Scottishmoney
Nov 11 2005, 04:14 PM
The lucky prize winner will receive two coins, they are both silver, are different shapes, and from the same era of world history. They come from opposing cultures in world history.
The lucky prize winner will correctly identify the conflict in question. Remember it could have been any conflict betwixt cultures from the dawn of the creation of coinage on up to the present day.
Cointest ends Sunday the 13th at 23:00 GMT if no one has correctly identified the conflict, and then it will be a closest answer will take the prize situation.
Have Fun
BiggAndyy
Nov 11 2005, 04:41 PM
India and Pakistan
gxseries
Nov 11 2005, 04:41 PM
USSR and US
Burks
Nov 11 2005, 05:42 PM
Afghanistan and Iran
*shrugs* I'm dumb.
LostDutchman
Nov 11 2005, 05:44 PM
Iran and Iraq
LostDutchman
Nov 11 2005, 05:45 PM
Iraq and Kuwait
SugarCheryl
Nov 11 2005, 05:56 PM
USA and Japan
Kat
Nov 11 2005, 06:30 PM
England and Scotland
Art
Nov 11 2005, 06:53 PM
Huns vs Romans
Tiffibunny
Nov 11 2005, 06:57 PM
China and Japan
Burks
Nov 11 2005, 07:45 PM
North and South Korea
bobbycoin
Nov 11 2005, 08:46 PM
US and Iraq
bobbycoin
Nov 11 2005, 08:47 PM
US South vs US North
bobbycoin
Nov 11 2005, 08:47 PM
Germany vs *.*
Brett
Nov 11 2005, 08:55 PM
the Hatfield's and the McCoy's
bobbycoin
Nov 11 2005, 09:03 PM
Rome vs The Egyptians
<Please Please Please>
-Bobby
bobbycoin
Nov 11 2005, 09:15 PM
Sweden Vs. Russia
-Bobby
bobbycoin
Nov 11 2005, 09:16 PM
French and English forces in North America and Canada
Sir Sisu
Nov 11 2005, 10:28 PM
Boer War
Eagleeye
Nov 11 2005, 10:59 PM
Urm....whatever those two were that formed the Byzantine Empire.
Rome and Turkey......i think. ???
coinmonster
Nov 12 2005, 12:01 AM
The Russo-Japanese War
How many can we list???? I know some others that are intresting.
ccg
Nov 12 2005, 04:45 AM
Russia Germany
henare
Nov 12 2005, 07:06 AM
Dockwalliper
Nov 12 2005, 01:34 PM
Egypt- Israel
joanjet
Nov 12 2005, 03:12 PM
Stujoe
Nov 12 2005, 05:36 PM
Godzillians vs Mothrians
joanjet
Nov 12 2005, 06:53 PM
bobbycoin
Nov 12 2005, 10:02 PM
The Jets Vs The Colts (early NFL)
bobbycoin
Nov 12 2005, 10:04 PM
NewSpain(soon to be Mexico) vs Spain
bobbycoin
Nov 12 2005, 10:05 PM
Rome vs Italy
-Bobby
The_Cave_Troll
Nov 13 2005, 03:50 AM
USA/Mexico
The_Cave_Troll
Nov 13 2005, 03:51 AM
UK/France
Scottishmoney
Nov 13 2005, 11:25 PM
Contest ended and there were not even any close guesses....;
Rotten Rodney
Nov 14 2005, 05:07 AM
Late but Greece and Egypt.
henare
Nov 14 2005, 08:36 AM
QUOTE(Укра @ Nov 13 2005, 04:20 PM)
Contest ended and there were not even any close guesses....;
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that suggests, to me, that the parameters were too broad. probably why some of us made silly suggestions
Scottishmoney
Nov 14 2005, 01:14 PM
QUOTE(henare @ Nov 14 2005, 11:31 AM)
that suggests, to me, that the parameters were too broad. probably why some of us made silly suggestions
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Okay, a clue for the weary, one coin is round, another is square. They are both silver and from the same era of time.
gxseries
Nov 14 2005, 01:50 PM
I stand zero chance in winning when it comes to this
I just abused google: Indo-Greek?
bobbycoin
Nov 14 2005, 05:52 PM
Ausi - Japan?
