Yet Another Forum Game - Numismatic Go Fish!

Bd is the winner making it 2000 km further than the next entry.

The challenge coin is this 1902 UK florin. 0.925 silver, 27.3mm.


The challenge is to post your most similar coin from the most distant country.

Distance score:
- I would like you to determine the distance based on the search "distance from UK to [country your coin is from]" (see note below)
- One point for each 1000 km rounded up (so 1-1000 km is 1 point, 1001-2000 km is 2 points).
- Higher score is better
- This score must be greater than 0 (no UK coins)


Additional points

Date (conversion from other calendar system is okay):
+3 - Same year (1902)
+2 - within 1 year
+1 - 2-10 years
+0 - 11-20 years
-1 - more than 20 years

Composition:
+2 - at least 0.9 silver
+1 - 0.7-0.89 silver
+0 - less than 0.7 silver
-1 - not silver

Size (diameter):
-1 - smaller than 17 mm
+0 - 17-23.99 mm
+1 - 24-26.99 mm
+2 - 27-29 mm
+1 - 29.01-32 mm
+0 - 32.01-39 mm
-1 - larger than 39mm


Points ties will be broken by the longer actual distance using Google.

Note: it looks to me like Google and Bing use the geographic center of the country when you do a search like this. In a few trial searches I did, Bing and Google gave very close, but different, distances. Which one gave a longer distance was also inconsistent. You can use Bing or other search engine, but I will use Google as the official meter for this challenge (I know some people don't like to use Google). Additionally, if the distance is close to an even thousand of kilometers (1000, 2000, etc), I will use the Google result for scoring since a few kilometers can make a difference in points.

British India -- 1 rupee, 1901:





https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3719.html

+2    1901
+1    30.79mm diameter
+2    .917 silver
+8    7672 km
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13 points

Rs 125 so 1906 I think.

Uk to NZ 18,390 km

20 points I think

@bd your florin should be 28.3 mm




Quite a bit further from the UK to Melbourne, than the UK to Australia.

Why do you get points for size twice? Or did I miss something

Dang it Keith, I didn't realize that,I shoulda stuck with the quetzal I was going to use.

No you are incorrect, I have 21 points not 20.

Melbourne to London is 16,850km not 15,192km I get 17 points and not 15. No silver florins were minted in perth until the 1950s, all of the Florins before 1942 were minted in Sydney and Melbourne in Eastern Australia not Western or Central Australia, I should not be penalised because of Australia's size.

The NZ Florin was minted at The Royal Mint in London and is also only 50% silver meaning it would only score points for distance as its too base and too recent.

NZ Florin 1937

Distance 19 points (Technically 0 as it was minted in London, hence why I chose a coin made in Australia)
Size 2 points
Age -1 point (35 years later)
Composition - 50% = 0 points

Actual score 20 points or 1

My coin is older and more silvery and its also not made in the UK hence I should be winning.

My score, 17 points for distance, 2 points for size, 2 points for silver content, 0 for age

I have 21 points, the Kiwi coin has 20 points or 1.

I was right about the size of a florin and the points I had.