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Posted 02/24/2012 11:04 am
Times change, new countries are born and old ones disappear. You can't trust the Krause in issues like this, it is too illogical and inaccurate. Sometimes it thinks that a name change is enough to make a new country (DRC vs. Zaire) but on the other hand a complete reform in political, social and economic system of a country isn't (Russian Empire vs. the USSR). The only way to get some sense to it is to study history and politics and make up your own mind.
The problem will be less complicated if you only restrict the collection to current coins - then you can usually just check the member list of the UN.
Then there are countries which have no real coins, but only make collectors issues (DR Congo, Belarus) and on the other hand there are entities which are not recognized as countries but still have their own real circulating coins (Transdnistria)
The problem will be less complicated if you only restrict the collection to current coins - then you can usually just check the member list of the UN.
Then there are countries which have no real coins, but only make collectors issues (DR Congo, Belarus) and on the other hand there are entities which are not recognized as countries but still have their own real circulating coins (Transdnistria)
