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I did think it was a little unusual that triggersmob has been posting a lot of cool world coins .. and then posted a Lincoln cents .. of course another cool coin. Don't forget I'm in Australia, so a Lincoln Cent is just another world coin to me. Albeit, one of my favourite sets. Steve  |
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United States
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I notice that the Iceland Krona and the Denmark 2 Kroner both have the "HCN [heart] GJ". Anybody know what this means? By 1940, this is gone from the Iceland coin.
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United States
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♥ = Copenhagen mintmark, HCN = Hans Christian Nielsen, mintmaster
Iceland coins were minted in Copenhagen until 1940, then in London. Iceland gained independence from Denmark in '46.
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01/23/2014 10:07 pm
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In Star Trek Lieutenant JG is Junior Grade... most languages swap words around from the English counter parts. So I deduce that in 1940 someone got a promotion  . In case anyone had not worked it out before I LOVE LIONS! Thanks mysilveryears, he's a beauty! The shield of the crown of England has a form of lion, but it is far too artistic to be seen as a real lion, some even call it a leopard. The back cover of the 2002 Krause has a lion coin that I would love to have for a pocket piece. It is all a matter of perspective... To you(US) and I a Wheat cent is common place, but a British penny is a foreign coin, and an Australian coin is just weird And yes the answer is always 42!  |
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Here is the last unrepresented American commemorative from 1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial.   |
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one more before midnight:  1925-D Quarter Eagle Indian Head   |
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1924 Huguenot-Walloon tercentenary   |
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Canada
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 Belgian Congo, 50 centimes, 1924 |
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  only a token but almost ancient. |
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Belgium
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In 1924 the still young Sovjet Union issued its second and last silver rouble. Predictably it puts labor as the central theme:   |
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Belgium
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Austrian 1000 Krone. As mentioned yesterday, the obverse is shared with the later 10 Groschen (0.10 Schilling).  The few last coins of the hyperinflation period were preparing the roll-back to the Austrian Schilling in yet another way. The 200 Krone coin has the '2' in a very large typeface, with the trailing zeroes in very small characters. This prepared for the almost identical 2 Groschen coin that was to follow the year after. A small picture of the reverse:  |
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United Kingdom
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Silver 25 centimos from Costa Rica, 1924.  This coin was struck in a variety of metals - silver, then brass, then cupro-nickel, then stainless steel and finally aluminium. The 25-centimo coin was often called a 'peseta' - a Costa Rican shopkeeper, short of change, might ask a customer "Dame una peseta". I suppose the coin was of similar size and value to the Spanish peseta, and most Costa Ricans are of Spanish origin. |
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