I like to collect these when I can find them. Here are a couple examples from this year: 1) 1.5 penny, from UK, mostly for use in Ceylon as it's halfway between the Dutch 4 Stuivers and the British 3 pence. 2) Colombia 2.5 centavos. I guess they still liked dividing things into quarters and eighths even after decimalization. Please share any other examples of interesting denominations if you care to!
I always think these are interesting too. I meant to gather all the ones I had together and see what I had but I've never done so. Here's a few I have pictures of. I can also think off the top of my head of the Panama 1 1/4 centesimo, West Africa 1/10 penny, and Venezuela 12 1/2 centavos.
Here's a few more I found. Sweden 1/3 skilling, Prussia 1/6 thaler, Haiti 6 1/4 centimes, Netherlands Indies 1/10 gulden, and India 1/12 anna.
Jersey has some notably odd fractions - here are their 1/12th and 1/24th Shilling coins. They also did 1/13th and 1/26th shilling coins, but I can't lay my hands on any at the moment:
Here's a 1/26th Shilling from Jersey, 1844. And for good measure, a half farthing (1/8th of a penny), 1842
Here are a couple of my favorites. These are both dual denomination coins 1.5 ruble - 10 zlot 3/4 ruble - 5 zlot
India Portugueza 1/12 Tanga 1901. Just found in a bag of world coins collected by a friend’s grandmother. I’ll be posting some of them next week
I guess they did, but this is not an Italian 6/8 lira coin. It is a coin from the Republic of Genoa (yes, in today's Italy), and according to this page the "6" and "8" mean 6 soldi and 8 denari, thus one third of a lira ... In Venezuela, during the relatively short "bolívar fuerte" phase, they had a 12 1/2 céntimos coin. A little strange since there were also 10 and 25 c pieces, but apparently it was supposed to be a reminder of better days; the 0.125 denomination had been in use before. Christian
Here are some fractional and other odd denominations. I like the Chinese silver with "1 Mace and 4.4 Candareens" and the other "7.2 Candareens".