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I thought I'd start a new thread for people to post examples of coins from all over the world that were not intentionally commemoratives, but ended up being issued for one year only. This might be because of the death of a monarch, sudden high inflation, a rise in the cost of metal, or a coin being so unpopular with the public that it was withdrawn soon after issue. I'll start off with a 1927 British penny. This coin is subtly different from any other George V penny. The early George V coins had a very high-relief portrait of the King, which resulted in 'ghosting' - the outline of the King's head could often be seen in the field on the reverse, especially on the penny. In 1926, an attempt was made to resolve the problem, by introducing a modified effigy of the King. Most 1926 pennies have the 1911-25 portrait, but some have the scarcer 'modified effigy'. The reverse of the coin was left unchanged. In 1927 all pennies had the modified effigy, but, unlike the 1926 ME penny, the reverse was altered so the whole design was slightly smaller and a bit flatter. A handful of pennies exist dated 1922 with this reverse, but are considered pattterns. The modified reverse was used from 1927 to 1936. The modified effigy did not completely solve the problem of 'ghosting', so the King's portrait was drastically reduced in size on all subsequent pennies from 1928 until the end of the reign in 1936. So the 1927 penny is unique in having a modified obverse and reverse...  Edited by NumisRob
08/13/2023 4:53 pm
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Off the top of my head. 1773 Virginia half penny   Edited by Keith67
08/13/2023 07:43 am
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I think this will be an interesting thread, there will be some coins that we hardly ever see appearing here..cant wait to see some of them! Here is a coin I found detecting this spring. A 80 reis from Portugal produced for a single year (1786) but undated. It is known that Portuguese coins circulated in North America when there were little for coins in the late 1700s and early 1800s...I've found a few Portuguese copper coins but this was first silver.   |
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Great additions! Prior to the introduction of the Euro, the French seem to have had a particular talent for minting the wrong coin at the wrong time. Many of these don't belong in this section as they were either just patterns or survived for three or four years before being withdrawn. But one spectacular failure was the first design of 5-franc coin issued in 1933. After the French Revolution, the Franc was adopted as the new currency unit and the silver dollar-sized 5F coin was introduced. It was last minted in the 1870s and had virtually fallen out of use by 1900. The Franc lost two-thirds of its value during World War I and silver coins disappeared from circulation, to be replaced by tokens issued by the Chamber of Commerce. By 1928-31 the currency had stabilised enough for the Monnaie de Paris to introduce new aluminium-bronze 50c, 1F and 2F coins and silver 10F and 20F coins. No 5-franc coins, however, were issued until 1933. The first design, by Bazor, was instantly disliked by the public. At 23.7mm it was considered too small, and was taken as a sign that the currency was being devalued. The coins were nicknamed Bedoucettes (little Bedouces) after the Finance Minister, Albert Bedouce.  Within a few months the coins were replaced by a larger, 31mm coin designed by Lavrillier. Unfortunately the Monnaie de Paris did not learn their lesson, as they made almost exactly the same mistake again 53 years later! But that's another story... |
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Very interesting examples!  |
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Very nice! |
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But one spectacular failure was the first design of 5-franc coin issued in 1933. That is an interesting example. And an interesting idea for a thread! Here is another French experiment, also disliked by the public because of the, in their (and my) view, ugly reverse. The very first French nickel coin, minted in 1903 only:  The complaints from the public and also from members of parliament led to a new and much nicer reverse already the following year:  That design was minted for two years, until 1905. Then the 10 million francs allocated for 25 centimes coins was reached.
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erafjel, I have one of those "revised type" 25 centimes, a very well-worn specimen testifying to a long life in circulation. A sufficiently obvious choice that I'm surprised someone hasn't already posted it is the Australian circular, silver 50¢ of 1966. Of this coin, we can say that it was overtaken by events : not only the rising US dollar price of silver, but the devaluation of the Australian dollar with respect to the US dollar.   |
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Nice example! |
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Here are two very common 'One Year Only' coins from the UK. 1997 was a notable year for British coinage as two new coins were introduced. The first was a smaller, 27.3mm 50-pence piece weighing 8 grams, replacing the 30mm, 13.5 gram coin that had been introduced in 1969. The reduced size coin bore the same Britannia reverse as the larger coins and the Maklouf obverse that had been used since 1985:  Large numbers of coins were required to replace the old ones, so the 1997 50p has a mintage of 456,364,100, and still accounts for around one-third of the 50p coins found in circulation today! The second new coin was rather more radical - Britain's first bi-metallic coin and the first £2 coin issued for general circulation (a few commemoratives had been issued earlier). The coin was 28.4mm in diameter and weighed 12 grams. The innovative reverse design by Bruce Rushin represented technology through the ages, and the obverse had the Maklouf portrait of Queen Elizabeth II:  The 1997 £2 coin has a mintage of 13,734,625. Both coins were destined to be one-year types, as the Maklouf portrait was replaced the next year by a new effigy by Ian Rank-Broadley. Despite rumours, 1997 £2 coins are NOT valuable, but if you look up '£2 coin with Queen's Necklace' on ebay you will probably see a few on sale for ludicrous prices! Edited by NumisRob
08/18/2023 03:15 am
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Here are two very common 'One Year Only' coins from the UK. Interesting pair!
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1984 saw the introduction of the $1 coin in Australia. This coin had the Arnold Machin portrait, but the following year the portrait was changed to the Raphael David Maklouf portrait.  |
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1924 1000 Kronen from Austria.  View my Coins here, (NOW WITH OVER 16,800 IMAGES).... http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?cat=10048OFEC count = 237 |
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1943 Belgian Congo 2 francs.  |
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