The next three letters of the alphabet, going straight down the country list; we have completed roughly a third of the issuers now! Some pretty good issuers in this set to look forward to as well:
Gabon Gambia Gaul Georgia German East Africa German Democratic Republic German Notgeld
German states Germany 1871-1948 Germany Federal Republic Saar Ghana Gold Coast Gibraltar Crete Greece Ionian Islands Greece - Ancient Grenada Guatemala Alderney Guernsey Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Demerara and Essequibo Guyana Haiti
Honduras Hungarian states
Hungary
Iceland India
India - British India - Danish
India - Dutch India - French India - Mughal Empire India - Portuguese India - Ancient Indian states and kingdoms Indonesia Netherlands East Indies Iran Iraq Ireland Islamic states Isle of Man Isles de France et Bonaparte British Palestine Israel Italian states Italy Ivory Coast
You might flirt with the proposal that perhaps it might be wise to bask a little time in these groups that are "german states" and "indian kingdoms".
After all it was the background of switchering from "countries " to "issuers"
Quote: "Frenchlover"You might flirt with the proposal that perhaps it might be wise to bask a little time in these groups that are "german states" and "indian kingdoms".
After all it was the background of switchering from "countries " to "issuers"
You are right; maybe we can do "German states A-L "and German states M-Z" or something like that.
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Potin with the Janiform head. Lingones (Langres region)
Obverse: Two faces head to tail on the right, on both sides of a vertical banner
Reverse: Boar left
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Quote: "alfonz"My 3 favorite GDR coins atleast from the ones I own )
The 1975 Warsaw Pact 20th anniversary one is definitely on my to get list, there's something very neat about all the emblems lined up together like that.
Okay, since there's so many issuers under "German states", here's what we're going to do; we'll have all the pre-unification coins today, and all the post-unification (basically all German states Mark coins with the common "DEUTSCHES REICH" reverses) German states coins will be tomorrow.
Time for post unification coinage! : Kingdom of Prussia:
3 Mark 1910 - Wilhelm II King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany
3 Mark 1913 - Wilhelm II Reign anniversary Kingdom of Bavaria:
3 Mark 1908 - King Otto ( the mad King)
3 Mark 1911 - 90th birthday of Prince Regent Luitpold Kingdom of Saxony:
3 Mark 1909 - King Friedrich August III
1910 A Germany (Prussia) 3 Mark - Wilhelm II (Berlin University Centenary) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces34245.html
I'm looking for an affordable 1911 Prussian Breslau University commemorative; that is the only post-unification Prussian commemorative I am missing from my type collection.
1913-14 A Germany (Prussia) 3, 5 Mark - Wilhelm II https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4714.html https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26642.html
Definitely my favourite portrait of the Kaiser; it's at least in competition with the colonial portrait. This portrait was only used for two years (1913-14), as the outbreak of WWI meant only a few high-denomination coins were issued by the German states from then on.
German states - Saxony - 3 Mark - Friedrich August III
German states - Prussia - 3 Mark - Wilhelm II
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I'm not going to post my 1930 5 Reichsmark commemorative, since I've posted that a few times already; so here are a few interesting common coins from Germany 1871-1948.
1932 D Germany 4 pfennig https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8463.html
An irregular denomination issued in the midst of the Great Depression, this unpopular coin quickly gained (among others) the nickname of "Brüning-Taler", after the incumbent German chancellor Heinrich Brüning.
1934 Germany 5 Reichsmark (Potsdam Garrison Church) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4690.html
The co-opted "Hakenkreuz" swastika motif is still relatively inconspicuous on this coin, minted in the second year of the NSDAP's rule in Germany; but from 1936 onwards the old "Weimar" eagle is replaced by one perched on a swastika.
1938 - 39 - Deutches Reich - 2 Reich Mark - Paul von Hindenburg
Quote - There are no legal tender coins from the German Third Reich (third empire) with Hitler's image,
Apparently Hitler wanted to wait for a 'final victory' before he authorized any official German coinage with his likeness.
to quote the fuhrer - "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it" .
The perfect reason never to believe or trust politicians, or anyone who claim's to be a great Leader!
