Suggestions on where to get these countries [solved]

I am trying to collect at least one coin from every country (non-circulating coins included). What are the most affordable coins from the following countries?

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Ascension Island
Benin
Burkina Faso
Dominica
Faroe Islands
Grenada
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
Liechtenstein
Martinique
Montserrat
Nauru
Niger
Palau
Pitcairn Islands
Puerto Rico
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu

Try www.joelscoins.com. He has a large selection of the island nations and has coin sets from around the world. Prices are reasonable.

Quote: "Michael m"​I am trying to collect at least one coin from every country (non-circulating coins included). What are the most affordable coins from the following countries?
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​Anguilla
​Antigua & Barbuda
​Ascension Island
​Benin
​Burkina Faso
​Central African Republic
​Republic of the Congo
​Dominica
​Faroe Islands
​Grenada
​Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
​Liechtenstein
​Martinique
​Montserrat
​Nauru
​Niger
​Palau
​Pitcairn Islands
​Puerto Rico
​Saint Helena
​Saint Kitts and Nevis
​Saint Lucia
​Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
​Senegal
​Turks & Caicos Islands
​Tuvalu

​My suggestion, look at eBay, see the prices of the lowest coins. Then see the lowest prices of previously sold coins.

I have bought most of the coins from these countries on auctions. These countries don't show up very often but check them occasionally and you will eventually get most of them in $10-100 price range.

Good luck and I hope to see you at "230 or 240 country clubs"!:)

Thank you both for the help, but I am looking for which coins from these countries are cheapest. For example: "Which denomination of Puerto Rican coins is least expensive?"

Quote: "Michael m"​Thank you both for the help, but I am looking for which coins from these countries are cheapest. For example: "Which denomination of Puerto Rican coins is least expensive?"

​I would say 5 cents 1896 from Puerto Rico. Honestly, it will be a long-time task to answer this question, so I don't think you will get this answer here unless someone has a lot of time & desire to do it.

But you can get this information yourself with the help of eBay and sold coins with their prices.

Keep in mind, that sometimes there are auctions with more expensive coins but with more appealing prices. For example, I won this auction with a gold coin from Anguilla in April. Yes, there are cheaper coins in silver from Anguilla (maybe $50-80), but it made sense for me to get the gold one for $139. And there are a lot of such examples. And I am not touching the condition of the coins which can influence the price a lot.

For 7 of them, the 4 dollar FAO 1970 series is still the most affordable.

Quote: "Michael m"​I am trying to collect at least one coin from every country (non-circulating coins included). What are the most affordable coins from the following countries?

Ones I know in italics
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​Anguilla - 1 cent
​Antigua & Barbuda
​Ascension Island - 1 pence
​Benin - USES CFA FRANCS
​Burkina Faso Ditto and the 5 Francs
​Central African Republic Ditto
​Republic of the Congo Ditto
​Dominica - Eastern Caribbean states dollar - 1 or 5 cents, infact any coin to 25 cents
​Faroe Islands - Use Danish coinage, so 50 Ore of Denmark or a 1941 5 ore of Denmark copper (Not cheap about $25)
​Grenada - East Caribbean Dollar (Although these places issue NCLT and wallpaer bullion coins that cost $$$$)
​Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) - Uses CFA Franc
​Liechtenstein - Uses Swiss coinage, not sure of pre 1800, but figure $$$$
​Martinique - Uses Euro
​Montserrat - East Caribbean Dollar
​Nauru - Uses Aussie Dollar, may have some NCLT thematic stuff
​Niger - CFA Franc again
​Palau - ??????? Not sure, maybe US $ or Micronesian currency
​Pitcairn Islands - Sadly they have an expensive one off set thats like $80 for 6 base metal coins, they use the NZ$ for everyday stuff, so Kiwi 10 cents I GUESS.
​Puerto Rico
​Saint Helena - One new penny
​Saint Kitts and Nevis
​Saint Lucia
​Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (These 3 use East Caribbean dollar too and have issue some wallpaper coins)
​Senegal - West AFRICAN Franc
​Turks & Caicos Islands - EC$ too
​Tuvalu - Own currency, not easy to find, but a 1979 1c or 2c

​Hope this helps a bit.

