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Well in that case the 1884 20 Rappen at top right is my entry, but 10% silver hardly counts if the rules count, it is still mostly nickel.
I got Batzen confused with Rappen - sorry, you will see earlier Canton coins were in batzen and even now the French Swiss refer to Rappen as Centimes.
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it is still mostly nickel. Would it not be copper? They are billon and while the exact composition varies I think the major metal is always copper(50%-75%?). It fits in my book. Calling it a Batzen is colloquially correct, much like calling a 1 cent a penny. A Batzen was equivalent to 1/10th a Franc but Switzerland standardized their currency in 1850 and the actual Batzen coins were no longer officially used. This contest would be much easier if everyone wasn't making plated steel coins now. The 20 rappen would not fit I think as yours is mostly nickel and now they are mostly copper. Edited by Gincoin43
05/30/2020 04:22 am
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10 batzen are no longer minted. That entry does not qualify.
20 rappen were nickel in 1884 according to numista, and current ones are copper nickel (75% copper and 25% nickel according to wikipedia, which is the only source I found defining the copper nickel content of Swiss coins). That entry does not qualify (although when I came up with this contest, I was thinking of Swiss small change).
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 I think this is the best I can do from what I have already imaged. 1976 US quarter. |
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(although when I came up with this contest, I was thinking of Swiss small change). I only have one bronze coin from Switzerland, and it's not that old. So I will play it safe Good old US nickel   |
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Can you make up your darn mind what does qualify - because as far as I am concerned with your rules about metal composition it does qualify.
You can't just flip flop to suit the wind direction.
I got the denomination name wrong - sue me.
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@pt, please consider taking a chill pill on this. We are supposed to be having fun here and if you look back over the hundreds of challenges that we have had, you will see that it is actually pretty common that some clarification is needed.
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because as far as I am concerned with your rules about metal composition it does qualify He disqualified it because it seems they no longer make them for circulation. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces173.htmlI think they still do though. They minted 7 million of them in 2018 Edited by Gincoin43
05/30/2020 4:53 pm
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I hope I didn't offend you Princetane. I'm fairly confident you picked the oldest possible coin, but I didn't think it would be accepted as described.
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So this would be easier to do if you had posted the front and back as a single coin.
When you called the 1850 coin a 10 batzen, I thought that was the official denomination. I see now that the 1850 coin is actually (according to numista) a 10 rappen/centimes. So on that basis it would qualify.
This coin is currently 75% Cu, 25% Ni. Obviously the fact that it was 10% silver did not disqualify it. However, I cannot find what the other 90% is. If it is 90% copper, it would not qualify, as the difference is more than 10% from the 1850 coin. If you can determine the makeup of the billon, I will be happy to review it.
Finally, if that 1882? coin next to it is a 10 rappen, it would qualify. It is the same denomination and the same makeup as the modern coin.
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05/30/2020 6:10 pm
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Arkle, I suggest you look up the Numista page and you will see the composition is the same or largely so since the 1800s. I wisely instantly jumped to Switzerland as they have the oldest similar circulating coins in the world with 10 and 20 Rappen, same size and shape since 1850 and same design since 1870 - long before the yankee doodle nickels. *** Edited by Staff - Please review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. ***Edited by Princetane
05/31/2020 12:39 am
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@pt, this is your second strike. I need you to tone down the snark please. This is a game--we are supposed to be having fun.
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  Sorry its covered in verdigris as its 140 years old but this should count. Edited by Princetane
05/31/2020 12:45 am
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