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I have some of the the regular 5DM silver coins as well as commemoratives.
It is of interest that the French silver 5 new franc coin beginning 1960 had the same dimensions as the 5DM, though with a higher silver content, perhaps with a mind of setting the franc at par with the DM.
The 500 lira coin beginning 1958 also used this module.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Federal Republic of Germany - 5 Deutsche Mark (Gerhard Mercator)
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The 50 Franken seems to be a little scarcer than the other three denominations; either that of I've just had bad luck finding one to complete my personal set of 4 Saarland coins.
Quote: "CassTaylor"And another country is complete!
The 50 Franken seems to be a little scarcer than the other three denominations; either that of I've just had bad luck finding one to complete my personal set of 4 Saarland coins.
What i like most about Numista is to see coins like this that your not aware of, Saarland coins are very attractive in there simple design, 4 more coins that i will be looking for to add to collection in time,
the list grows!
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Quote: "Iainmac"
What i like most about Numista is to see coins like this that your not aware of, Saarland coins are very attractive in there simple design, 4 more coins that i will be looking for to add to collection in time,
the list grows!
I definitely second that, I'm still finding out about new coins I never even knew about the existence of!
Interesting CassTaylor, difficult to get your head round using shells as money, what would 1 shell buy you? was it all about size, the bigger the more value? the more impressive the shell the higher the value? if you found an amazing shell did you hit the jackpot, all thoughts you need to ponder when trying to put a price on a shell.
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Correct me if i'm wrong, but was the cowry shell not used as money in Ghana back in the day
I don't know about the relative monetary values historically, but they are still traded, and collected,in the Pacific region. some types are common, and some types are rare and very valuable.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Quote: "Iainmac"Interesting CassTaylor, difficult to get your head round using shells as money, what would 1 shell buy you? was it all about size, the bigger the more value? the more impressive the shell the higher the value? if you found an amazing shell did you hit the jackpot, all thoughts you need to ponder when trying to put a price on a shell.
Not sure about values of individual cowry shells way back in the BCE, but this Numista page for a cowry shell listed in ancient India says:
"The reason that copper coins were used very less in this part of India [Orissa/Bengal] was because of the popularity of Cowries as currency which as of 1821 was equivalent to 1 Rupee = 2560 Cowries."
So looks like the individual shells themselves weren't worth a lot, in early 19th century India at least.
Quote: "Iainmac"Interesting CassTaylor, difficult to get your head round using shells as money, what would 1 shell buy you? was it all about size, the bigger the more value? the more impressive the shell the higher the value? if you found an amazing shell did you hit the jackpot, all thoughts you need to ponder when trying to put a price on a shell.
Not sure about values of individual cowry shells way back in the BCE, but this Numista page for a cowry shell listed in ancient India says:
"The reason that copper coins were used very less in this part of India [Orissa/Bengal] was because of the popularity of Cowries as currency which as of 1821 was equivalent to 1 Rupee = 2560 Cowries."
So looks like the individual shells themselves weren't worth a lot, in early 19th century India at least.
Hi, Having done some research, It appears you could buy 1 cow for 1 cowry,Depending where you were or thousand's of shells for 1 gold coin, helps put it in perspective.
Quote from a webpage dedicated to cowrey shell money -
The farther the place was from the source of cowries or a big trade center, the bigger value the cowry carried. This meant that in some places where it was valued more, you could buy a cow for only one cowry, while in other places, where the shells were more abundant, one cowry had no value. In the Maldives, for example, a person needed thousands of shells to exchange them for only one gold coin.
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I've been making a list so we can do a make-up at the end of the series... Unless I've missed something, Gold Coast is the 7th country with nobody sharing
Quote: "sc.rednek"I've been making a list so we can do a make-up at the end of the series... Unless I've missed something, Gold Coast is the 7th country with nobody sharing
Cretan numismatics is essentially Greece VIP (along with Ionian Islands); these coins were issued 1900-01, during the occupation of the island following the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, until the formal annexation by Greece in 1913.
Some pretty good issuers in this set to look forward to as well:
(I really dont have a 1 Euro coin in my pocket right now 
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