Thank you all for your help. I am aware that I won't get answers for all these countries, but any and all help is appreciated. Thank you!

Quote: "Frenchlover"​For 7 of them, the 4 dollar FAO 1970 series is still the most affordable.

​As mentioned by Frenchlover, This Series will help you get at least 7 countries in one shot (If you already has another coin from Barbados)... I do have two sets available in case you are interested!

...OK, I couldn't do all of them, but after Moneytane's mostly-misleading list, I could at least try.


Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and a few other places not on the list (Cameroon, Chad, Gabon...) do use CFA francs, but at one point issued their own 100 franc coins (and much rarer 500 franc coins) with the country name.
I'm not sure which exact subtype of the 100 francs would be easiest to get, though.

I believe that for Puerto Rico, Pitcairn Islands, and Tuvalu, the lowest or near-lowest denominations (5 cents, also 5 cents, and 1 or 2 pence respectively) are the cheapest, though it depends on what you find first.
I did use those for the latter two, and would have done the same for Puerto Rico if I had the money on hand when I found the coin.

Saint Helena and Ascension Island aren't considered their own countries by Numista; their joint coinage (the "1 penny" referenced by Moneytane) is much more common than their (NCLT) separate coinage. (I don't see Tristan da Cunha on your list; do you already have it?)
If I had to name a specific type, I'd recommend getting the 1984 Royal Visit commemoratives for both, but they might not necessarily be the most affordable options, or even the easiest to find; I just like them because they're a matched pair.
In practice you're probably better off just grabbing the first cheap ones you stumble on (just make sure they aren't fantasies). This also applies to Nauru, Palau, Burkina Faso, and any other prolific NCLT-only issuer (I'm not sure if I missed any on the list).

The Caribbean 4 dollar 1970 FAO set is indeed a convenient option for the countries it was issued for (aside from Barbados) - that is to say, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.
However, as an alternative, you could get the (very recent) silver 2 dollar coins of the Eastern Caribbean 8 series, which cover all of those plus Anguilla and Saint Kitts & Nevis; if the values listed on Numista are to be trusted, those should actually be a little bit cheaper.
You might have noticed that I skipped Saint Kitts & Nevis in the listing for the 1970 set; this was deliberate. The 1970 FAO coin was issued in the name of Saint Christopher (= Saint Kitts), Nevis, and Anguilla, before the two territories had fully separated - a fine distinction that Numista doesn't (yet?) appear to consider sufficient for a separate issuer.


This leaves Benin, Faroe Islands, Ivory Coast, Liechtenstein, Martinique, Niger, Senegal, and Turks & Caicos Islands - countries sufficiently dissimilar from the others that they should really be considered individually.

...Well, almost dissimilar. Benin, Ivory Coast, and Niger are relatively similar prolific NCLT issuers, and should probably be considered similarly to the other ones, aside from not being cheap (then again, I don't recall offhand if Nauru and Palau are) - i.e. just take whatever non-expensive coin from there you stumble on first.
That said, the cannabis-themed 100 francs from Benin would probably be popular for a while yet, and it's relatively inexpensive for its popularity.
(And Niger doesn't seem to have any non-rare NCLT, so perhaps I should be pointing you at this type instead; admittedly I hadn't done an exhaustive comparison. This type is the Ivory Coast equivalent.)
That leaves five, which do deserve individual treatment...

- Starting with the easiest one - Turks & Caicos Islands: the quarter crown, the lower denomination of the circulating (!) series of 1981.

- Faroe Islands: any of the five types. The values are similar, as far as I can tell, and the availability will probably be the largest concern, so restricting yourself to a particular type is counterproductive.
Just look for anything that looks like an interwar Danish coin, but dated 1941 and without the heart mintmark. If you're lucky you might find one in a bargain bin.

