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United States
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sel_69l
All coins of Kiribati.
The normal circulating coins are almost impossible to find outside Kiribati.
Mind you, most people have never heard of this perfectly legitimate country. Second this. Plus 1976 Tuvalu set, plain gorgeous set of coins. And, finally, the "dong dollar" from Cook Islands - hard to beat. One side of the coin is Her Majesty's effigy, and the other side is... well, dong. |
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Australia
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FOr Europe I like the German, Swiss and Italian States, also the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth seems to not be popular. I collect any circulating coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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@ MoonRock: Also sometimes known as the 'Doodle Dollar', KM#147.
According to KM, the idol is of
Tangaroa, Polynesian God of Fertility.
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12/25/2015 06:00 am
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United States
80 Posts |
What about fantasies? Do they count? I have picked a few South Pacific islands' sets over time (Niue, Easter, Micronesia, etc.). They are neat and interesting coins, even though not legal tender..
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I like Panamanian coins, as you might be able to discern from my av. Dunno why.
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United States
541 Posts |
Western Samoa, now Samoa, the Wilhelm Solf coins of 1980
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United States
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Republic of Korea (South Korea).
Some of best "Less-commonly-collected" contemporary-series world coins that you can find, IMO.
If COINage Magazine publishes my article on these coins in the next few months, you'll get an opportunity to read up on them.
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12/28/2015 8:20 pm
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 United States
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Although this is on the fringe of "mainstream", I really do enjoy the coins of Japan. All of them are very nice from the feudal era up until the modern day, but I have come across very few collectors of the coins between about 1900-1938. Lots of design, size, and composition changes as Japan ramped its economy up to become a world power.
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Russian Federation
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Although this is on the fringe of "mainstream", I really do enjoy the coins of Japan. All of them are very nice from the feudal era up until the modern day, but I have come across very few collectors of the coins between about 1900-1938. Lots of design, size, and composition changes as Japan ramped its economy up to become a world power. Me too! Well, I'd expand the period to 1890-1948 to include more changes, but I really like Japanes coins of that period (particularly the more exotic ones, like tin... can't think of any other country that made coins out of tin). |
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Belgium
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United States
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In the "unpopular" category, I collect Austrian Philharmonics.  I started this series for my nephew and a set for myself. The coins are great looking, they are 37mm (as opposed to ASE's that are 40mm} so they are really thick compared to other 1oz bullion. They are perfect for the young collector, the series started in 2008, so all the coins are easily obtainable. It is not a popular series (the design does not change) so all the coins stick pretty close to spot. My nephew loves it. He has a full album/complete set and I update it every birthday. I also collect Mexican circulating coins. |
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Slovenia
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denco7: The Philharmoniker series is very popular here in Slovenia. By far the most popular bullion series. But yeah, I'd think they are not popular in US :)
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Australia
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I like some of the less popular British Commonwealth stuff.
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United States
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Finn235 said: Quote:
1. French Polynesia, especially 1, 2, and 5 Franc aluminum coins from the 1950s-2000s. They have a very attractive design, low mintages across the board, and are very, very cheap. I also collect these, along with the other French Colonial issues designed by Bazor. The fun part about these modern French Colonials; generally they are all very cheap, but they are not easy to come by. If you want to collect all the dates in the series it is still a challenge. |
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Russian Federation
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Quote:@january1may The 'good for' also includes some Italian lira coins: "Buono da L.1" or "Buono da Lire 2" See at http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2595.htmland http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2682.htmlI have both coins of a very common date. Unlike the French and Belgian, which kept the dimensions of the base metal francs identical to their silver predecessors, the nickel lira and 2 Lire were larger than the former silver coins. I've since found in my collection a Bon Pour coin of yet another country: Tunisia. Really wondering what the full list is (there might be some obscure colonial issues). I do not have either of the Italian types - sadly as they are very beautiful (the 1 lira especially). Unfortunately, large old coins (even if base metal) are not often found in bargain bins - and tend to be very expensive when outside bargain bins - so it doesn't seem likely that I'll get them soon either. |
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