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What about Thailand for example, which has a king but is also (sorta) a democracy with a president ? (their king is on their coins)
Edit : stupid question, you would have to count the UK queen, the netherland one, the belgium king, the spanish crown ...
Oh, do you consider monaco ? They should have coins with their rullers.
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02/28/2012 07:49 am
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Australia
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How about Idi Amin Uganda?
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Germany
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Monaco sure has coins depicting the ruler, but the head of state (Albert I, Rainier III, and now Albert II) is a prince. So he is in the same category, I think, as emperors, kings, grand-dukes, etc. which are not on the list. A "borderline case" could be elective monarchies such as Malaysia (don't know though whether the king has been on circulation coins) or the Vatican.
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 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Thanks chrisild for the Poland and Józef Piłsudski. I'didnt know that he was a dictator of Poland between 1926-1935. I edited the list, and here are the list of coins that I'm not certain if these circulated or non circulated coins:
BOLIVIA - Hugo Banzer Suárez 1975 - 100 pesos bolivianos,silver,mintage 160 000
BOTSWANA - Sir Seretse Khama 1966 - 50 cents, silver, mintage 40 000
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Klement Gottwald 1951 - 100 korun, silver, mintage 1 000 000
FINLAND - Urho Kaleva Kekkonen 10 markkaa 1975 silver, mintage 1 000 000
50 markkaa 1981 silver, mintage 500 000
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Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Finland
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chrisild - at least that 10 markkaa coin has issued at face. Total mintage was one million pieces and I have read that the whole mintage was "sold" in one day! And there were much less than 5 million citizens in Finland at that time. Due to its silver content it is still popular coin here. Can't say the same about 50mk piece. High silver price in the early 80's forced to reduce the size of coin and the result is then very messy and ugly.
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France
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monarch you forgot one of the worst from North Korea : Kim Jung-il A new silver coin will be issued :  This is one silver coin of Saparmurat Nyiazov of Turkmenistan  |
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United States
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Hello, monarch: I'm interested in the same kind of coins, your list is very helpful!! But there are a few coins I don't see in your list: Paraguay, 1968, 300 GuaranÃes, portrait of President Alfredo Stroessner. http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27303.htmlBrazil, 1948-1951, 50 Centavos, bust of President Eurico Gaspar Dutra. http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5380.htmlIraq, 1959, 500 Fils, portrait of Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim. http://www.rarecoincollector.net/in...ucts_id=3954Cuba, 1993, 1 Peso, bust of President (dictator) Fidel Castro (there are other varieties with Fidel Castro's portrait). http://www.casadelcoleccionista.com...el-cobre.jpgCuba, 2009, 1 Peso, portrait of President Raúl Castro (with Fidel). http://www.ma-shops.com/sesambestco...ic/68454.jpgEgypt, 1980, 10 Piastre, bust of President Anwar el-Sadat. http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15637.htmlYugoslavia, 1977, 200 Dinara, bust of President (dictator) Josip Broz Tito (there are other varieties with Tito's portrait). http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4915.htmlSome of this coins are commemoratives, so they might not circulated, but they all where legal currency. Best regards. Edited by Khusro
06/23/2012 04:23 am
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Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Hello Khusro. About your coins list: 1. Paraguay, 1968, 300 GuaranÃes, portrait of President Alfredo Stroessner. I'dont know if this coin is circulation coin, maybe someone on forum know that? 2. Brazil, 1948-1951, 50 Centavos, bust of President Eurico Gaspar Dutra. Yes I purchase this coin month ago. I will put it on my list. 3. Iraq, 1959, 500 Fils, portrait of Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim. This is not a ofiicial Iraq coin, it is medallic issue. 4. Cuba, 1993, 1 Peso, bust of President (dictator) Fidel Castro 5. Cuba, 2009, 1 Peso, portrait of President Raúl Castro (with Fidel). I'dont know if this coin is circulation coins, maybe someone on forum know that? 6. Egypt, 1980, 10 Piastre, bust of President Anwar el-Sadat. Yes I purchase this coin few months ago. I will put it on my list. 7. Yugoslavia, 1977, 200 Dinara, bust of President (dictator) Josip Broz Tito This is not circulation coin. I will remove from my list 25 pistres 1970 from Egypt becuse this is commemorative coin of death of president Nasser. I almost complete the whole list.  |
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United States
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Hello, Monarch!!
I see you already had knowledge of these coins that I mentioned. And yes, I know some of them were not minted for circulation.
Sorry, I'm not sure if emissions of Paraguay and Cuba circulated or not.
Congratulations again for your list!!
Best regards!!
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United States
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Africa is a good place to start. Most of their early post colonial coins featured the first leaders of those countries and almost all the time they evolved into dictators. Are you also interested in banknotes? Some countries have put heads of state on notes but never coins. For instance, if you want Idi Amin or Jean Bokassa, you'll have to buy notes.
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United States
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There is also a 40 centavos coin from Cuba struck in 1962 depicting Fidel Castro. This coin actually is a circulating piece.
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