- Liechtenstein: the 1 krone. No real competition; everything else is rarer. Now that I think of it, that might have been the easiest.

- Martinique: the 50 centimes. In practice, there are only two types (everything else is excessively rare), and the 1 franc is the less common one.
(Guadeloupe is the same, but not on your list. Do you already have it?)

- Senegal: ugh. The infamous stopper of many OFEC collections.
I recommend looking for the smallest silver and/or the smallest gold, while keeping an eye out for the notgelds (like this one).
Ultimately the notgelds are probably cheaper, but I don't know enough about them to say which type in particular.


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​Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and a few other places not on the list (Cameroon, Chad, Gabon...) do use CFA francs, but at one point issued their own 100 franc coins (and much rarer 500 franc coins) with the country name.
​I'm not sure which exact subtype of the 100 francs would be easiest to get, though.
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​I believe that for Puerto Rico, Pitcairn Islands, and Tuvalu, the lowest or near-lowest denominations (5 cents, also 5 cents, and 1 or 2 pence respectively) are the cheapest, though it depends on what you find first.
​I did use those for the latter two, and would have done the same for Puerto Rico if I had the money on hand when I found the coin.
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​Saint Helena and Ascension Island aren't considered their own countries by Numista; their joint coinage (the "1 penny" referenced by Moneytane) is much more common than their (NCLT) separate coinage. (I don't see Tristan da Cunha on your list; do you already have it?)
​If I had to name a specific type, I'd recommend getting the 1984 Royal Visit commemoratives for both, but they might not necessarily be the most affordable options, or even the easiest to find; I just like them because they're a matched pair.
​In practice you're probably better off just grabbing the first cheap ones you stumble on (just make sure they aren't fantasies). This also applies to Nauru, Palau, Burkina Faso, and any other prolific NCLT-only issuer (I'm not sure if I missed any on the list).
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​The Caribbean 4 dollar 1970 FAO set is indeed a convenient option for the countries it was issued for (aside from Barbados) - that is to say, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.
​However, as an alternative, you could get the (very recent) silver 2 dollar coins of the Eastern Caribbean 8 series, which cover all of those plus Anguilla and Saint Kitts & Nevis; if the values listed on Numista are to be trusted, those should actually be a little bit cheaper.
​You might have noticed that I skipped Saint Kitts & Nevis in the listing for the 1970 set; this was deliberate. The 1970 FAO coin was issued in the name of Saint Christopher (= Saint Kitts), Nevis, and Anguilla, before the two territories had fully separated - a fine distinction that Numista doesn't (yet?) appear to consider sufficient for a separate issuer.
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​This leaves Benin, Faroe Islands, Ivory Coast, Liechtenstein, Martinique, Niger, Senegal, and Turks & Caicos Islands - countries sufficiently dissimilar from the others that they should really be considered individually.
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​...Well, almost dissimilar. Benin, Ivory Coast, and Niger are relatively similar prolific NCLT issuers, and should probably be considered similarly to the other ones, aside from not being cheap (then again, I don't recall offhand if Nauru and Palau are) - i.e. just take whatever non-expensive coin from there you stumble on first.
​That said, the cannabis-themed 100 francs from Benin would probably be popular for a while yet, and it's relatively inexpensive for its popularity.
​(And Niger doesn't seem to have any non-rare NCLT, so perhaps I should be pointing you at this type instead; admittedly I hadn't done an exhaustive comparison. This type is the Ivory Coast equivalent.)
​That leaves five, which do deserve individual treatment...
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​- Starting with the easiest one - Turks & Caicos Islands: the quarter crown, the lower denomination of the circulating (!) series of 1981.
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​- Faroe Islands: any of the five types. The values are similar, as far as I can tell, and the availability will probably be the largest concern, so restricting yourself to a particular type is counterproductive.
​Just look for anything that looks like an interwar Danish coin, but dated 1941 and without the heart mintmark. If you're lucky you might find one in a bargain bin.
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​- Liechtenstein: the 1 krone. No real competition; everything else is rarer. Now that I think of it, that might have been the easiest.
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​- Martinique: the 50 centimes. In practice, there are only two types (everything else is excessively rare), and the 1 franc is the less common one.
​(Guadeloupe is the same, but not on your list. Do you already have it?)
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​- Senegal: ugh. The infamous stopper of many OFEC collections.
​I recommend looking for the smallest silver and/or the smallest gold, while keeping an eye out for the notgelds (like this one).
​Ultimately the notgelds are probably cheaper, but I don't know enough about them to say which type in particular.
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​Thank you very much! I do have Tristan da Cunha and Guadeloupe. There seems to always be some amount of a markup on eBay, and most coin shows and stores don't have any of these coins. I will keep looking for these. I just purchased the Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo on eBay. I look forward to completing the collection over the next year or two, and thank you again for your help!

