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 Posted 10/23/2007  10:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add arthrene to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I know a goal of many world coin collectors is to get a coin from every country...so that started me thinking. Is there a list anywhere of every country? I need to know what I'm shooting for!
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 Posted 10/23/2007  11:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I posted my list of countries (at the time) here in this old thread. It's quite long, and includes many semi-independent states, territories, and quite a few ancient, mediaeval and modern nations which no longer exist.

For an online list of current countries of the world, you could try this one on Wikipedia. There's also a detailed definition there of what exactly a "country" is, in order to be included in the list. Note that there are plenty of "non-qualifying countries" that nevertheless issue coins.

Personally, for a list of current countries, I go by the ones printed in the Britannica yearbooks.
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 Posted 10/24/2007  12:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add blueczar1512 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have a blank map saved where I colour in the countries that I have - its a good way to keep track.

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 Posted 10/24/2007  12:34 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I go by the countries listed in Krause. If it ain't in there to catalog then I doubt I am gonna find it. But you do also need to look at the "Unusual World Coins" book as well for the different not a real country countries.
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 Posted 10/24/2007  11:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add inacoffeebuzz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I pulled a list off the United Nations website, as I decided to try to limit my list to silver proofs of currently existing countries. I don't know about you, but I always try to find some way to put limits on what to collect (doesn't usually work though ).
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 Posted 10/28/2007  6:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add atlashealth to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Posted 10/28/2007  7:47 pm  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Don's got an extensive list but that is only from his own personal collection. It's not a complete list
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The old thread link contains a compiled list. Includes Sap's list and some others.
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 Posted 10/30/2007  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wova4 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
For current countries, you could refer to the CIA World Factbook:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publica...k/index.html

I've been working on building my one-coin-per-country collection by working from highest GDP to lowest. I'm thinking that will allow me to focus on the most common coins first.
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 Posted 10/30/2007  7:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add spica to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have silver coins from 124 countries and territories and I try to have one of each countries (but if I like coin). I don't want to buy ugly coin only if the country missing.
I made table with list of world countries and territories and to each new country I put color on. I like the map of blueczar but for little countries it is not easy I presume.
blueczar, where do you found the map and make for colors ?
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 Posted 11/07/2007  06:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add blueczar1512 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
spica I got it from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blank_maps its just coloured in MS Paint, the free program that comes with windows
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 Posted 11/07/2007  6:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add spica to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thanks blueczar, I will try to make it :-)
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