What coin am I?

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Okay, here are my hints:

- I have a flame surrounded by stars
- I only happened once
- This was a huge step for the U.S.A.
- PS: I really don't like the Patriots

 

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No guesses? I made this more of a riddle, but to keep the thread moving I'll post 2 more (easier) clues tomorrow morning if nobody guesses correctly!

 

I tried to find the answer for a while but can even find it using the trusty internet.

 

Yes!!! That makes me happy (not trying to mean) that one cannot simply Google the answer...Here are 2 more clues..

- I was minted post 1900
- I am rarely struck in silver

And the other clues again:

- I have a flame surrounded by stars
- I only happened once
- This was a huge step for the U.S.A.
- PS: I really don't like the Patriots

 

No guesses? Well this isn't fun. I will post 2 more clues and if nobody guesses correctly then I will just reveal the answer and open up this thread for a new 'what coin am I?'

- The four numbers of my date add up to 23
- Can you hear the drum?

And the previous hints:
- I was minted post 1900
- I am rarely struck in silver
- I have a flame surrounded by stars
- I only happened once
- This was a huge step for the U.S.A.
- PS: I really don't like the Patriots

 

1776-1976 Bicentennial quarter.

I was not trying to monopolize the guessing here.

 

Ah alright then, well good job medoraman, your turn!

 

Well, now you guys have done it. I am moving out of US coins to broaden your coin history horizons.

I am one of the most important coin denominations in history. I was struck for about 500 years by the most powerful country on earth, but my legacy affected world coinage much longer. In fact, my initial was still used as late as the late 1960's to show currency values.

I will give hints every couple of hours if no one gets it.

 

I am making a complete guess but would that be the English Pound / Sovereign? I was torn between that and the Spanish Real, I think both have been in use for a very long time.

 

To clarify, (as those were good guesses but don't quite fit);

"In fact, my initial was still used as late as the late 1960's, OVER 1500 YEARS AFTER I WAS DISCONTINUED, to show currency values."

 

Ok, you got my curiosity up. Mainly because I wanted to learn. My new, more educated guess is the Roman Libre, which seems to have been not only a unit of weight but a coin? The "L" is apparently the source of the symbol for the English Pound, which I guessed last time. Getting closer?

 

Next hint, a Libre is a unit of weight. It was never a coin denomination.

 

Ok, next hint. I am the reason a 16 penny nail at the hardware store is written 16d.

 

Roman denarius? d=pence in the British Sterling pre-decimal period.

 

Hontanai is the winner. Sorry to go all "ancient" on ya'll, but its an important coin to know. It was the dominant silver coin in the world for about 500 years, was the basis for the weights of Parthian and later Sassanid issues, and subsequently Islamic and medieval silver coins. Even though the English called their small silver coin a penny, (from their german heritage), they used d as the abbreviation.

Btw its also my avatar coin.

Hontanai you are up.

 

Thanks for the history lesson. Cool stuff.

 

Still outside the US, but a little newer -

In what year was the longest circulating milled coin first struck, and who is on its obverse?

 

1741 Maria Theresa thaler?

 

You're at bat medoraman.

 

OK, US one again. While I was never technically a coin, I was the smallest denomination of coinage authorized in the 1792 Coinage Act, and all of the earliest coinage was denominated in me. The smallest US coin ever made was equal to 5 of me.