Quote: "Michael m"​​​Thank you very much! I do have Tristan da Cunha and Guadeloupe. There seems to always be some amount of a markup on eBay, and most coin shows and stores don't have any of these coins. I will keep looking for these. I just purchased the Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo on eBay. I look forward to completing the collection over the next year or two, and thank you again for your help!

​I agree, many of those exotic countries don't show up at coin stores that often (I don't use eBay), and when they do show up the prices are often ridiculous. OTOH, I've been known to get some quite exotic coins at (what felt like) a huge bargain, especially if it looked like the seller wasn't quite sure what they had (in particular, IIRC, I paid like $1 for my Central African Republic coin).

Just out of curiosity: what's the most you had to pay for a single coin over your quest so far? Mine was $25, for a Liechtenstein 1 krone that was on sale in the coin store (I've paid more than $25 for some other coins, but none of those were bought just to add another country).

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Quote: "Michael m"​​​Thank you very much! I do have Tristan da Cunha and Guadeloupe. There seems to always be some amount of a markup on eBay, and most coin shows and stores don't have any of these coins. I will keep looking for these. I just purchased the Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo on eBay. I look forward to completing the collection over the next year or two, and thank you again for your help!

​​I agree, many of those exotic countries don't show up at coin stores that often (I don't use eBay), and when they do show up the prices are often ridiculous. OTOH, I've been known to get some quite exotic coins at (what felt like) a huge bargain, especially if it looked like the seller wasn't quite sure what they had (in particular, IIRC, I paid like $1 for my Central African Republic coin).
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​Just out of curiosity: what's the most you had to pay for a single coin over your quest so far? Mine was $25, for a Liechtenstein 1 krone that was on sale in the coin store (I've paid more than $25 for some other coins, but none of those were bought just to add another country).

​The most I've personally paid for a coin was $40 for a Widow's Mite from Judea. The most I've paid just to add a country was $25 for a one puffin coin from the micronation of Lundy. How do you manage to get such hard to find coins for so cheap? Where do you go to find such prices?

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Quote: "Michael m"​​​Thank you very much! I do have Tristan da Cunha and Guadeloupe. There seems to always be some amount of a markup on eBay, and most coin shows and stores don't have any of these coins. I will keep looking for these. I just purchased the Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo on eBay. I look forward to completing the collection over the next year or two, and thank you again for your help!

​​​I agree, many of those exotic countries don't show up at coin stores that often (I don't use eBay), and when they do show up the prices are often ridiculous. OTOH, I've been known to get some quite exotic coins at (what felt like) a huge bargain, especially if it looked like the seller wasn't quite sure what they had (in particular, IIRC, I paid like $1 for my Central African Republic coin).
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​​Just out of curiosity: what's the most you had to pay for a single coin over your quest so far? Mine was $25, for a Liechtenstein 1 krone that was on sale in the coin store (I've paid more than $25 for some other coins, but none of those were bought just to add another country).

​​The most I've personally paid for a coin was $40 for a Widow's Mite from Judea. The most I've paid just to add a country was $25 for a one puffin coin from the micronation of Lundy. How do you manage to get such hard to find coins for so cheap? Where do you go to find such prices?

