Yet Another Forum Game - Numismatic Go Fish!

Time to end this round. Bd251 wins again. Thanks to the participants.

I like how we all know what an Ike would score for our challenges. Lol

I have an idea for the next challenge but probably won't be able to post until tomorrow morning.

Salzburg 1/2 kreuzer 1732



Between April and August 1732, around 20,000 Salzburg Protestants left for Prussia under the protection of King Frederick William I. Among these were some of my ancestors through my grandfather, who settled in the east of what is now the Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). The family remained there through World War II, at which time my grandmother's family was also in the region, closer to Königsberg (now Kaliningrad).

After the war, and Soviet annexation of the area, both of their families were expelled to Germany, where they would later meet while attending medical school.

I aquired this coin specifically due to its association with a significant event in my family's history. My grandpa often talks about his "ancestral home" in the Salzburg country. He has actually visited it multiple times in his adult life and keeps a picture of it in the entry of their house.


Points

5 - a coin with personal significance - give a brief (or long, if you like) description of its significance

Issuer/location
3 - Salzburg
2 - Austria
1 - Germany, Poland, Lithuania (or their predecessors), USSR or Russian Federation

Year
3 - 1732
2 - 1700s
1 - 1600s or 1800s

Size
3 - 12.0-14.0mm
2 - less than 12.0mm or up to 15.0mm
1 - 18.0mm or less

Weight
3 - 0.5g or less
2 - 0.8g or less
1 - 1.2g or less


Additional points
1 - uniface coin
1 - silver (any purity)
1 - 1/2 or 4 denomination (1/2 kreuzer is 4 pfennig)

The core group of my ancestors were most likely from the Vendee region of western France and departed in the later 1600s for Acadia of New France (modern Nova Scotia).
The port nearest to Vendee is La Rochelle. In the 1750s - 1760s, these Acadians were expelled by the British. Most made their way to Louisiana,
and their descendants are known as Cajuns. Some of the Acadians returned to France, while others settled at various points between Canada and Louisiana or scattered to the winds.
Over the years, I've picked up a few coins that tenuously have links to my heritage, and here are four of them.
The first is a France Double Tournois 1612 as it is a coin that potentially could have been handled by one of my ancestors before they left France. 6 points - 5 + 1 for date

The second is a Colonies Françoises 9 Deniers 1721 H. It was minted in La Rochelle by a private company, Company of the Indies, for use in French colonies in America - Louisiana, Acadie and Canada. Once again, this coin could have been handled by one of my ancestors. 6 points - 5 + 1 for date

The third has the most tenuous link to my heritage, but there is one. This Westphalia 20 Centimes 1812 was minted during Napoleon's occupation of the region. It is conceivable that some of my distant relatives were conscripted by Napoleon and fought in his army during that war. 7 points - 5 + 1 for date + 1 for silver (.200)

The final one is a scrip token from La Rochelle - 5 Centimes 1917. 7 points - 5 + 1 for weight (0.94 g) + 1 uniface

Can't do a good historical connection that isn't stretching things too much, so I'll ramp up the points with a simple match instead...



Salzburg, pfennig, 1521
Numista 73133

Issuer: 3 points (Salzburg)
Date: 0 points (pre-1600)
Size: 1 point (16 mm)
Weight: 3 points (under 0.5 grams)
Uniface: 1 point
Silver: 1 point
Denomination: 0 points (1 pfennig)

Total: 9 points

I'm sure there are people here who could do better.

Some good entries here! Let's keep it open one more day. @j1m is the current leader with 9 points.