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@tdzemia the laos 3 elephant pic on the obverse of the 20 cents looks like a copy of the thai 3 elephant design on some of the earlier bahts (1908)....like almost exact copy....so interesting!
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Not familiar with that coin. Time for a catalog dive! But here's another modern 1 year type coin with an animal:   |
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Some really interesting stuff so far and a good history lesson from @Finn235 as usual. This thread is already meeting my expectations! Here is the aforementioned 1902 crown.  |
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Another favorite - the 1945 Japanese sen made of baked clay  Metals were running out at the end of WWII and even though the 1 sen coins were being made of tin/zinc and banknotes were in place all the way down to 5 sen, the metal couldn't be spared anymore. The government contracted out to local pottery companies, who made enough coins for circulation from about June-August 1945, but then the bombs dropped and the war was over. Some reportedly were released without authorization, but most were probably sitting around in warehouses, and GIs took them home as souvenirs. After the war, inflation had hit too hard for the 1 sen coin to be of any use, and all denominations below 1 yen were demonetized in 1948 when the Yen was worth just 1/316 of a dollar. Edited by Finn235
05/23/2018 11:36 am
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I rarely see anyone post the country I collect......thailand.....I present you some one year types 1863 thailand 2 baht 1876 thailand 4 att  |
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Lots of nice coins!
@bd251, some nice subtle toning on that British crown.
And the historical lesson on clay coinage also exceptional!
mkman123, yes there are many under-represented countries here. Nice to see your Thai coins.
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@bd251, some nice subtle toning on that British crown. Thanks. Admittedly, the obverse isn't that attractive, but the reverse toning is beautiful! Here is a set of single-year issues.      As a semi-autonomous Russian territory, The Grand Duchy of Finland was authorized to issue its own currency, the Markka, since 1860. The coins here, commonly referred to as "civil war coinage," featured an uncrowned imperial eagle and were issued in 1917 after the fall of the Russian Empire. Finland took this opportunity to declare independence from Russia only to be rejected by the Russian provisional government. When the provisional government was overthrown by the Bolshevik government (Red Army) later in 1917 Finland again declared and this time obtained independence. The Finnish Civil War for control of the new country followed. The prior designs for these coins (also issued in 1917) featured a crowned imperial double eagle on the silver and the Tsar's crowned monogram on the copper. |
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I don't actively seek out single-year types, but I do tend to find them fairly interesting. Here's one of mine...   Several different denominations were made in this one-year series of Paraguayan coins; they were all the exact same shape (12-notch scalloped) and material (aluminium bronze), shared the exact same obverse and reverse designs (aside from the denomination numerals), and differed only in diameter. I think I have all of those except the 50 centimos. As it happens, all the other denominations in that series (10, 25, and 50 centimos) were also made by Paraguay in other years (with a different design); the 15 centimos denomination, however, was only ever made in that one year. (In fact, no other country had ever made an official 15 centimos coin for circulation either.) |
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bd251, those Finland coins are beautiful. I didn't realize the 1953 Paraguay coins were single year. I used to have a 10 centimos. And indeed 15 is an unusual denomination of ANYTHING (I think I have a 15 kopeck coin, too). Here's another from the same era. Macao, 10 avos 1952. I have always wondered if "avos" was meant to be an abbreviation of centavos, or ...   Edited by tdziemia
05/26/2018 09:00 am
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Picked up at my LCS today for 20 cents. Not terribly exotic, but it fits the category. Bulgaria 1 Lev 1960.   Edited by tdziemia
05/26/2018 9:03 pm
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Love those Finnish coins, bd251!
I really need to spring for that 1917 set; my great-grandfather was conscripted to fight in that civil war. After the war was over he went to America to start over, which is where he met my great grandmother.
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Not really a "world" coin, but I have a fondness for ancient coins of rather obscure people who didn't rule very long; one of my favorites is Aemilian, an ephemeral emperor who ruled Rome from July-October 253.  It was the custom in Rome at the time for the soldiers to grant the office of Princeps to the highest bidder. The emperor in early 253 (Trebonianus Gallus) had a reputation as a spineless coward, so the armies were happy to depose him for rough-and-tumble Aemilian, who just won a glorious and profitable campaign against the barbarians Gallus had been paying tribute to. The Senate had just ratified the elevation when Gallus' general Valerian arrived with reinforcements for the dead emperor. The armies wasted no time in deposing Aemilian to spare their own lives and receive the customary accession bonus for their loyalty. Edited by Finn235
05/30/2018 10:32 am
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Thanks @Finn235. I remember you mentioned your Finnish lineage in the go fish thread. My wife's family is from Tarijoki (now Zelenogorsk, Russia). They left for Helsinki during the Winter War (1939-1940) before much of Finnish Karelia became part of the Soviet Union in 1944 and Finns were forced to leave. The 1917 set is a pretty easy one. However, I am still looking for a 1 penni that has a decent strike  The coppers can be a little tricky in high grades. |
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Here is another one from Finland. 1918 5 Penniä.  It is my understanding that this coin was struck by the Finnish Reds during the Civil War when they controlled Finland's capital, Helsinki, in the late winter/early spring of 1918. The mintage was only 34,880. A 5 penniä coin with the Finnish coat of arms was also minted later in 1918 (-1940). That makes four different designs in two years for the 5 penniä coin. Edited by bd251
06/05/2018 6:56 pm
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Finally got one good enough to show off. Japan, 1 sen 1938 Brass, 23mm Obv: Mythical crow Yatagarasu, "Great Japan / Showa 13th year" Rev: Value within ocean waves  These were made for a few months in 1938 pursuant to a popular design contest to replace the old style coins which had been in place for a couple decades. Just a few years into production, the invasion of China ramped up and necessitated the diversion of brass away from coins. The design was kept, but shrunk to a 17mm aluminum coin. These are inexpensive coins with a mintage of 113 million, but high grades are tough to get outside of Japan. (Thanks to @Half for picking this one up for me from a Tokyo LCS!) |
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