Post Your "First And Last" Coins

My first Lincoln Cent


My last Lincoln Cent (for now).


My first Great Britain 1/2 Penny. (1737)


My last Great Britain Half Penny.


My first Australian shilling.


My last Australian Shilling.


My first German Federal Republic One Pfennig.


My last German Federal Republic One Pfennig.



Steve

Earliest and last Attic weight drachms (4.2g)

Left: Alexander the Great (Posthumous, late 4th or early 3rd century BC)
Right: Indian "Gadhaiya" from the Sri Omkara monastery, Malwa, ca. 1350 AD.




The survival of this denomination into the middle ages is incredible to me. The Drachm was first produced in Greece, as a weight of silver nominally equal to 6 oboli, or rod-shaped bronze ingots. Drachm meaning "grasp", the average adult could only hold 6 oboli while still making their fingers touch. Athens came to be the dominant trade power in the world at this time, so their standard of the 4.2 gram drachm was widely adopted. Alexander coined all of his money to the Attic standard, which set the precedence for the entire Greek world after his death.

The drachm faded from use in Europe in the 1st century BC, being replaced by the Roman denarius, originally an equivalent coin, but slowly reduced to about 3 grams. It was retained in the Persian kingdom of Parthia, who were Rome's only unconquerable great foe. Parthia fell and was replaced by the Sassanian empire in 224 AD, and they continued to use the same weight standard, albeit in a wafer-thin 24-30mm coin. Their coinage was adopted by the Huns in about 400-500 AD, who in turn reintroduced it into India in around 600. The Indians slowly molded it back into a thick, deeply struck coin, where it became the local standard of trade until the Muslim conquests at the end of the 13th century. The monastery at Sri Omkara continued minting the coins until the mid or late 14th century, but they reportedly still circulated there as late as the 1960s.

Well done, Finn.

No, but I did post it here:

http://goccf.com/t/231182&whichpage=5#2549592

That's probably enough exposure for that homely coin.

Finally found it for a photo op!

Dateless 1790-something Liberty Cap cent + 2017-P cent

Excellent!