Infamous Regimes

hehe Libertad, I was referring to the idea of regimes when I made that broma..

A tyrant from the Dark Ages the Byzantine emperor Phocas who's reign of terror lasted 8 years from 602-608AD

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I had considered Zimbabwe but had yet to look. There are many historical regimes that it would be interesting to have coinage from. I do have some ancients but have yet to look through the m for these "leaders (yeah right)". As for the Dubya dollar in 10 years, the joke is it will be worth less than face value when it comes out. I don't know, infamous leaders draw interst and value in items.

Did Mussolini appear on any coins?

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You can, however, find plenty of coins with the fasces, the axe-and-rods badge of the party, on the reverse.

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True, but that symbol has been used in many other countries as well. Between the two world wars, for example, the lictors bundle was on the US dime too.

(Sure, the German nazis also adopted the swastika instead of "inventing" it. But in Italy, France and many other European countries, the fasces has a long tradition as a symbol of - controlled - power.)

On some coins of "Italian Albania", king Vittorio Emanuele wears a helmet which can be understood as a symbol of the occupation. But those pieces do not have Mussolini either.

Christian