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A dime is OK -- nothing says that only tiny coins are allowed for this challenge. True. but I do have things smaller (for example, the Half Dimes and Three Cent coins in my 7070). I just do not have the photos that show them well. |
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Dropping in again... Amirs Of Sindh 6th-8th century AD silver fraction This one comes in at around 9mm IIRC...   |
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By some strange coincidence, I just posted my newest, smallest coin here: http://goccf.com/t/257235&whichpage=46#2692295It is a a 1/96 Stater from Ionia that dates back to 625 to 600 BC. The diameter is between 4 and 4.5 mm, so 4 points for me this round I think. Sorry about the poor quality pics--I'm not very good at shooting gold (don't get much practice). Maybe I need a microscope set-up.     "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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That is an awesome coin, Spence! Ground Zero for the invention of coinage!
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Ground Zero for the invention of coinage! You betcha--it also qualifies as my oldest coin. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The diameter is between 4 and 4.5 mm, so 4 points for me this round I think. Since we're rounding up to the nearest whole mm, I think this coin is 5 points (but still the current leader). |
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I have a chuckram as well.  |
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Another chuckram.   |
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I don't know the actual diameter, but I know it's not the smallest! Here is my "fantasy" California Fractional Gold 1/2 dollar:   I can get the measurement tomorrow.  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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The smallest I have is this 10 15 mm coin from The Netherlands . Edit: diameter  Edited by chafemasterj
04/17/2018 5:49 pm
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Leaderboard, so far:
5 - Spence (4.00 mm - 4.50 mm)
5 - oriole (4.40 mm - 4.50 mm)
6 - Finn235 (6.00 mm)
7 - bd251 (6.38 mm)
7 - Arkie (assume 6.38 mm)
7 - Joseph7420 (assume 6.38 mm)
9 - CoinCollector2012 (9.00 mm)
12 - Spruett001 (approx. 11.80 mm)
13 - mysilveryears (approx. 12.50 mm)
15 - chafemasterj (15.00 mm)
17 - Dorado (16.10 mm)
1000 - jbuck (participation points)
Edited by pepactonius
04/17/2018 10:54 pm
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@chafemasterj, the Netherlands 10 cent coins are 15mm. Still a classic tiny coin though!
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My smallest coin is likely the Haiti one at far right in the sig photo. For size comparison, refer to the Barber dime. Unless one of those ridiculous shrunken USA modern fantasy tokens counts. But it would take a day or more to dig the ones I have out of deep storage. |
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Unless one of those ridiculous shrunken USA modern fantasy tokens counts. Miniature novelty coins are OK for this challenge. I'm guessing your Haitian coin is about 12.5 mm in diameter, so it's worth 13 points. |
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