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1960 Norway.
5 Øre - Olav V.

1960 Australia.
1 Florin - Elizabeth II 1st Portrait - with "F:D:".

Spain 1 peseta, date on the obverse is 1953, but has 1960 in the stars.


Australia 1 shilling


Sweden 2 ore

1960 Republica Argentina.
Un Peso




(CJ# 274.2 - With Two lines above the clock in the tower)

1960 New Zealand .
1 Penny - Elizabeth II 1st portrait.

More from 1960 starting with a Fiji threepence:

Philippines 10 centavos:

Morocco 1 Dirham (another 1960 currency revaluation):

Cameroon 50 Francs:

United States Jefferson nickels - 1960 and 1960D:

As we say goodbye to the 1960s


Jersey 1/12 shilling, 300 years of seignorage to the Crown (Philippe Carteret sweared his fealty to Charles II in 1660).


Hong Kong 1 Dollar, a large handsome coin first issued this year to replace the near worthless $1 banknote, many of which were dirty and ragged after days of use in the Bougazzi markets of Hong Kong.
This example is mega UNC and so good I cut my fingers on the security edge. The next date of this coin is 1970 and then until 1974 when it reduced in size and a less pleasing and much cheaper looking coin. These coins like many HK pieces were minted at The Royal Mint with some at Heaton (H mint mark).


Greece 20 Drachma - this coin was issued in 1960 to take the place of a tatty banknote, yet the largest coin the 10 Drachma was a huge cupronickel piece and it was decided to make this coin 64% silver and it was 26mm in size (Between the 2 and 5 Drachma). It now meant Greece had 9 coins from this down to the aluminium 20, 10 and 5 lepta.
Greece was briefly prosperous in the mid 1950s to the 1967 revolution. Papaandreou was Prime Minister and King Paul was reasonably popular. Marshall Plan money had saved it and tourism was on the rise. In the Olympics at Rome, Prince Constantine won Greece a gold medal in the Yachting even.
I will show a 10 Drachma piece soon!