Yet Another Forum Game - Numismatic Go Fish!

I really want to find something ancient, but I may have to go with a VOC duit.

I can do some ancients that were minted for non-European Roman colonies, but they were minted in those colonies.

The oldest I can think of for this challenge are the cistophoric tetradrachms minted in Rome for circulating in the eastern provinces - they aren't cheap though!

The Greek coin I was thinking of was a coin of the Bactrian king Eucratides who struck a special bi-lingual series for his conquests into India... but without mintmarks it isn't possible to prove where those coins were made.

For now, this is my oldest

Hungary, Bela III
1172-1196
Copper "fals" struck in Hungary for use in the occupation of Jerusalem during the Third Crusade
Both sides: Badly garbled Arabic




The major issue with ancient or even medieval colonial coinage is that they are both usually poorly attested, and coinage was usually a very local matter. Aside from a few Roman coins, coinage was usually either struck on site, or else the coinage was simply a "trade coin" and would circulate wherever the merchants went.

As a reminder to those sitting out - at a minimum the 1944-45 US Philippine issues count, as they were all made in the continental US for circulation in an Asian colony/territory!

Lots of interesting coins this round.

Again I find myself a spectator. I thought I had one until Finns' ancient coin was not allowed. My collection goes from ancients and then jumps to the late 1800s. I have no Medieval or Colonial times coins as of yet.

Good round, all! I honestly didn't expect to win... I figured Spence would swoop in with one of his many Crusader coins and beat my score.

Anyway, I thought about doing another "oldest" theme, but I'll shelve it for something completely different:



I got this as a YN at a coin show close to 20 years ago in Atlanta. I kept telling myself that I would take it with me the next time I visited my grandparents out in Colorado (they live not far from there) but I just forget every time.

Each of the below counts one point:

Trade token
With denomination
To a coin shop
To Ken Hallenbeck Coin Gallery

Made of plastic (coin or token)

Value greater than $1
Denomination contains cents
Denomination contains fractions of cents (sales tax tokens count)

Made in Colorado - Coin or token!

Token (or coin!) shows:
Eagle
Mountain
Rocky Mountains specifically (bonus)
Company name
Address
Phone number
Motto or slogan
Date 1983
Date 1994
"Good for -- in trade"
No stated expiration date

Colors (colorized counts!)
Red
Yellow
Orange
Pink
Blue
Purple
Black
White

I count a total of 28 points to be had for an exact match!

Reminder that for participation points, you can post any Denver mint coin from 1983 or 1994 for two points! A 2006 D Colorado token would be worth four points - Denver mint, shows the Rockies, and has a motto!

Good luck all

Congratulations Finn235

Yeah sorry 'bout that. I missed out on the last round, but will strive to do better this one!