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 Yun Nan dollar Ms65 toned Edited by 0xDA71D
09/25/2014 9:00 pm
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The Z Day...
Zambia 20 Ngwee:  Zimbabwe 50 cents  Stunning toning on that dollar, 0xDA71D!  Zaire 5 Zaires: 
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09/26/2014 03:06 am
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ZANZIBAR 1882  |
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A few interesting ones from Zaire 10 Makuta, 1973   20 Makuta, 1973   |
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Zimbabwe 2001 5 Dollars  Zimbabwe 2003 10 Dollars  Zimbabwe 2003 25 Dollars  Steve  |
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Another from Zanzibar--at least I got one in the last day.   |
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Neat thread....I've been away for a while but it's good to see the creatiuvity here. Thanks to all those members who shared all the great pics!
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Yes - as the one who came up with the idea I wasn't sure how well it would go - we've seen some fantastic coins from a huge variety of countries!
Thanks everyone!
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Thanks for the great idea, NumisRob! I think it was an unqualified success.  |
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While I agree that it is a nice thread, I think it is 'cheating' using the English names of countries.
Would be more interesting and educational to use the name as it is on the coin itself.
Yes, eg Austria could be used under A for older coins but the modern ones would fall under O.
Postscript for 'january1may' and everyone else who might want to know:
'Ausbeute...' bevor the (German) denomination refers to the denomination being made with the ore from the local mine which is depicted on the coin.
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09/30/2014 01:46 am
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Since there is a huge  gap in this series at the letter X and I was not registered at this side yet on that day, let me take the liberty to post a coin with can be placed under X: 5 Fen (= 1/2 Miscal) from the Aksu mint in Xinjiang (previously known as Sinkiang), Krause number is (or was) Y#A7.4 [noted for AH1296 & ND in the catalogue]:   While the '12' of the date is there, the rest is off the flan but 'Aksu mint' is clear (all on the reverse). Postscript: Sorry about the different image sizes, had to resize them and used the same factor but uploading has seemingly treated them differently due to the pixel size. Edited by Medieval
09/30/2014 11:36 pm
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Thanks for posting an 'X', Medieval - fascinating!
Perhaps we should do another alphabetic thread using countries' names in their own languages - what do other members think?
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Took the time to check in my Krause Centennial Edition and there are two places starting with X listed: 1. Xalostotitlan (one local Mexican coin from 1820) 2. Xinjiang so my post was definitely according to the rules. Wonder how many people here on the forum own one of the Mexican ones. If the need arises, I have a few more coins from Xinjiang. Quote:
Perhaps we should do another alphabetic thread using countries' names in their own languages - what do other members think? Perhaps take a break from listing countries by names but worthwhile coming back to it in a few weeks/months time, potentially with some restrictions like only countries which have ceased to issue coinage or only coinage prior a certain date. But I have another suggestion: How about an alphabetic listing by denomination, ie first day might be eg 'Anna', second eg 'Baht', third eg 'Cent' etc - after a little procrastination I can think of denominations starting with any letter except 'U' & 'X' (U might be covered with 'Unit' which is used to describe some ancient coins). Starting on the 6th would allow to finish it by the end of the month. Edited by Medieval
10/01/2014 06:54 am
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Other coin-issuing states/places starting with X include:
Xanthos (an Ancient Greek city)
Xi Xia (a kind-of-Chinese medieval state, also known as Western Xia)
Xin Dynasty (that one is a complete cop-out - Xin is the dynastic title of Wang Mang, whose "dynasty" never continued beyond the one guy)
Notgeld coins of Xanten, a German city, are occasionally mentioned as existing, but it doesn't appear that there are any (the notes, however, are relatively common).
A few people apparently used individual Chinese emperors for their X letter.
There is in fact a denomination starting with X, by the way (the "Xu" of South Vietnam). I can't think of any starting with U, however (and I did in fact search for them, a few years ago, when a similar idea was proposed).
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Just quoted the places quoted in Krause - he will need a few more year to go back to the ancient times.
But Xanthos is certainly correct and I am not sure if there are not other ancient or medieval places starting with X, which did issue coins.
Good that you pointed out the Vietnamese Xu, while on some coins the lettering 'Su' is used instead of 'Xu' I definitely have at least one of the 50 Xu coins.
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