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I'll start it off with this trio. From left to right: Bangladesh 1973 & '74 5 Poisha, 1961 Malaya and British Borneo 1 Cent, and 1974 Bahamas 15 Cent (Proof}   Note that I'm not making any distinction here between "square" and "diamond" coins, which is dependent solely on the orientation of the markings. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Colligo ergo sum
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02/21/2016 5:35 pm
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Netherlands Antilles -- 1963 5 cents   |
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Two coins already posted (too slow). These are my first coin photos with a new system, and first upload of a composite image. Still have much to learn, but I'm getting there!  |
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Squre coins are always welcome in my collection. Just imagine paying with coin squares    5 Cents, Ceylon 1963 5 Cents, Sri Lanka 1975 5 Cents, Sri Lanka 1978 5 Cents, Netherlands (German occupation) 1941 5 Cents, Cura#1195;ao 1948 5 Cents, Netherlands 1914 2 Cents, East Caribbean states 1998 5 Cents, India 1968 10 Pyas, Burma 1966 ½ Anna, Pakistan 1949 |
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Not sure if you'll let me call this one square as it technically is an octagon... It is a one Heller from the German City State of Saxe-Hildburghausen from 1788. The obverse shows the crowned arms between two sprays of greenery while the reverse has "HH", the denomination, and the date. It is rather thin and malleable so you can see evidence of prior bends on this coin. The clipping to make the coin this shape was done at the mint.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Not sure if you'll let me call this one square as it technically is an octagon... Oh, I think that's plenty close to the theme here - the "octagonal" shape is really just due to a blunting of the square's corners, although I wouldn't be surprised if the degree to which this clipping was done might also have been variable as the need to adjust weight as well came into play. Very interesting piece, thanks for sharing. Colligo ergo sum
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1971 India 1 Paisa   Colligo ergo sum
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1980 Philippines 1 Sentimo   Colligo ergo sum
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1976 Suriname 5 Cents   Colligo ergo sum
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1945 British Malaya 1 Cent   Colligo ergo sum
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There is a few like this from tonga  |
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from my Birth Year Set  |
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1 anna Hyderabad   |
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1/4 anna Mewar   |
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paisa Lunavada   |
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