three hundred years of British rule.
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Panama 1940 2 1/2 cents

 

Onto the Cook Islands.

 

Love that coin @lordmarcovan - a 1927 Australian florin is on my world coin target list. I think it's an attractive and well executed design.

Moving on from Australia, we cross the Arafura Sea into New Guinea!

GERMAN NEW GUINEA COMPANY, 1884-1899
CU 10 Pfennig (30.0mm, 10.08g, 12h)
Dated 1894. Berlin, Germany mint
Obverse: Bird of Paradise perched on branch
Reverse: 10 NEU GUINEA PFENNIG 1894 in four lines between palm branches; NEU-GUINEA COMPAGNIE above, mintmark at bottom
References: Numista 21762
Mintage: 100,000; all but 23,930 melted
Rich brown surfaces with traces of iridescence.
In 1884 the unified nation of Germany was still young, having only recently been established through the brilliant political machinations of Otto von Bismark, nicknamed the "Iron Chancellor". Yet Germany's economic power was on the rise, and it was eager to join the rest of the major European powers in establishing overseas colonies. To that end, the German New Guinea Company was founded in 1884 with the goal of colonizing the island and developing its natural resources, mainly through plantation farming. The project was not particularly successful, however, and in 1899 the German Imperial Government took administrative control of the island, which it held until the outbreak of World War I, when in 1914 German New Guinea was captured by Australian forces.
These "Bird of Paradise" coin types struck for the German New Guinea Company are widely considered to be among the most beautiful modern coins ever minted. They are also quite scarce, not only because they are all one-year issues with low original mintages, but also because after the company was dissolved the majority of the coins were melted down and recycled. According to Numista, of the 100,000 pieces originally minted, all but a mere 23,930 were melted.​

 

Fiji

 

Peru

 

Bolivia