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thanks Ed - I'll go have a look around.. 
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice addition, NumisEd.
Errers and Varietys.
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Thanks jbuck, Dearborn, and EV.
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Australia 1 Shilling 1944-S, minted in San Francisco 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Quote: Australia 1 Shilling 1944-S, minted in San Francisco Fantastic! 
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Nice addition, Hondo Boguss. 
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Nice coin, Hondo. But weird that the US Mint struck coins for Australia.
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Thank you all! NumisEd, the US minted many coins for other governments during WWII. I posted one from Fiji not long ago. Here is an article that discusses a few of them (but only a few). https://coinweek.com/foreign-coins-...orld-war-ii/Fiji 1 Florin 1943-S 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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very nice Hondo - great link! thanks for posting that. 
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The articles do not discuss why the US Mint struck the coins for Australia. And last time I checked, the Japanese didn't invade Australia and made it a puppet state.
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Very nice, Hondo. 
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Some countries, such as Australia, experienced a great need for more coinage during WWII due to the number of foreign troops stationed there. Here is a press release from the US Treasury Department in 1945: Wartime Contribution to Foreign Coinage
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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The Kingdom of Hawaii  
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@Keith67: Nice coin! A dine example of coinage from the San Francisco Mint.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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