Countries with few coins

One of the aspects of coin collecting that really interests me is gathering coins from countries that issued very few coins. I'm talking circulating coins for the most part from mostly islands, colonies and small countries that only issued coins sporadically over the years. Here are some in my collection.

The first batch includes Essequebo and Demerary, St. Helena, Danish West Indies, Zanzibar and Brunei.

 

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The second group has Mombasa, Muscat and Oman, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg and Montenegro.

 

The third group features Martinique, Greenland, Curacao, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and New Caledonia.

 

The fourth features Togo, French Somalia, Katanga, Comoros, and Reunion.

 

Last is South Arabia, New Hebrides and Turks and Caicos. Feel free to add yours.

 

that last star coin has been on my radar. congrats on getting it.

 

Nice collection going there. I have a few French Indochina coins, which is now Vietnam.

 

Nice Coinage... My favorite is your Liechtenstein from Luxembourg.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Darn it. In my defense it was midnight when I uploaded these.

 

Yes - I love these "off the beaten track" coins. Here is a Gibraltar one I picked up about a year ago, along with slightly better examples of the Saint Helena and Essequibo coins.

 

is it possible to get a better close up pic of that star side ? This grade could be worth a pile of money.

 

I'd have to find it again. I feel like this coin has some flaws though. I know I didn't pay a whole lot for it.

 

still looks good to me.

 

Good call on Gibraltar. I have one from there but don't have a pic yet. Here's a few others I remembered. Monaco, Catalonia and Lundy.

 

Yes Lundy was one of the places I thought of straight away when I saw your original post, but I couldn't find my picture of one. Of course strictly not a country - it was never independent of the UK even though Martin Coles Harman, who issued the only two coins ever minted in 1929, did declare himself "King" at one stage. It is now a nature reserve with a small warden population and dozens of day-trippers.

 

You must have a lot of coins.

 

I usually estimate around 15,000. I have a pretty good system of organizing them, but they're just not convenient to access quickly so I can't just go grab a coin anytime I think of it. I need to move a lot of stuff around.

 

Saarland.
There were only 4 coins. I have 3.

 

French colonies.
There were 4 coins too. And I have 3 only.

 

Republic of Euzkadi (October 1936 - June 1937).
This country existed during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
It was republic of Basques. They are released only 2 coins.