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@pt, can you please clarify whether the weight or the diameter (or some combination of these parameters) will be used to determine "biggest"? Thx!
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Criteria
1. Size in mm (Diameter across the coins surface)
2. Weight in grams (And if you are stating silver content, this must also be in grams - I can't convert medieval ounces Keith12)
3. Thickness (Low priority as I know Piedforts are not standard circulation sized pieces but collectors one offs).
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07/08/2020 8:35 pm
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Biggest circulating silver
Your example : 10 Kina - Elizabeth II Silver Proof Issue Country Papua New Guinea Queen Elizabeth II (1975-date) Type Non-circulating coin  .......  |
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1976 Republique Francaise. 50 Francs. Country France Period Fifth Republic (1958-date) Type **Standard circulation coin** Years 1974-1980 Value 50 Francs (50 FRF) Currency New franc (1960-2001) Composition Silver (.900) Weight 30 g Diameter 41 mm Thickness 2.70 mm   Edited by Dorado
07/08/2020 8:51 pm
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Your example :
10 Kina - Elizabeth II Silver Proof Issue
Country Papua New Guinea
Queen Elizabeth II (1975-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
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Your example :
10 Kina - Elizabeth II Silver Proof Issue
Country Papua New Guinea
Queen Elizabeth II (1975-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
but must be a NCLT or circulating legal tender coin - Most of those no circulating silver coins are still legal tender or NCLT. It just can't be a bullion round. So a Panamanian 20 Balboa would be pretty hard to beat with modern coins. |
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I said very clearly NCLT is allowed, but Bullion rounds and coins that are strictly gimmick releases are not.
Yes my example is NCLT, but it is a "standard example" - a coin showing Mickey Mouse from Equatorial Guinea or Tuvalu etc is not.
Also as Contest master, I am not entered.
Currently winning is Keith12 with his huge silver piece.
How come everytime I do a contest, I get questions and complaints - so pernickety.
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It's going to be hard to top that one.
Panama is one interesting place, that on one hand and the Panama pill on the other!
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20 Balboas. 61 mm. 129.59 grams Will have to add that to my bucket list |
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Panama is one interesting place, that on one hand and the Panama pill on the other! Truth.  |
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It'll just be participation for me today, I'm pretty sure I have a 39-40mm crown sized silver somewhere, but nothing to beat the 20 Balboa! So here's a shiny Morgan  My largest and heaviest silver coin is my Japanese Chogin, 62mm long, 30mm wide, and 88g, although it's only about 30% fine  I'd be curious to know about the actual largest silver coin made for circulation - for the ancient world, the Greek king Amyntas (Indo-Greek kingdom) minted a handful of 20-drachm coins, all 85 grams and varying diameters with the largest being 67mm. All extant examples were found in a single hoard, and they are all in museums. http://coinindia.com/galleries-amyntas.htmlThe Samanids (medieval Arab kingdom) also minted silver coins up to 50mm, but only weighing 10-15g https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...usd&company=I know that some European states minted multiple Thaler coins in the 16th-19th centuries, although I think few went much over 50mm. |
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