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

1924 France 50 centimes. I like these "Bon Pour" coins! There is some story about why they were made this way, perhaps something to do with war reparations they were waiting for.

 

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1924 USSR 1 Poltinnik

 

Russia 1833

 

1833 BEIC 1 pie, Bombay

 

Here's what I learned. More interesting than I had initially thought.

Towards the end of the First World War in the year 1918, France suffered from a shortage of small coins. But shortly after the war, the country was insolvent and could not afford to mint silver coins. The Ministry of Finance, on the other hand, would not condescend to the issue of emergency money. For that reason the French government only struck divisional coins from 5 to 25 centimes in the postwar years. These small denominations had always been made from copper-nickel – a cheap material that even wartorn France could afford. The issue of denominations that had been made from silver before the war was delegated to the country's chambers of commerce. The coins were to be made from aluminum bronze and to bear the inscription "Bon pour …" ("voucher for …"). Hence it was clear that they were not official French money, but merely compensatory issues.


Plagiarized from https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&id=1144.

 

With 1833 I take us to the United States of America! A nicely worn, chocolatey brown one-cent.

 

Love that nicely toned large cent! Thanks for the story about the "Bon Pour tokens". I think I have one more 1833 coin here...1833 BEIC 1/4 anna, minted in Bombay.

 

India Hyderabad - Rupee, 1925

 

India - Hyderabad AH1321/1903AD AR Rupee Mir Mahbub Ali Khan

 

China Sinkiang - 1 Miscal, AH1322 1903

 

Double post - glitch

 

1903 GB Farthing

 

With 1903 I take us to Hamburg - German states or Germany.

 

German States - Wurttemberg 1846

 

Bolivia - 8 Soles, 1846 R

 

1846 - Bremen, Free Hanseatic State, 12-grote.

 

(India) AH1262/1846 Ry.42 Baroda AR 1/2 rupee

 

India Baroda - 1 Rupee, AH1299 1882

 

1882 - Great Britain or United Kingdom.

 

Canada, 1882 large cent. Also Heaton mint