[Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

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  1. Jimski

    Jimski Well-Known Member

    1722 Wood’s Rosa Americana Halfpenny, Type: Uncrowned Rose on Reverse, Martin 3.3-C1, rarity R5/rare, composition - bath metal claimed by many sources, but Red Book claims it is not.

    The oldest coin in my British Empire collection.

    Rosa Americana coins were minted by William Wood, an Englishman and owner of copper and tin mines, and a metallurgist. These coins were only intended for circulation in the American Colonies.

    My poor, dear Rosa. I bought this coin because I thought that the bubbly appearance was an example of Wood’s difficulty controlling his minting process. More about the appearance of my Rosa at
    Some Wood’s Rosa Americana coins have blistered, bubbly surfaces … they were minted that way.

    USA halfpenny 1722 obv sellers photo.jpg USA halfpenny 1722 rev sellers photo.jpg

    Some History about the Rosa’s acceptance or lack off

    The following is from: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/RosaAm.intro.html

    These lightweight coins were not accepted by the colonists. Wood's penny was similar to a London halfpenny and his halfpenny was like the farthing, while his two pence did not correspond in weight to any currently circulating coin. In New York, merchants refused to accept the coins, while the General Assembly of Massachusetts in June of 1722 authorized the printing of £500 in one penny, two pence and three pence paper bills, rather than accept the Rosa Americana coins! Nevertheless, some colonies did accept them, although only reluctantly and only in limited quantities. Among fifty-nine coins found during the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, two were Rosa Americana pennies dated 1722.

    Next post 1707 ... the pile is thinning out ... 10 years left. Oldest 1592, if it doesn't get lost in the mail.
     
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  3. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    Not moved for a bit so hopefully no one minds if I move on to 1721?
    UK Threepence:
    1721 3D 1.JPG 1721 3D 2.JPG
    And also this Denmark 12 Skilling:
    Denmark 12S 1721 1.JPG Denmark 12S 1721 2.JPG
     
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  4. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    1721 Holland 2 stuivers. 1721 holland 2 stuivers.jpg
     
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  5. semibovinian

    semibovinian Well-Known Member

    1721 -- Salzburg, 4 kreuzer:

    1721_AT_Salzburg_4kreuzer_1a_DPP_2017_09_10__0034_1.jpg 1721_AT_Salzburg_4kreuzer_1b_DPP_2017_09_10__0037_1.jpg
     
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  6. Jimski

    Jimski Well-Known Member

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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Love that off-center George I 3d.

    I think I'm on the sidelines until 1711 or so. I'll have to recheck my old pictures of the "holey" collection. We passed by a lot of the mid- and early-1700s so far without me posting what I had.
     
  8. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    I have a few Foreign (ie non-British) coins around, and most are for sale. I got into the habit of buying bulk lots at auction or flea-markets in order to build my collection in the early days. I found I could often sell the ones I didn't need for more than I paid for them, and so fund the "habit".
    Over the years I have built up a huge backlog of decent coins that are spares for me - the Denmark 2 skillings is one of them. (Probably not sold because I like it too much and so put a higher price on it!0
    BTW - honoured that "my" collection is now "our" collection @Jimski ! :)
     
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  9. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Sweden.
    1720.
    1/2 ore.
    185.jpg 186.jpg
     
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  10. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Spain.
    1720.
    IV maravedi.
    53.jpg 54.jpg
     
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  11. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    France.
    1720.
    1/2 sol.
    147.jpg 148.jpg
     
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  12. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    1720 - UK Shilling and a Swedish Ore (in very poor condition!):
    1720 S 1.JPG 1720 S 2.JPG Sweden Ore 1720 1.JPG Sweden Ore 1720 2.JPG
     
  13. daveydempsey

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  14. semibovinian

    semibovinian Well-Known Member

    1720 -- UK 1/2 penny:

    1720_GB_1`2penny_1o_DPP_2017_10_15__0109_1.jpg 1720_GB_1`2penny_1r_DPP_2017_10_15__0112_1.jpg
     
  15. semibovinian

    semibovinian Well-Known Member

    I guess it's time for 1719 already?

    1719 -- UK farthing:

    1719_GB_1farthing_1o_DPP_2015_09_07__0019_2.jpg 1719_GB_1farthing_1r_DPP_2015_09_07__0020_2.jpg
     
  16. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    Wow, that was quick! Snap - I also have 1719 Farthing lined up - not as good as @semibovinian but a little better than @daveydempsey ?
    1719 F 1.JPG 1719 F 2.JPG
     
  17. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    I still have a 1720 - Spain 2 maravedis. 1720 spain 2 maravedis.jpg
     
  18. Jimski

    Jimski Well-Known Member

    LOL. I lost the Y somehow.
     
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  19. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Nice coins everyone, I have nothing to offer till 1718 comes around.:)
     
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  20. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Russian Empire.
    1719.
    Polushka (1/4 kopek).
    73.jpg 74.jpg
     
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  21. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    This mysterious uniface medal, struck in pewter or similar white metal, appears to be dated 1719 in a sort of "secret code", by way of a chronogram. Note the larger letters in the legend.

    You collectors of 16th and 17th century German thalers may have some familiarity with chronograms.

    Use the enlarged, taller letters as Roman numerals (adding them together as you go), and you get:

    M=1000
    I=1
    V=5
    L=50
    D=500
    I=1
    C=100
    V=5
    V=5
    I=1
    L=50
    I=1
    --------------------------
    =1719 date (if I did that correctly).

    Images below are from my flatbed scanner era, so not the best.

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    It also says "ÆT 48 AN 1531" (age 48 years in 1531) below the bust, in reference to Huldrych Zwingli, who is portrayed here, and who died in that year.

    The style of this enigmatic piece does seem more consistent with an early 18th century item than one from the early 16th century.

    I never did figure out what this thing was. It seems to have been some kind of die trial.

    And then I lost it. Maybe it will turn up when we do our home renovations later this year.
     
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