​...Moscow? Maybe it's just because cost of living is lower in Moscow than in the USA.

I should probably clarify: I don't actually have any coins from most of the countries on your list. (Nor do I have any coins from, for example, Guadeloupe or Lundy, and my only Tristan da Cunha coins are silly island issues like this.)

The only ones on your list that I do have any coins from are Ascension Island, Liechtenstein, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands, and Tuvalu.
I paid, respectively, $6, $25, $2-ish, $11, $5-ish, and $4-ish, at what appears to have been six different coin stores (in order: a stall at a weekly coin fair at the Hobby Market mall; a high-end store at the Hobby City mall; another, lower-end, store at Hobby City; a newspaper kiosk that happened to sell [probably overpriced] coins; another stall at a different week of the same Hobby Market fair; and a random small store at Hobby Market that I visited on a whim).

That said, on the question of where I go to buy coins: Hobby City, Hobby Market, and to a lesser extent also the Izmaylovo Vernisage (not on Outings that I could find). The first two are hobby-themed malls with dozens of variously sized coin stores; the last is basically a flea market that happens to have a lot of coin-themed stalls.

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Quote: "Michael m"​​​Thank you very much! I do have Tristan da Cunha and Guadeloupe. There seems to always be some amount of a markup on eBay, and most coin shows and stores don't have any of these coins. I will keep looking for these. I just purchased the Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo on eBay. I look forward to completing the collection over the next year or two, and thank you again for your help!

​​​​I agree, many of those exotic countries don't show up at coin stores that often (I don't use eBay), and when they do show up the prices are often ridiculous. OTOH, I've been known to get some quite exotic coins at (what felt like) a huge bargain, especially if it looked like the seller wasn't quite sure what they had (in particular, IIRC, I paid like $1 for my Central African Republic coin).
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​​​Just out of curiosity: what's the most you had to pay for a single coin over your quest so far? Mine was $25, for a Liechtenstein 1 krone that was on sale in the coin store (I've paid more than $25 for some other coins, but none of those were bought just to add another country).

​​​The most I've personally paid for a coin was $40 for a Widow's Mite from Judea. The most I've paid just to add a country was $25 for a one puffin coin from the micronation of Lundy. How do you manage to get such hard to find coins for so cheap? Where do you go to find such prices?

​​...Moscow? Maybe it's just because cost of living is lower in Moscow than in the USA.
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​I should probably clarify: I don't actually have any coins from most of the countries on your list. (Nor do I have any coins from, for example, Guadeloupe or Lundy, and my only Tristan da Cunha coins are silly island issues like this.)
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​The only ones on your list that I do have any coins from are Ascension Island, Liechtenstein, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands, and Tuvalu.
​I paid, respectively, $6, $25, $2-ish, $11, $5-ish, and $4-ish, at what appears to have been six different coin stores (in order: a stall at a weekly coin fair at the Hobby Market mall; a high-end store at the Hobby City mall; another, lower-end, store at Hobby City; a newspaper kiosk that happened to sell [probably overpriced] coins; another stall at a different week of the same Hobby Market fair; and a random small store at Hobby Market that I visited on a whim).
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​That said, on the question of where I go to buy coins: Hobby City, Hobby Market, and to a lesser extent also the Izmaylovo Vernisage (not on Outings that I could find). The first two are hobby-themed malls with dozens of variously sized coin stores; the last is basically a flea market that happens to have a lot of coin-themed stalls.

​If I ever visit Moscow, I'll be sure to check those places out!

Much depends on whether you are looking for contemporary coins or older demonetized ones; and whether you prefer circulating coins or NCLTs.

For example, Liechtenstein has issued circulating coins (like the above mentioned 1 krone), but in our times they have only NCLTs like this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces159897.html Some of them can be cheaper than 1 krone (I'm not saying that the piece No. 159897 is cheap, this is just an example) .
Saint Helena had only one circulating coin throughout its history, so if you prefer circulating coins there is no choice at all: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18419.html

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Numista; their joint coinage (the "1 penny" referenced by Moneytane) is much more common than their (NCLT) separate coinage. (I don't see Tristan da Cunha on your list; do you already have it?)

