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Edited by Arkie
02/25/2018 3:48 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I will go with this Liberian 5 cent piece from 2000:  I count three sails on three masts, plus one sail at the front of the boat and one at the back. |
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@canadiancoins you dropped the ball with this challenge *wink
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est I can come up with on "sails" is this one. It is the USS Constitution with what I count is 9 sails. You didn't stipulate unfurled, just seen Looking at better pics of this token, it looks like there are 9 or 10 fully-unfurled or partly-unfurled sails that are visible. The bigger question -- is this issued by or on behalf of a government (US, state, or city)? It seems to have no explicit denomination, but is it implicitly a US cent? |
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Current leaderboard:
13 mcshilling (2nd coin)
11 Joseph7420
9 Crazb0 (privately-issued?)
9 Spence
6? Arkie (based on 2nd coin -- can't identify 1st one to find a better pic))
5 Canadian coins
If I miscounted or left anyone out, please speak up. Edited by pepactonius
02/25/2018 11:35 pm
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Rest in Peace
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Pepactonius HTT (Hard Times Tokens) were indeed private issues in a time when coins were scarce and the gubmint going nutz, much like today. This wasa a token issued in commemoration of Daniel Webster and his stand against a nation bank and "Shin Plasters", a paper thingy with promises of being backed by Gubmint money. His money was used much like a large cent would have been in the northeast/Massachusetts area.  Free history lesson! |
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Here is my best entry: 1948 Costa Rica 2 colones   On the larger boat, I count 12 open sails.  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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02/26/2018 12:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes but you have 2 ships on that coin,
Both ships should count no?
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Pillar of the Community
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50 Cent coin from New Zealand On the reverse the barque HMS Endeavour, boat commanded par James Cook for his first exploration of the Pacific in 1769-1771 Think this gives me 7 points.   |
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Yes but you have 2 ships on that coin,
Both ships should count no? 24 would be the lead. |
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For coins with more than one sailing ship, only the sails visible on one of the ships (with the most sails) will count. Missed that the first time, too. I'll have to dig through my pacific island coins, but for now, here's my foot in the door coin @ 10 sails on each ship  |
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I missed that as well.  And I even went back to look again. I guess I was reading it as any implied yet hidden sails on other ships would not count.  I need to slow down.  |
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Haha, yes, only one ship counts. You can actually see the same number of sails on both, so it doesn't matter which one counts.
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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Haha, yes, only one ship counts. You can actually see the same number of sails on both, so it doesn't matter which one counts. Yes, but it would be nice if one could double their score. |
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So do both of mine count or only one?
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