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ikuna Valued Member Trinidad And Tobago 489 Posts	Posted 04/11/2022 8:58 pm Looks like a British coin Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 04/11/2022 9:16 pm Or more likely British West Indies. What is the diameter of this coin since we can't see the denomination on either side of the anchor? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...chor&ct=coin "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 Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 04/11/2022 9:22 pm It looks like a British West Indies anchor dollar or subunit thereof! What's the diameter? Report this Post to the Staff
ikuna Valued Member Trinidad And Tobago 489 Posts	Posted 04/11/2022 9:44 pm 16 mm Edited by ikuna 04/11/2022 9:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 04/12/2022 03:12 am At 16mm, that will be the 1/16th dollar. Though usually filed under "British West Indies", because that's one place where they circulated, the "anchor money" was Britain's attempt at creating an Empire-wide dollar-based currency system, for use throughout the Empire, in the hopes of displacing the Spanish dollar from its premier position as the most popular trade coinage at least throughout territories under British control. Most of these coins were actually sent to Mauritius, with only the remainders of the 1822 issue sent to various colonies in the Caribbean. The Anchor Money experiment was abandoned after just two years of issue, 1820 and 1822. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
ikuna Valued Member Trinidad And Tobago 489 Posts	Posted 04/12/2022 07:34 am Thanks for the responses and history shared. Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 04/12/2022 09:26 am Nice history lesson there Sap. Thank you. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
David Graham Pillar of the Community Australia 1610 Posts	Posted 04/12/2022 10:42 pm Quote: Nice history lesson there Sap. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
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