It's been a year since I took over my father's coin collection. I started out knowing nothing about coins, but after a year of diligent study I can say with confidence that I know four things.

Time to celebrate!

I recently purchased my first non-inherited coins. There are three from different centuries A.D., and none of these centuries were included in my father's collection.

Guess which 3 centuries. First correct guess wins, and it runs until it's done.

You can try again 12 hours after your last guess.

Winner gets three coins, each from a different century. At least one will be silver.

12th, 15th and 18th

3rd, 16th and 19th

15th, 16th, 21st

16th, 17th, and 18th

18th, 13th, and 6th.

17th, 18th, 19th

16th, 14th, 17th

No winners yet...

A wild guess!
14th, 21st, 12th

14th / 16th /18th

9th, 12th, 14th?

12th, 14th,19th??

2th, 9th, 18th, right?

Christian

19th, 20th, 21st?

2nd, 14th, and 15th.

-2.
-5.
-8.?

20th,
19th
&
3rd

No winner yet...

Oh what?

14, 17, 18. There can't be THAT many combinations can it?

21st, 18th, and 17th

8th 9th 10th

18th, 19th, 20th?

10th, 14th, 18th?

4th, 18th, 19th

3rd., 4th, and 18th..

2nd guess
1st, 2nd & 3rd

Are any of these posted correct? how about a hint?

There's a hint in my original post that would eliminate some centuries. It involves a quick look at my Omnicoin link.

13th 14th 15th?

21st, 17th, 16th

20, 18, 17.

14th, 15th, and 21st

III, XV and XVI

Umm...
Maybe 2nd, 18th and 20th.

12th, 14th, 15th?

Sheesh, I made this harder than I thought. So I'll add a random drawing from all posts. Random winner gets an 1873 Netherlands 2.5 gulden.

Hint: None of the centuries are consecutive.

If no one nails it before then, I'll start giving more pointed hints tomorrow.

16th, 18th, 20th, I say.

Christian

11th, 13th, 15th.

17, 19, 21

Mmmmmm.....11th,
.....................14th,
.....................15th
Harder than the Lottery Numbers

If I told you that that cannot be right, and you won the prize, what would I get for the hint?

Christian

20,18,16

10,13,15

^_^

3rd guess
409-425 AD
98-217 AD
1246-1287 AD

You're guessing 5th, 1st/2nd/3rd, and 13th, which puzzles me and makes me want a donut. There really is a 3 century answer. Please don't give up, Mila cent.

One raised glazed donut later...

Weirdly enough, no one has guessed even two out of 3 correctly in a single post. Two of the centuries have rarely come up at all.

I have no idea what I'm doing!
History was NOT my favorite subject in school
All I think I know is that the century is below 409 AD What century is this ?
NO IDEA! BTW I'll take the donut, marianne.

I have no idea what I'm doing either, other than eating donuts. I'll save you one.

To answer your question about what century is below 409 AD:

1-99 is the 1st century
100-199 is the 2nd century
200-299 is the 3rd century
300-399 is the 4th century
400-499 is the 5th century

There's a fine argument that a century starts at '01, but I'm ignoring it for this contest. Anyway, none of the coins are from years ending in 00.

Hint: Only one of the centuries is in double digits.

3rd
6th
21st