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Here's an idea for a picture-posting thread: post a coin that deviates from the typical pattern of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, etc. I'll start:   Portugal, 4 centavos, 1917 This is one of the 20th century's very few 4-denominated coins. Of those few, it is one of the even fewer that was used in a decimal system of currency.   United Kingdom, 4 pence, 1888 And here is one of the non-decimal fours. Apparently, despite looking like a domestic British coin, this small coin was made for colonial use only in British Guiana across the Atlantic.   India, 3 paise, 1966 India has a really interesting set of circulating coins, in all shapes and sizes. Decimal paisa coins existed in denominations of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50. The hexagonal 3-paise coin is one of the stranger ones. As always, I'll call for a one-post-per-type limit on American coins: we're going to see one nickel trime, one silver trime, and that's enough, please. |
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There are plenty odd denominations, here for starters   1/13 Shilling 1871 from Jersey |
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United States
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  30 Lepta 1852 from the Ionian Islands (while under British control) |
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United States
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50,000,000,000 Marks  |
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United States
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how 'bout 1/4 birr?  |
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United States
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Gonna be hard to beat 1/13th of a shilling...
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United Kingdom
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A challenge :) Will this 1/14 Shilling do?  Edited by andyg
11/21/2014 1:44 pm
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United States
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Gonna be hard to beat 1/13th of a shilling... There are 1/26 and 1/52 from the same place too.  But here rather one from a different place:   1/600 Piastre Tonkin |
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United States
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Some really, really odd coins shown here.
I guess the USA is just a normal place.
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Will this 1/14 Shilling do? While that is the equivalence, I still haven't found a coin yet which has 14 or 1/14 spelled out in the denomination. Quote:
I guess the USA is just a normal place. Because the USA were the first to introduce decimal currency, they never minted any really unusual denomination. Here another fraction:   1/48 Thaler 1777 from Prussia Note: It reads "48 make a Thaler" |
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United States
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For weird American denominations, you have to go to paper currency. My avatar is a 1776 Continental Currency two-thirds dollar note:   Edited by philadelphian
11/21/2014 6:23 pm
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United States
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Portuguese India 1/8 Tanga, 1901   |
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United States
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1/12 Jersey shilling (not 1/13)   |
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