The "Coin Uno" or "Follow the Leader" game (World Coins edition)

Meiji 17/1884 Japan

 

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This silver Japan coin has the denomination silver Isshugin which means "one shu of silver".

I've got this Shu coin labeled as 1853-1865. However, the Kaei character apparently represents the year 1848 of the Edo period (1603-1867).


Therefore I'll play this one as Japan 1848.

 

So cool! I haven't looked at those enough to know some of them could be dated so precisely.

Do you use the Hartill book, or are you going back further? I have a reprint of the Monroe book but it's got such an old fashioned writing style (and is a bit imperfect in reproduction) so it's a pain to slog through.

 

I don't have those books in my library & I do not read Japanese. To most japan questions, my answer would be "wakarimasen".

This shu was a souvenir from a Japan trip in the early 1980s. I traveled to Japan 7 times one year. Each time I would typically bring something "tourist-y" home like a watch, pearls, or coin. Someone at CT said this coin was 1848 but I keep it labeled 1853-1865.

Your turn to play a coin. I think everyone likes seeing your Japan material.

 

10 Sen



Japan or 1923 next

 

I like that one, a bit off center there!

Okay, here's one I haven't played yet (I don't think).

Showa 22, 1947. Cool little error I picked up on eBay. Flew all the way from Japan with that little piece of paper tucked in place and I managed to knock it out after one photo.




Next up, Japan or 1947

 

You've posted it, but perhaps not in this thread.

(No, I am not going to go back and check.)

 

Belgian Congo 1947 2 Francs

 

In 2011 I had this slabbed just to get the warm-fuzzy feeling that it was a real coin. Here is the original post at CT: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-got-my-first-pillar-dollar.168457/#post-1155414 It got an NGC grade of "XF-Details Hairlines". Today, it resides raw in my collection.

Mexico 1771 Pillar Dollar

 

Mexico, 1910. I know I've put it up somewhere on this site but didn't tag it for this thread.

 

USA, 1910 Cent

 

This Thule Kap York trading post is located way up north.
Greenland 1910 Thule - Kap York


There was a trading station in Northwest Greenland founded by Knud Rasmussen in 1910. Rasmussen was a Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. I believe that He bought the schooner "Kap York" for the Thule station in 1913. According to Krause, the Thule Kap York money circulated from 1914 to 1937, but the all the minor coins bear the 1910 date of the founding year. The larger 5 & 10 Kroner denominations bear a 1932 date.

 

Love the Greenland bears--



1926

 

US--1925 Stone Mountain commemorative half dollar. Next: Any 1925 or any US.

 

Sorry, that last one should have been a 1926. Let me correct it as I watch The Open golf from U.K.

US--1926 Seisquicentennial half dollar. One badly struck issue. 65 difficult to find. Never graded above 66.

One oddity: That's George Washington and Calvin Coolidge, who was president then and quite alive, going against law and/or tradition. About 850,000 of the 1 million mintage went back to the melting pot. Great history -- lousy coin.

Next: Any US or any 1926.

 

US--1883 Morgan dollar, Carson City mint (GSA hoard). Next: Any 1883 or any US.

 

Here's a different 1902 than I've posted before:



Great Britain, 1902