1⁄100 oz Silver Confederation of Antarctica

Features

Location Antarctica
Type Bullion › Round
Year 1976
Composition Copper
Weight 2.83 g
Diameter 20.5 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
11705

Obverse

Bicentennial Eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES
1776 1976
BICENTENNIAL

Designer: Richard Hanscom

Reverse

Fantasy coin for the Confederation of Antarctica dated 2076.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONFEDERATION OF ANTARCTICA
GOOD FOR 1/100 TROY OZ. 999 AG.
2076

Designer: Richard Hanscom

Edge

Plain

Mint

The Patrick Mint, Santa Rosa, United States (1972-2017)

Comments

This is a “Good for 1/100 Troy oz. 999 Ag.” piece, dated 2076; its reverse has a seemingly generic 1776-1976 motif. The thought-provoking coin from Mr. Hanscom, who explains that “Since there was in fact no Confederation of Antarctica in 1976, I dated them for the future.” It may have been an arbitrary decision, but he chose to postdate his creation by 100 years because the roundness of that number “sounded good.” He settled on Antarctica because numismatically, nothing was being issued from there in those days — and ultimately, this frigid, moneyless continent justly deserved a no-frills coin of its own. “The bicentennial die was used because that is what Patrick Mint was doing at the time...I am also a believer in hard money, thus the 1/100 oz. silver value. It was just one of the things I did to amuse myself. Now, nearly 30 years later, I am providing amusement to others. Not a bad investment.” You can say that again! Now that this coin has finally re-surfaced, the attention it is now receiving is well-earned and long overdue. It might have gone under our collective radars for 3 long decades, but now, thanks to the Internet, it'll no longer go unnoticed. Hopefully, it shall be appreciated by all those collectors who missed it the first time around. It was quite a shocking and unexpected sight, I must admit, to be shown — out of the blue — a coin that clearly precedes Mr. Fred Zinkann's earliest Antarctica piece by 5 years. As a result, I am now obligated to think of it as the great-granddaddy of the entire Antarctic lot. I am pleased to announce that Mr. Hanscom is currently exploring the possibility of issuing a silver, 2006 follow-up!
http://chiefacoins.com/Database/Micro-Nations/Confederation_of_Antarctica.htm

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1976  1 000

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