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A few world coins for 2002.

Morocco 2 dirhams:

Isle of Man 2 pence:

South Africa 50 cents:

Bulgaria 1 Lev:

Brazil 25 centavos:

North Korea Half Chon:

Democratic Republic of Congo 50 centimes:

Nicaragua 25 centavos:

Jersey 10 pence:

Here's a Bulgarian 1 lev that I picked for best condition out of a bunch of Bulgarian circulating change (in 2014)...



I apologize for the crud. Unfortunately I'm not sure if the forehead is actually worn or if it's just lighting.

Too true, European currencies will start to get more exciting soon!


Cuba 3 Pesos - Che Guevara


Samoa 20 sene


India 2 Rupees - National Integration


India 1 Rupee - Standard coinage

I have one of those too! But I can't be bothered doctoring my image to cut it out!



I have the 10, 20 and 50 seniti of that coinage in 2002 and mostly UNC too. The designs date from the mid 1970s as part of a grow more food series for FAO.


Turkish 100,000 Lira - this was the smaller version and by this stage they had coins up to 1 million lira and 50 million lira in notes. This coin is the size of the modern 10 Kurus, what it ended up being after 2005. Expect more Turkish classics from me as we go backwards.

Not a usual "coin" here, and might not count as a coin at all - this is the only micronation coin I own!
...assuming I hadn't forgotten any others, anyway.



Principality of the Russian treasure seeker Yury Kharchuk
1 kubyshka (pot), 2002, aluminium
Samara mint

Yury Kharchuk's principality, founded in 2002, is one of the many micronations claiming territory in Antarctica. Apparently it was so confident in its claim that in 2011 it sued another Antarctic-claiming micronation!
Unfortunately it appears that more recently Kharchuk had been spouting some kind of weird pigeon-themed woo. I suppose anyone who dares to claim a micronation must be at least a little crazy.

"Treasure seeker" is basically a fancy way to say "metal detectorist", I guess. The crossed items on the obverse are metal detecting implements (while the reverse features the titular pot).

2002-P (1952-) Canada
50-Cent Coat of Arms/Queen's Golden Jubilee.

2002 Germany.
50 Euro Cent 1st map.

3M has shown some but 2001 saw Australia's centenary and a total of 20 commemorative coins were issued.

These were 1 x$1 dollar coin - 10 x 50 cents and 9 x 20 cents.


The most common were the centenary dollar and Federal 50 cents, these showed the coat of arms of the Commonwealth of Australia. The 50c had a mintage of 43 million, $1 - 28 million

The other 18 coins were all state based and mintages were low around the 2 to 2.5 million per state. The 50 cent coins all showed coats of arms, and the 20 cent pieces were designed by children showing themes and symbols of each state and territory.

Each state had their coins released into change over the course of 2001 and packs of uncirculated coins were released at $6 or so each. An album was also issued. In addition, proof sets of the whole thing and each state were also issued.


50 cent coins including Federal one.

The 20s have already been shown by 3M


Australian Capital Territory


Norfolk Island and Victoria 50c (Mistake by album producers)
My next post has the Norfolk Island 50 cent in it


New South Wales