Yet Another Forum Game - Numismatic Go Fish!

As promised, here are a few examples that I hope people figure out what I'm trying to do. In the end, my goal was to get people thinking more about the provenance of their coins, so even if this particular contest ends up being a dumpster fire, hopefully my larger goal will still be met.

First up is a Judean Prutah given to me by my grandfather in 1987. I should get 2 points for knowing one person who owned it before me and four additional points for knowing that this coin was in his possession as late as the 1980s. To @MC's point, if I knew when my grandfather had purchased this coin, then perhaps I could add in additional decades. 2 + 4 = 6 points.





Next is a Polish 3 Groschen that I bought off of some dude with the seller name "krzysztof-pl" from ebay in 2001. 2 + 2 = 4 points.





Finally, here is a Tetradrachm from the Parthian Confederate of Elymis that I bought in Agora Auction, but had provenance back to a CNG Auction and, before that, the J.P. Righetti Collection. I bought this coin last year, but the CNG Auction was in 2016. In a quick search, I can't find any information about Mr. Righetti, other than there are a ton of coins with provenance to him. This coin is worth 6 + 1 = 7 points.

Here is my entry:




I have many coins and tokens from my wife's grandfather, but these are the only ones for which the date of first possession can be identified (for obvious reasons). He was an engineer for General Dynamics for over 25 years and a member of the coin club, so he received all of these in person on the dates written on the tokens (all 1960s).

After he died (around 2001), his collection then passed to his wife. A few years later, she moved in with my wife's parents and the collection passed into their possession (or when she died a few years later, either way). Unfortunately, they probably hocked most anything with value and left the rest to rot .

What was left came into my possession in 2016 from them to try and save what I could.

Technically, that means three known owners before me. As to decades, either 2000s (last date he owned them) or 1960s (when he got them). So, I calculate either 8 or 12 points, respectively.

Just came across this thread and a bit confused, so what is the next coin, The wooden ones?

The current challenge can be found here:

http://goccf.com/t/294596&whichpage=108#2696870

The wooden tokens are just my entry for Spence's challenge.

The rules have evolved somewhat over time. If you read back a few pages instead of starting at the beginning of the thread then it will probably make more sense.

Basically someone post a coin and creates a challenge with a point system (finite or infinite) based on certain characteristics of the coin. Members post a coin (or other item of appropriate) to score points. After three days, the member with the best score is declared the winner and they post a coin for the next challenge.

I was going to sit this one out, but I realized that this one might work.
Please note that I wouldn't have made this purchase myself, but my parents bought it for me as a present when I was ten, before I asked them not to buy me coins (they're not numismatists, and I didn't want them to get ripped off).
I'll leave it up to Spence to decide whether my entire provenance counts or if I can only go back to the 1990s, but I figure it's worth a shot.
This 1783 Mo 8R was in the possession of the colonial government in Mexico on January 11th, 1784 (almost certainly since 1783, but I can't prove that), when it was in the cargo of El Cazador as the ship embarked for New Orleans from Veracruz. After its discovery in 1993, the coins from the wreck, including this one, were held in storage by the salvage company until being purchased by the Franklin Mint, from which my parents bought the piece and gave it to me as a present in 2010.





For the number of previous owners, that's 3 or 4, depending on whether the Spanish crown is included for the period between minting and discovery.
For the number of decades, it's 24 for 1784-2018, or 3 for 1993-2018.
The number of points could therefore be between a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 28.

This round has invited some nice personal stories!

Glad you guys liked it. Like I said at the onset, this subject has been on my mind lately.

Thanks to @Joseph7420 and @numisma for the final two entries. Just a clarification for @numisma, my thought is that when your coin was sitting at the bottom of the ocean entombed in timbers from El Cazador, it really wasn't in anyone's possession. For sure the coin can be definitively attributed to that shipwreck, but I'm kinda hesitant to say that there was a "chain of continuous ownership". Rather it was just hanging out waiting to be found and claimed by someone. I hope that this an ok interpretation of my rules.


Here is the final tally:

1. Spence 4 + 1 = 5 points
2. Crazy 4 + 6 = 10 points
3. MC 4 + 5 = 9 points
4. BD251 4 + 9 = 13 points
5. Spruett 6 + 6 = 12 points
6. Finn 2 + 7 = 9 points
7. numisma 6 + 3 = 9 points
8. Joseph 6 + 5 = 11 points

The winner is @BD251 with a coin bracelet with provenance going back to the 1930s. Well done everyone and congrats to @BD251!