akdrv Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Identify countries and denominations of coins in the image above. If the same element is shared on multiple denominations I will accept any denomination. You can post again after I post which coins were identified. The prize is an uncirculated 1945 Mercury dime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Ok, random guess time I don't have to guess the years right? 1. Russia 50 kopeks, 1925 2. France 20 Franc 3. Belgium 25 cents 4. Brazil, 25 centavos, 2005 5. No idea, probably Mexico 6. Australia, 5 cents 7. Austria, 1 florin 8. Japan, 50 sen 9 Germany, 20 marks (I was thinking Prussia) 10. No idea, probably Peru 10 sol 11. Russia, 1 ruble, 1924 Damn, missed two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Good job GX - 7 out of 11. It took me longer to put this image together than you to answer most of them. I will have to make it more difficult next time. 1. 2. France 20 Franc - Correct 3. Belgium 25 cents - Correct 4. Brazil, 25 centavos, 2005 - Correct 5. 6. Australia, 5 cents - Correct 7. Austria, 1 florin - Correct 8. Japan, 50 sen - Correct 9. 10. 11. Russia, 1 ruble, 1924 - Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 1. Phillipines Peso 2. France 20 Franc 3. Belgium 25 cents 4. Brazil, 25 centavos 5. Mexico. 6. Australia, 5 cents 7. Austria, 1 florin 8. Japan, 50 sen 9. Italy 20 Lira 19th century 10. Danzig- Gdansk 10 Pf 1932 11. Russia, 1 ruble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 1. Phillipines Peso - Correct 2. France 20 Franc - Correct 3. Belgium 25 cents - Correct 4. Brazil, 25 centavos - Correct 5. 6. Australia, 5 cents - Correct 7. Austria, 1 florin - Correct 8. Japan, 50 sen - Correct 9. Italy 20 Lira 19th century - Correct 10. Danzig- Gdansk 10 Pf 1932 - Correct 11. Russia, 1 ruble - Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan8402 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 1. Phillipines Peso 2. France 20 Franc 3. Belgium 25 cents 4. Brazil, 25 centavos 5. Canada, 1 Dollar 1982 6. Australia, 5 cents 7. Austria, 1 florin 8. Japan, 50 sen 9. Italy 20 Lira 19th century 10. Danzig- Gdansk 10 Pf 1932 11. Russia, 1 ruble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Wow, pretty good and quick answers! (I only got 6 of them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Wow, pretty good and quick answers! (I only got 6 of them) Still more than I knew. By the way, if member A has nine right guesses, and then comes B and guesses the remaining one right, who would be the winner, A or B? You don't want to break a prize into pieces, and certainly not when it's a coin, hehe. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 By the way, if member A has nine right guesses, and then comes B and guesses the remaining one right, who would be the winner, A or B? You don't want to break a prize into pieces, and certainly not when it's a coin, hehe. Christian Very true, but I guess it boils down to who can guess the last most difficult one. The next contest is going to be much more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 dan8402 wins!!! Congratulations. Please PM me your address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 How on earth did you figure that out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Maybe next contest you can show a coin extremely zoomed out (say from google earth perspective) and then slowly zoom in till someone guesses the coin? I'll start... OK! I am holding the coin in my hand in this pic.. NAME THAT COIN! (hehh hehhe heheh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 SAC 2001D a slight rim ding at 2 oclock otherwise a GEM BU coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Sorry, you forgot to mention the 30 degree rotated reverse. Game over, you lose. ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan8402 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 How on earth did you figure that out? #5 or all of them? For number 5, it looked like a cow/bull skull, so I searched for cow/bull skull coin on google. After about 30 minutes something came up and it was what I was looking for. The Mexico guesses threw me off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Geez, maybe I should have shut up Nice competition though. Thanks akdrv *Now only if we had more of this in the general forum* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 This was a nice competition. I can't believe how little I knew from the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Very true, but I guess it boils down to who can guess the last most difficult one. The next contest is going to be much more difficult. One way to make it more *interesting* and help avoid that scenario is to report the number correct in the guess, but not *which* ones are correct (assuming the guess is for more than one coin). When I tried one of these a while ago, I was amzed by the number of people who said it was impossible and equally amazed by the number of people making correct identifications! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Excellent idea, syzygy. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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