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<p>[QUOTE="Joshua Lemons, post: 4862786, member: 82388"]I have a couple colonial coins. First up is a 1919KN British West Africa 1 Penny Coin. It's a CuNi coin and 31mm. The Heaton mint also struck coins this year for the colony, but the King's Norton version is much rarer.[ATTACH=full]1174593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1174595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second up is a ten cent coin from Dutch Suriname. In essentially all aspects, the coin is the same as the one that circulated in the Netherlands with one crucial difference, the privy mark to the left of the bow on the reverse. Home country 10 cent coins have a grape cluster. Ones minted for the colony have a palm tree privy. This coin arbitrarily served as the model for the size of the hole in the center of a CD.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1174599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1174601[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1174603[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joshua Lemons, post: 4862786, member: 82388"]I have a couple colonial coins. First up is a 1919KN British West Africa 1 Penny Coin. It's a CuNi coin and 31mm. The Heaton mint also struck coins this year for the colony, but the King's Norton version is much rarer.[ATTACH=full]1174593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1174595[/ATTACH] Second up is a ten cent coin from Dutch Suriname. In essentially all aspects, the coin is the same as the one that circulated in the Netherlands with one crucial difference, the privy mark to the left of the bow on the reverse. Home country 10 cent coins have a grape cluster. Ones minted for the colony have a palm tree privy. This coin arbitrarily served as the model for the size of the hole in the center of a CD. [ATTACH=full]1174599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1174601[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1174603[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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