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During the Spanish Civil War and the upheavals that preceded and followed it, coin issues were very sporadic. These two attractive designs - cupro-nickel 25 centimos of 1934 and silver 1 peseta of 1933 (date of striking 1934) were both single-year issues by the then Republican Government of Spain:   |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Those are beautiful coins, NumisRob!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree, they are very nice.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice Hondo Boguss and NumisRob!
Errers and Varietys.
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Wonderful examples!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Great designs, NumisRob. I wonder if they were inspired by American coins.. |
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These two seem so obvious and yet I forgot about them. 1935 saw the first official circulating silver dollar in Canada. GEORGIVS V REX IMPERATOR ANNO REGNI XXV, Latin for GEORGE 5th, KING AND EMPEROR FOR THE 25th YEAR, perhaps implies a rule violation for 1935 since it does "commemorate" something. However, as the only circulation dollar, and the first issue, maybe it gets a pass.  1936 saw the second George V design. His death on January 20, 1936 made this also a one-year design.  Interesting tidbit is that the portrait on the subsequent George VI coins also faced left. Quote:
From the time of Charles II onward, a tradition developed of monarchs being represented on the coinage facing in the opposite direction to their immediate predecessor. The exception to this was in the brief reign of Edward VIII. He liked portraits of himself facing to the left, even though, according to tradition, he should have faced to the right. Designs for proposed coins for his reign show Edward VIII facing to the left. The tradition was restored in the reign of George VI, with his portrait facing left as if Edward VIII's had faced right . Edward VIII famously abdicated before his coins were released, but some do exist, so in reality the monarch portrait faced left three times in a row. They just pretended Edward VIII's had faced right to maintain the tradition. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting that Canada minted its first silver dollar (1911 pattern notwithstanding) the same year the U.S. minted its last silver dollars for circulation.
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These two seem so obvious and yet I forgot about them... Excellent! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice kbbpll. Good information too. Errers and Varietys.
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since it does "commemorate" something Regnal years on coinage used to be common, and perhaps they saw this issue as continuing the tradition... I wonder if there's any surviving documents on how this was actually viewed. |
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1904 Panama 25 Centesimos (minted in San Francisco). My pics don't do this coin justice, as it still has luster. Picked it up as a fluke - I was looking through someone's listings and nobody had bid on it. I submitted a stupid-low bid and won it!  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Very nice Hondo Boguss. Errers and Varietys.
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Thanks, Errers!
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