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Spectacular challenge!  I really just meant a good challenge that creates a lot of participation, not something completely esoteric.  Time to dig!  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Ohh man have I got the PERFECT coin for this one...!
It has a sword
It has a dragon
It's made of gold!!
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You mean a British Sovereign?
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 And now it's time to dig for OTHER sword coins... I know I have a few but this was the first one that popped in my mind! |
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I LOVE that coin Casualcoincollector! beauty! What's the story behind that one?!?! When and where did you get it!
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When you say "date that can be easily read" does that exclude the dates from the 1500s that only use the last two digits? No; two-digit 'western' dates like that Lithuania coin are fine. Just no AH dating; Persian; Sanskrit; Chinese/Japanese/Korean; Hebrew; etc.. You get the idea. Great entries so far! Don't forget to post the size if you are going for that bonus point. |
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@AgCoinAu, Thanks! Quote:
I LOVE that coin Casualcoincollector! beauty! What's the story behind that one?!?! When and where did you get it! It's one of my favorite gold coins in my collection. Like most of the other coins in my collection I bought this one off of ebay. I think a little over a decade ago. It's the only really old dated gold coin that I have and my favorite part about it is that if you look at the coin closely you will see bits of a white encrusting substance, which are actually bits of dead coral. The photos only really show it in the letters next to the arrows. So, this coin is most likely a shipwreck coin but I have no idea from which shipwreck and if not a shipwreck coin it has at the very least spent a very long time in shallow tropical saltwater since it takes a very long time for coral to even try to grow on gold. Edited by casualcoincollector
12/03/2017 10:58 pm
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Maybe @pepactponius has one? I have only three AD-dated coins from the 1400s, and none have swords. It looks like my oldest is also a 1512 Lithuanian half-groat, in poor condition. My holland ducat is from 1608, so neither of these would win. Perhaps I'll post a later Lithuanian half-groat in better condition, or something else with a sword. |
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my earliest 1837 with sword   Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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I think this is my oldest dated coin with a sword. Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Szelag 1666  |
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1854 Bank of upper Canada Bank token One half penny.   |
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Nothing to offer, but another fun one to watch. |
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It looks like my oldest coin with a sword is from the 1400s, but that one does not have a date on it. So I guess I will just re-post the type of coin Coopertron already posted.  |
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Now that I know what one in better shape looks like, I'll follow Coopertron and Joseph with a Lithuanian Szelag. This is a 1661 (trust me ):   In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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