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Valued Member
United States
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While responding to another post on this site I have hatched an idea and I am trying to find out if it is possible. So this is what I have so far. I want to start a collection of coins from around the world that are similar to the US nickel. To qualify for the collection the coin would need to fit some or all of the following criteria, prioritized from most important to least: 1.) have a diameter of 21.21 mm or very close to this 2.) be minted in the 20th century to present 3.) have a face value of 1/20th of the standard unit of currency 4.) have some amount of nickel metal (this would be the lowest priority no matter how many other criteria selections I have). This will all be stored in a Dansco blank nickel album, hence the high priority on size. I have begun doing some research to see if this is even feasible and what modifications I would/might need to make to my criteria. I am well aquatinted with US coinage and plan to have a mini type set of US nickels from 1900 to present as the introduction to my album. I am also somewhat familiar with Canadian coinage. A nice collection of Canadian nickel types would make a good chapter one. Outside of these two countries I know almost nothing about denominations and other details. Any help from fellow forum members as to where I can find more info or any direct information that you can give me will be most welcome. Now I just have to get the moratorium on my coin buying lifted. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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20th century Canadian nickel is a blast of a set. If the nickel composition is lower on your list you can have fun with WW2 and Korean era tombac and chrome.
Someone in my home town must have had some one that went on a Caribbean cruise at some point because after going through $2000 CRHing nickels I found a few 5 centers from a bunch of Caribbean Islands. Bermuda came up a 4 times and when ever I have a chance to grab a Bermudian nickel I do it.
I would say look at all the Caribbean nations/Oversea territories on Numista.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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The EU five-cent coin (1/20th of a Euro) is 21.25 mm in diameter.
The coin can be issued by each of the Union countries. The obverse design is specific to the issuing country and the reverse design is a common one that is used by the coins of all countries. I believe there are approximately 30 types of EU 5-cent coins from 20+ countries at this point.
They don't include any nickel, however, they are copper-coated steel. So, that may exclude them from your effort.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Poland
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As for Poland, the only thing that meets the stated criteria that I can think of is a 1949 pattern coin. Its face value is 5 groszy (1/20th zloty), 20th century, and it's made of nickel. Link to 2014 Polish auction resultsThe problem here is that the final versions with this design were made of bronze and then, aluminum. |
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United States
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@oldephriam, I was thinking of you yesterday when I saw the word of the day. As it turns out, the term "picayune" not only means something of little value, but also refers specifically to five cent pieces. Maybe include this in the title of your collection-to-be?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very interesting idea.
I look forward to seeing your progress.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sounds like a super fun and interesting set..  Good luck Oldephriam I hope to see your progress in the future |
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New Member
United States
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This is a great idea! I'm excited to try it, too.
I modified jdmern's search to give priority to a value of .05 and allow different metals. That yields a pretty good assortment of 'five cent' pieces -- 256 coins -- many made of bronze, copper, aluminum, steel, etc.
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Russian Federation
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That's 256 including (if I didn't miscount) 48 "tokens" (mostly 5 cent pieces from fantasy euro sets), 10 square coins (plus 2 octagonal, both German notgeld), and one coin (Bermuda IIRC) made of gold. (And a few are holed; I didn't count how many.)
Plus a good deal of silver commemoratives (surprisingly many of them Canadian), a bunch of assorted notgeld, and a few are just plain rare.
Then there's, say, the Japanese 5 sen from the early 1900s - nickel, 1/20, very beautiful, but just a bit too small for the search window (at 20.61 mm). I'm sure there are other coins whose situation was similar.
(Or, on the other side, the Russian 10 ruble from 1992 - cupronickel, 21.1 mm, recent, but nothing to do with 1/20 of any currency.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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a bunch of assorted notgeld If you include Notgeld, both municipal and private, with same criteria of mm and being 1/20th of the standard denomination, you would likely have in the hundreds of 5 Pfennig Notgeld types in there... That would actually be a really cool (and extremely challenging!) type set! |
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