​Wow insult much?

At least I did try - is this anger out of having Vladimir Putin as your absolute dictator for life.

How about checking your attitude as well instead of being a pompous ass.

Pitcairn Island did have a set of coins a few years ago and Ascension has its own coins, if my set of stamps showing them proves anything. TDC issued several crowns and a couple of fantasy sets including Nightingale and Inaccessible Island.

Many of the CFA countries issued commemorative 100 Franc coins, but not for standard circulation in which they use generic African francs (French colonial stuff worth about 15 cents each).

Unlike you I live in the British Commonwealth and actually know more about these countries than you think.

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​Numista; their joint coinage (the "1 penny" referenced by Moneytane) is much more common than their (NCLT) separate coinage. (I don't see Tristan da Cunha on your list; do you already have it?)

​​Wow insult much?
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​At least I did try - is this anger out of having Vladimir Putin as your absolute dictator for life.
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​How about checking your attitude as well instead of being a pompous ass.
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​Pitcairn Island did have a set of coins a few years ago and Ascension has its own coins, if my set of stamps showing them proves anything. TDC issued several crowns and a couple of fantasy sets including Nightingale and Inaccessible Island.
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​Many of the CFA countries issued commemorative 100 Franc coins, but not for standard circulation in which they use generic African francs (French colonial stuff worth about 15 cents each).
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​Unlike you I live in the British Commonwealth and actually know more about these countries than you think.

Sorry, ​I didn't intend to insult you, and should probably have used a milder word, but couldn't think of one.
In particular, I never thought (and technically never said) that you were deliberately misleading; I just thought you were answering the wrong question.

I also never said (and never thought) that the entire list was wrong. Much of it was correct, including the Pitcairn Islands stuff.


Specifically per point:

- Pitcairn Islands was essentially correct, I never denied that
- Ascension does have its own coins, but the low-denomination coinage (such as this penny, which I happen to have) is joint with St. Helena; I didn't think OP was looking for those, though in retrospect they could have
- TDC was not in your list, because it wasn't in the OP list (because the OP already had it), so it's irrelevant
- the 100 franc coins included not only "commemoratives" but also regular circulating coins like this one, though admittedly those were only made by two of the CFA countries on the list; in any case, none of them were mentioned on your list
- as a side note, there is no Burkina Faso 5 francs, the commemoratives start with 50
- there is no such thing as Micronesian currency; Micronesia uses the US dollar, and never issued any non-fantasy coins
- East Caribbean coins are not disambiguated by country, but NCLT comemmoratives exist for all the Caribbean countries on the list, not only the ones you mentioned

Countries that you were correct about: Faroe Islands (very good response!), Grenada, Nauru, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the outstandingly good one - Tuvalu.
You also had the right idea about Liechtenstein, though you overestimated how old their native currency was.

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Quote: "Michael m"​I am trying to collect at least one coin from every country (non-circulating coins included). What are the most affordable coins from the following countries?
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​Anguilla
​Antigua & Barbuda
​Ascension Island
​Benin
​Burkina Faso
​Central African Republic
​Republic of the Congo
​Dominica
​Faroe Islands
​Grenada
​Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
​Liechtenstein
​Martinique
​Montserrat
​Nauru
​Niger
​Palau
​Pitcairn Islands
​Puerto Rico
​Saint Helena
​Saint Kitts and Nevis
​Saint Lucia
​Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
​Senegal
​Turks & Caicos Islands
​Tuvalu

​My suggestion, look at eBay, see the prices of the lowest coins. Then see the lowest prices of previously sold coins.

I have bought most of the coins from these countries on auctions. These countries don't show up very often but check them occasionally and you will eventually get most of them in $10-100 price range.

