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Ok new challenge: 1 point for a British coin 1 point for a coin dated 1921 1 point for a coin 50% or more silver 1 point for a coin with a lion or 5 points for a match to my coin in terms of country, date, and denomination 6 points if you also match the obv and rev die varieties ( https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21941.html)  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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01/27/2020 9:32 pm
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Participation points. 1944 UK. One Shilling Reverse: Scottish crest; lion seated atop crown holding sword and scepter divides date, shields flank.   |
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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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Leaderboard so far:
@dorado: 3 points
@spruette: 2 points
@gincoin: 4 points
"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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I was just going to ask 1 point per Loin? Well played bd251
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 I'll have to look when I get home tonight. I'm sure I've got a two pointer kicking around.Now to find it.  |
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United Kingdom -- 1 shilling, 1826:   |
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I do have a 21 shilling, but would rather post this.   Does anyone know the purchasing power of a 1921 half crown? |
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Updated leaderboard (please check my math):
@dorado: 3 points
@spruette: 2 points
@gincoin: 4 points
@bd351: 3 points
@jbuck: 2 points
@pep: 3 points
@arkie: 4 points
"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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Does anyone know the purchasing power of a 1921 half crown? One calculator I found puts the purchasing power of a half crown in 1920 equivalent to £3.63 in 2017. The site http://www.measuringworth.com gives a range of values from £5-£55 depending on how it's calculated.  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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01/29/2020 12:12 am
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Thanks for answering @akrie's question! We have had pretty robust participation this round--much better than that time when some whackjob wanted us folks to post their Elvis-related coins and tokens. I'll close this round tomorrow evening.
"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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Thank you Spruett. The reason I asked is because there is a scene in Mrs. Miniver (after Dunkirk IIRC) where her husband buys a round for everyone in the pub and lays down a coin. It seemed to me it may have been a half crown. It certainly did not appear to be gold.
Now there is always poetic license in Hollywood movies, but if there is any sense of versimilitude in that scene, that is a remarkable amount of buying power.
Nor would such a fact be inconsistent with the report in Churchill's Secret War that a half rupee in 1940 could purchase 80 pounds of rough rice in India.
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01/29/2020 09:13 am
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