Here is a fun quiz for the members of the board.It is about British Commonwealth numismatics. 1. The 1874 1 Pond coin is known affectionately by what nickname? 2. 5 British Commonwealth countries issued pieces known by the term 'Tickey'.Can you please name the 5 countries & the 2 denominations? 3. The 'H' & 'KN' mintmarks on British Commonwealth coins are the mintmarks of what 2 Mints? 4. What British Commonwealth country uses the Rufiyaa,which is divided into 100 Laari? 4. What denomination never existed in Australian coinage,yet,it became a denomination in New Zealand? 5. Which Australian trader issued a coinage that exclusively consisted of 3d. pieces in the late 19th Century? Name the trader & the location. 6. The 1902 1 Pond coin is affectionately known by what nickname? 7. Bouquet Sous come from which Canadian city? 8. The last Canadian province to issue its own coinage was which province? Name the province & the last date that it issued its own coinage. 9. Marshall Hole Cards are banknotes.What is their most famous distinction? 10. Colonel Robert Baden Powell (later Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell & the founder of the Scouts) issued banknotes during which siege? 11. The South African Republic,Orange Free State & Great Britain declared what to be legal tender as emergency currency? 12. In what year did the South African Republic issue its 5/- crowns? 13. In what year did South Africa first issue the Krugerrand? 14. The South African Republic's 5/- crown exists as the 'Single Shaft' & what other type? 15. The South African 1947 5/- crown was issued to commemorate which event? 16. The 1953 Southern Rhodesian 5/- crown is known affectionately by what nickname? 17. A Manx crown-sized piece was struck at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa in what year? Name the denomination. 18. Bearer Cheques are now in circulation in which British Commonwealth country in Africa? Please write down the questions with your answers on a blank sheet of paper.I shall give you the answers on Tuesday of next week.
The answers are as follows; 1. Burgerspond. 2. Rhodesia,Rhodesia & Nyasaland,South Africa,South African Republic,& Southern Rhodesia.3 Pence (expressed as 3d.) & the 2-1/2 Cents. 3.Heaton's & King's Norton. 4. The Maldive Islands. 4. The 1/2 Crown (expressed as 2/6). 5. Hogarth,Erichsen & Company of Sydney (1858 & 1860). 6. The Veld Pond. 7. Montreal. 8. Newfoundland.The last coins were issued in 1947.(They were first issued in 1865.) 9. Marshall Hole cards were the first Rhodesian banknotes,as they were issued at Bulawayo,Matabeleland.They were also the only banknotes to have been issued by the British South Africa Company. 10. The Siege of Mafeking. 11. The South African Republic declared Postal Orders & the Orange Free State declared Postal Notes to be legal tender during the 2nd. Boer War (1899-1902).Great Britain declared Postal Orders to be legal tender during both World Wars. 12. 1892. 13. 1967 was the first year for the full Krugerrand.The 1/10,1/4,& 1/2 Krugerrand was first issued in 1980. 14. Double Shaft (also called 'Disselboom' in the Afrikaans language.) 15. The visit of the Royal Family to Southern Africa.They visited Bechuanaland,Swaziland,Basutoland,& the Rhodesias as well as South Africa.It was from South Africa that the then Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) gave her first public radio address to the British Empire (now the British Commonwealth). 16. The Cecil Rhodes Crown,because it was issued for the centenary of the birth of Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902),the famous imperialist,businessman & Premier of the Cape of Good Hope. 17. The 1972 25 Pence,which commemorates the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip. 18. Zimbabwe.Bearer Cheques are emergency banknotes. Please mark your paper to see which answers you got correct.Please send me a private message with the number you got correct.