Good luck and I hope to see you at "230 or 240 country clubs"!:)

5 years later and not only have I completed the OFEC collection, but I have multiples of many countries on this old list and I've officially joined the 230 country club! Thanks for the help all those years ago!

5 years later and not only have I completed the OFEC collection, but I have multiples of many countries on this old list and I've officially joined the 230 country club! Thanks for the help all those years ago!

I am happy I was able to help you then. I was still pretty new to the site, already 5 years passed… And they have changed the definition of countries so many times since then. I think I had 280+ at some point, now down to 266.

The notion of “country” seems outdated, even the name has disappeared in Numista, vaguely named "group", the classification by "issuer" is much more interesting for monetary and philatelic collections.

Frenchlover

The notion of “country” seems outdated, even the name has disappeared in Numista, vaguely named "group", the classification by "issuer" is much more interesting for monetary and philatelic collections.

It is still there in “My collection" and “Profile” pages. I agree, definition of a country can be rather complicated. But a lot of people still pay attention to “countries” rather than “issues”.

Yes it's nice to see these “countries” on a map.

I correct ‘country’ in the catalog is not ‘group’ but ‘section’ with possibly subsections that gather issuers.

Michael mI am trying to collect at least one coin from every country (non-circulating coins included). What are the most affordable coins from the following countries?

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Ascension Island
Benin
Burkina Faso
Dominica
Faroe Islands
Grenada
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
Liechtenstein
Martinique
Montserrat
Nauru
Niger
Palau
Pitcairn Islands
Puerto Rico
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu

 

You should check out a local coin club in your area, or a local coin show/fair. Many dealers carry coins from these nations and are usually keen to make deals to get sales. 

Michael mI am trying to collect at least one coin from every country (non-circulating coins included). What are the most affordable coins from the following countries?

 

You can find pretty much any of them on E-Bay. Many of these countries only issue NCLT precious metal commemorative coins, which are sold at a premium but have no real value except for their precious metal contents.

 

• Anguilla - only NCLTs
• Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - mostly NCLTs. One other option are the $4 coins from the 1970 Caribbean FAO set, which would still cost you $40+ each.
• Ascension Island and Saint Helena - base/precious metal commemoratives, mostly from the Pobjoy Mint in the UK
• Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Niger, Senegal - only NCLTs
• Faroe Islands - Sometimes you can find them listed under Denmark, if the seller does not know what they have. The only difference from regular Danish coins of the period is the year (1941) and the absence of a mint mark, since they were struck by the UK Royal Mint, rather than the Royal Danish Mint.
• Liechtenstein - Occasionally I see early 20th century silver come up for sale. They usually go for $50 or more, based on condition.
• Martinique - 1897 or 1922 are the only issues attributed specifically to Martinique. Only seen low grade ones for sale, VF or worse, at fairly high prices. The other option is the French Colonies issues from the 1825-30. Probably more affordable, too.
• Nauru, Palau, Tuvalu - They only issue low mintage precious metal “collector” coins, hundreds if not thousand of different designs a year. Tuvalu also issued some year/proof sets in the late 70s - early 80s, but none of those coins ever actually circulated there. They all use other country's money for cash transactions.
• Pitcairn Islands - only NCLTs
• Puerto Rico - The 1895-96 issues are fairly scarce due to sub-1 million mintage. Lower denominations (5/10/20 Centavos) come up for sale regularly, albeit in fairly low grades and at relatively high prices.
• Turks & Caicos Islands - There have only been a few coins ever issued in their name and they're all pretty easy to find and affordable. This probably being the most common one.
   

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• Nauru, Palau, Tuvalu - They only issue low mintage precious metal “collector” coins, hundreds if not thousand of different designs a year. Tuvalu also issued some year/proof sets in the late 70s - early 80s, but none of those coins ever actually circulated there. They all use other country's money for cash transactions.
   

Most of the Nauru coins available at low prices date from 2007-2008. They are not recognized by the central bank and are therefore classified under "medals" on Numista.

Palau: some Cupro-nickel coins are available for sale at affordable prices.