What's the smallest coin in your collection?

This is the smallest coin I own, and have ever seen. 1855 10 Ore from Sweden. It is smaller than a dime, and as big as the B on the Beatles White Album...as you can see...it was even difficult to get a good pic of it in macro mode!

 

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is that cd, tape, or vinyl? all 3 have a different sized "B".

nice coin!

 

Sorry, should have been more specific! Vinyl!!! Got to love the vinyl. I feel like I could eat this coin and not even worry about it. Thanks!

 

My smallest coin is a Jefferson Nickel, the one in the middle,
its not photoshopped it exists, I can`t remember where I got it.

 

An ancient of mine thats about 11mm.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3305&pos=0

 

I have a gold Fanam from india, by far the smallest coin i've seen minus the mini mint set, which to my knowledge was not made by the mint, but rather someone who was bored...?
Anyways i believe it's still the smallest gold coin in the world! But when it comes to gold, the smallest in the world isnt always a good thing...

Here's a few pics:

Size versus a morgan dollar (remember that the morgan dollar is in the display case and the fanom is on top the display case is about 2" thick, so it causes a slight illuslion that the Fanom is bigger)




Good size comparison to a staple!

 

The indian coins are cool, especially the fanam!

 

Best part about the one in the picture is that it was pretty reasonably priced at $35, and it's roughly 22kt gold! I bought it because it looked neat the gold was just a bonus!

 

My smallest was, as the same as prolawn_care, an Indian Gold Fanam. Mine is from 1740, it is BU, and I got it for $21.

 

where did you guys get them? B and M stores, or online?

 

I got mine at a show. Nice gold coins for pretty cheap. Search "gold fanam" on eBay; you're sure to find some.

 

Watch ebay though! I bought 6 from a seller, and i wont name names, because they no longer sell under that name, but they were all fakes... I bought mine at my local coin shop. You can find them on e-bay alot, but make sure they carry a refund policy or atleast 7 days! They truely are fun coins to collect! Some are a little more rare than others, and i believe theres quite a few websites that will help identify the orgin by the symbols or pictures on the coin. I always keep my eye out at the local coin shops, and always buy when they have them.

 

Yea, I just looked at ebay and the first few were probably as big as the head of a small nail, I would be afraid to lose it! I need to start going to the shops, and flea markets now that I am done with school for winter.

 

I'm not sure how it is in NJ but around here the flea markets are pretty spotty on finding anything valuable (as far a sgold goes). Your best bet would be to ask your local coin shop if they have any or if they know where to pick some up. I know my local coin shop used to just throw them in the bulion pile for the big dogs that buy $25,000+ worth of gold at a time. Since they know i'm interested in them they can charge a slight premium over melt and i dont have to hassle with Ebay and i create a bond with my coin dealer so that he knows im a buyer when he has unique items like fanoms!

Worst they can tell you is they dont know what your talking about...

 

This is the smallest one that I have. It's a 1992 Spanish peseta

 

Netherlands.
10 cents 1918, silver .640, weight - 1,4 g., size - 15mm.

 

Ah, the Spanish peseta (should be rotated 90° ccw) and the Dutch "dubbeltje" (10 cent coin) I have too. The latter was - in Cu-Ni and a different design but with that diameter - in use until the end of 2001.

In the early 20c (roughly between 1880 and 1940) the Netherlands also had a copper half cent with a diameter of 14 mm. And the silver 5 cent coin was 15 mm until 1850; afterwards they used a somewhat smaller version (12.5 mm) until about 1900.

Christian

 

1853 United States gold dollar. 13mm.

All of my world coins are fairly large.

 

Just a modern euro 1ct pc. (I lived there for two years so it's nothing special.) Still pretty small though.

 

"Panama Pill" 2 1/2 Cent 1904.
10 MM, 1.25 grams.
I also have one of those Fanams.