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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 32364, member: 1824&quot;]Here is a fun quiz for the members of the board.It is about British Commonwealth numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The 1874 1 Pond coin is known affectionately by what nickname?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. 5 British Commonwealth countries issued pieces known by the term &#039;Tickey&#039;.Can you please name the 5 countries &amp; the 2 denominations?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The &#039;H&#039; &amp; &#039;KN&#039; mintmarks on British Commonwealth coins are the mintmarks of what 2 Mints?</p><p><br /></p><p>4. What British Commonwealth country uses the Rufiyaa,which is divided into 100 Laari?</p><p><br /></p><p>4. What denomination never existed in Australian coinage,yet,it became a denomination in New Zealand?</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Which Australian trader issued a coinage that exclusively consisted of 3d. pieces in the late 19th Century? Name the trader &amp; the location.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. The 1902 1 Pond coin is affectionately known by what nickname?</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Bouquet Sous come from which Canadian city?</p><p><br /></p><p>8. The last Canadian province to issue its own coinage was which province? Name the province &amp; the last date that it issued its own coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Marshall Hole Cards are banknotes.What is their most famous distinction?</p><p><br /></p><p>10. Colonel Robert Baden Powell (later Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell &amp; the founder of the Scouts) issued banknotes during which siege?</p><p><br /></p><p>11. The South African Republic,Orange Free State &amp; Great Britain declared what to be legal tender as emergency currency?</p><p><br /></p><p>12. In what year did the South African Republic issue its 5/- crowns?</p><p><br /></p><p>13. In what year did South Africa first issue the Krugerrand?</p><p><br /></p><p>14. The South African Republic&#039;s 5/- crown exists as the &#039;Single Shaft&#039; &amp; what other type?</p><p><br /></p><p>15. The South African 1947 5/- crown&nbsp; was issued to commemorate which event?</p><p><br /></p><p>16. The 1953 Southern Rhodesian 5/- crown is known affectionately by what nickname?</p><p><br /></p><p>17. A Manx crown-sized piece was struck at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa in what year? Name the denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>18. Bearer Cheques are now in circulation in which British Commonwealth country in Africa?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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