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CRICKET MATCH TOSSED COIN REPLICA MADESince we've discussed the "coin" used in deciding the opening possession in American football, I wanted to note that the practice of having a special coin for
opening sporting events is worldwide. Here's an item from a Pakistan publication about a Sri Lankan cricket match. -Editor
The special gold coin was used for the toss before the commencement of the second T-20 match played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. This was revealed by Nizamuddin Chaudhury, the CEO: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Speaking exclusively over his mobile from Bangladesh, he said, “the special gold coin used for the toss, which was made to commemorate the first ever international game played at Sylhet”. “This was the first bilateral match between the two countries, though we have hosted the ICC (International Cricket Conference) event match in the past and whenever the first international match is hosted at the new venue in our country, we prepare a special coin and it was no exception this time”. One side of the coin has an image of the Si Lanka Cricket (SLC) with its team logo. The gold coin (weight not known) was tossed in the air and won by the home captain Mohammad Mahmudullah when the visiting captain Dinesh Chandimal did not call it correctly in the presence of match-referee David Boon. “The original tossed coin has not been handeed over to either captain but will be treasured in the BCB custody”, the CEO added. However, he added, “the replica of the coin will be handed over to the visiting team”, he signed off. To read the complete article, see: Unfortunately, the article didn't include an image of the piece. So I reached out to our numismatic expert in Sri Lanka, my old friend Dr. Kavan Ratnatunga, who located some
poor but passable images. Thank you! -Editor
  Kavan writes: It is technically not a coin but a medal. It's called a coin since it was used at the coin toss before the cricket match. One side shows the logo of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the otherside the logo of Sri Lanka Cricket Board as per the description. Back in 1982 when Sri Lanka played its first International test match, a similar medal was minted and shown in http://coins.lakdiva.org/medal/1982_cricket_test.html . Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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