| Author |
 Replies: 8 / Views: 3,602 |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
How many Countries took part in this Union?
How many other Countries made coins that complied to the specification of coins of the LMU, but were not members of it?
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Germany
1063 Posts |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union"By a convention dated 23 December 1865,[1] France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland formed the Latin Monetary Union" "The four nations were joined by Spain and Greece in 1868, and Romania, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Serbia and San Marino in 1889. In 1904, the Danish West Indies were also placed on this standard but did not join the Union itself. When Albania emerged from the Ottoman Empire as an independent nation in 1912, coins of the Latin Monetary Union from France, Italy, Greece, and Austria-Hungary began to circulate in place of the Ottoman Lira. Albania did not however mint its own coins, or issue its own paper money until it adopted an independent monetary system in 1925."
Edited by augsburger
06/11/2012 07:11 am
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 Australia
21786 Posts |
augsburger: Schonen Dank!
I have quite a few coins of the LMU. What I did not have was a list of countries that were members, or a least had coins that complied to LMU specifications.
With the basis of information you have supplied, I can reorganise the coins that I have, and can now more accurately look for the coins needed to build an all Country type set.
Edited by sel_69l
06/11/2012 07:54 am
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
2830 Posts |
... and all based on the gold 20-Franc "Napoleon".
Apparently, the USA explored the possibility of issuing coins that complied with the standard, but nothing came of it.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
Luxembourg did also issue 5 and 10 centimes coins between 1854 and 1870 with the same specifications as those from France.
There are also some trial strikes with the specifications of the silver coins.
|
|
Moderator
 Australia
16826 Posts |
World War I killed off the Union. The only two countries to continue issuing coins to Union standard after 1918 were two countries not involved in the war: Switzerland and Venezuela.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
|
|
Valued Member
Belgium
116 Posts |
here a calendar of 1912 with the coins of Latin Monetary Union  mvg, Aernout Edited by Aernout
08/31/2012 3:26 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
614 Posts |
Oh! So this is why most of my coins are the same size. I collect coins from 1900-1920.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Coins of the LMU, ECU's (all patterns), and Euros.
Would make an interesting and related three series to collect.
I guess that the Romans were the first, because their related coins circulated throughout the whole of this region.
|
| |
Replies: 8 / Views: 3,602 |
|
Posted 06/11/2012 07:47 am