-Bobby
BiggAndyy
Nov 14 2005, 07:16 PM
Chedi and Malwa
unicorn
Nov 15 2005, 01:23 AM
Japan and China
coinmonster
Nov 15 2005, 06:15 AM
Bugs Bunny vs Elmer Fudd
jtryka
Nov 15 2005, 07:28 PM
Ireland vs. England
or,
Bears vs. Packers
Scottishmoney
Nov 17 2005, 03:16 PM
Go back, look at the clues. Come on coinpeople, the prize is pretty nice, it is actually coins from this conflict in world history. They are not new either.
They are not football coins either.
SlavicScott
Nov 17 2005, 04:46 PM
Mauryan Empire and the Macedonians?
SlavicScott
Nov 17 2005, 04:48 PM
or the Mauryan Empire and the Seleukids?
unicorn
Nov 17 2005, 05:34 PM
anceint rome and ancient egypt
Ian
Nov 17 2005, 05:34 PM
OK I realise that the cointest is actually over, but now that i'm here i'm going to take a few shots at this anyway :
My first thought as to the earliest such conflict was between Alexander III with the natives of what we know as Bactria and India. That is `Greeks vs Indians'. These `natives' had square coinage....unless I am mistaken (?)
I also thought of the Moorish colonisation of Spain / Portugal and their eventual removal. That conflict would have been a battle between the small round silver deniers vs small square silver dirhams.
Of course, there was a Christian vs the Moors / Muslim spat went on for centuries before that as well as after. Although it went cool from time to time, it did have blazing highlights such as the fall of the Roman Empire with the taking of Constantinople, right through various crusades which saw Christian `kings' of Jerusalem.
Did i come close? :-)
Ian
Scottishmoney
Nov 17 2005, 06:36 PM
QUOTE(Ian @ Nov 17 2005, 08:29 PM)
OK I realise that the cointest is actually over, but now that i'm here i'm going to take a few shots at this anyway :
My first thought as to the earliest such conflict was between Alexander III with the natives of what we know as Bactria and India. That is `Greeks vs Indians'. These `natives' had square coinage....unless I am mistaken (?)
I also thought of the Moorish colonisation of Spain / Portugal and their eventual removal. That conflict would have been a battle between the small round silver deniers vs small square silver dirhams.
Of course, there was a Christian vs the Moors / Muslim spat went on for centuries before that as well as after. Although it went cool from time to time, it did have blazing highlights such as the fall of the Roman Empire with the taking of Constantinople, right through various crusades which saw Christian `kings' of Jerusalem.
Did i come close? :-)
Ian
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WE HAVE A WINNER! Yes indeed it was the crusades and the Moors vs. the Christians. You are the proud winner of a Moorish Silver Dirham and a Crusader Denier from the East. Please PM your address if it has changed recently, otherwise just expect some goodies in the post soon.
Scottishmoney
Nov 17 2005, 06:37 PM
Ian once won my Texas Dime contest on RCC, this is uncanny, or he is a canny Scot.
Ian
Nov 17 2005, 08:54 PM
(cough) ahm....er....unaccustomed as I am to making acceptance speeches, i'd just like to say how truly astonished yet thrilled I am to have won another one of your competitions.
I'd like to thank my mum and dad for having me, my brother for putting up with me during my early years, The Queen for having waved in my direction on at least two occasions, Margaret Thatcher for having been totally oblivious of my existence, Talisker for being there etc. etc. etc. :-)
Many thanks for having the competition, for deeming me to have won, and of course for your generosity with the prize. My addy remains as it was.
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