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Welcome to the game, 5fele!   |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Even with my limited experience I know thats not a match. Thankyou
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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coincollect1:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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5fele, and others, you can look what's been played, all cards have been opened by now. Only three coins left, you can match them up and jump in with your post at 10 pm forum time.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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We haven't owned Fiji since the 1970's. It's really strange seeing our Queen on foreign money. Do you know why they still use that protrait on their money? Does Australia still use The Queen's head too?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That they do 5fele the queen mum is still on the Australian coinage.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's really strange seeing our Queen on foreign money. Being a bit possessive, aren't we?  The Fiji case is indeed curious since the country has been kicked out of the Commonwealth. Somebody has posted info that Fiji is losing QE2 from their coins. The subject of all countries with the queen on their coins was discussed here. |
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United Kingdom
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Thank you. What coinage did America use when it was "owned" by various countries? Did each little country have their own coinage from their original country or was there one common denominator used?
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Pillar of the Community
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Coindog, I can tell you're not a Brit, "queen mum" actually refers to the mother of the queen (who is no longer alive). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't really feel qualified to answer this question, and it's probably not the right place on the forum (so that knowledgeable people could correct me), but I'll try my best.
Before the independence the US was a bunch of colonies of Gr. Britain. So the UK coinage was in circulation, there were some colonial issues, and also Spanish colonial coins from all Latin America to the south were very popular.
After the Independence War the US started producing their own currency, but for a long time all of the above were in circulation along with the US dollars and cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To add, in the late 1700's - early 1800's UK itself didn't have enough copper coins, hence all those "Conder tokens", so the American colonies also produced some local copper. I believe Spanish colonial reales provided plenty of silver for the whole hemisphere.
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Pillar of the Community
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I believe Spanish colonial reales provided plenty of silver for the whole hemisphere.
I believe you are correct! Great game...watching anxiously to see who grabs the last few!  |
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Coindog => man, that is a very, very nice coin ... not only is that New Caledonian chick kinda hot, but it looks like she has "fire" and maybe some "vegetables"!? ... plus, there is a fairly healthy lookin' bird on the flip-side ... in other words
=> she's hot and she can BBQ => cha-ching, schwing-jackpot!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Caledonian chick IS on the flip-side. On the obverse, I believe, it's a French chick.
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What am I going to do with Steve?  What he sees on these coins is bazarre. You know he would be the ONLY one to think about a coin this way. I wonder what he thinks about when he sees a good looking woman with BBQ'd food. |
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