What are the plainest coins you've seen?

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neilithic
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Posted: 19 Jan 2017, 21:05 #
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What coins have you seen which have the least design/simplest design. I got a bulk lot of coins in last night and found this coin from Zambia

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6484.html

That has to be one of the plainest coins I've seen before.
druzhynets
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Posted: 19 Jan 2017, 21:28 #
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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19266.html
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neilithic
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Posted: 19 Jan 2017, 21:31 #
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Quote: "druzhynets"​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19266.html
​Wow, the design is pretty plain, but it's pretty fancy having it all twisted like that.
druzhynets
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Quote: "neilithic"​
Quote: "druzhynets"​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19266.html
​​Wow, the design is pretty plain, but it's pretty fancy having it all twisted like that.
​Definitely!
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neilithic
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Posted: 19 Jan 2017, 21:35 #
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The basic design of the Zambia coin with the hole in the middle reminds me of the old milk tokens that we used to use when I was a child here in NZ.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/coins/exonumia/auction-1243070096.htm
Jesse11
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Posted: 19 Jan 2017, 22:03 #
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Quote: "neilithic"​What coins have you seen which have the least design/simplest design. I got a bulk lot of coins in last night and found this coin from Zambia
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​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6484.html
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​That has to be one of the plainest coins I've seen before.
​There are a number of coins like that were obviously minted on the cheap and in a hurry (Gabon comes to mind, as does the Belgium 2 franc issued in 1943 by the Allied occupation).

As to plain coins that nonetheless have some sort of design, I find Costa Rica and Yugoslavia to be terribly boring (no offense meant to anyone who lives in those areas).
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 00:13 #
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This concern for bareness which reinforces the subject is found on Slovenian coins like this great Long-eared owl, so small in the immensity of the night, or this stylized evocation, minimalist, like a counterpoint to the exuberant gigantism of the Cave of Postojna.
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Camerinvs
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 02:56 #
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What about this pair?

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces51566.html

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces51567.html
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nthn
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 19:27 #
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Quote: "neilithic"​What coins have you seen which have the least design/simplest design. I got a bulk lot of coins in last night and found this coin from Zambia
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​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6484.html
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​That has to be one of the plainest coins I've seen before.
​You insult me! :(
neilithic
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 19:45 #
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I didn't say it was ugly. I said it was plain, and it is.

plain: not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.
Houseofham
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 20:02 #
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http://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/54625-5_Euro_Literature-2015%7EToday_-_Euro_-_Lithuanian_Culture-Lithuania (not yet on Numista)
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The current Romanian series is ugly ugly ugly.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6270.html
neilithic
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 22:05 #
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The other one I can remember thinking it was pretty plain was the Syrian WWII emergency money

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2715.html
Andy289
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Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 22:31 #
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Quote: "kommodore"​The current Romanian series is ugly ugly ugly.
​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6270.html
​Agree.
Coinguy1960
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Posted: 21 Jan 2017, 01:10 #
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Here's my vote for the plainest and ugliest U.S. coin.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces647.html
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Posted: 21 Jan 2017, 07:43 #
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I had a great trade the other day and was able to get this kind of coin


I think it has to be one of France simplest coins

Matt
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Posted: 21 Jan 2017, 07:56 #
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Do you mean the 1944 Belgian 2 franc? I dont think a 1943 was issued.
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Quote: "Myeackle"​I had a great trade the other day and was able to get this kind of coin
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​I think it has to be one of France simplest coins
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​Matt
We name "Philly" these 2Francs, ​France and Belgium WWII emergency money. In these troubled times, there was something else to do but spend time in the design of coins :D
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Quote: "Frenchlover"​
Quote: "Myeackle"​I had a great trade the other day and was able to get this kind of coin
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​​I think it has to be one of France simplest coins
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​​Matt
​We name "Philly" these 2Francs, ​France and Belgium WWII emergency money. In these troubled times, there was something else to do but spend time in the design of coins :D
​And knowing it's the only "Made in USA" French coin, not surprising for the coin's nickname.
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Jesse11
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Posted: 23 Jan 2017, 18:22 #
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Quote: "Oklahoman"​Do you mean the 1944 Belgian 2 franc? I dont think a 1943 was issued.
​Yes, this one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3103.html

I guess I was thinking 1943 because it was made on the steel planchets from the 1943 US cent. (But I guess it was leftover stock the year afterwards.)
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