Coins that aren't round

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  1. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    Do we have a thread for this already? I couldn't find one.

    Here's my example for today: Cook Islands $2, 2015
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    Please post any oddly-shaped coins!
     
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  3. Chris B

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    I have more than a few but haven't photographed most of them.

    Here is a piece of notgeld.

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  4. John Conduitt

    John Conduitt Well-Known Member

    Somehow, I don't have triangular.

    Oval, Ivan V, 1682-1696:
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    8-sided Notgeld (always good for an unusual shape):

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    5-sided(?) Ashoka the Great (273-232BC):
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  5. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    Cook Islands... 3 sided...proof set scarce...
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    Belize 5 sided gold coin...
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    Fiji 5 sided...
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    Belgium Congo 6 sided...
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  6. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    Newark siege coinage shilling
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  7. robp

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    Dodecahedral brass 3d which has split into two halves due to the presence of a large trapped air bubble in the flan.
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  8. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    Heptagonal GB 50p blank used for testing coin operated machines (1969-1997).
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  9. chuckylucky5

    chuckylucky5 Well-Known Member

    British Virgin Islands, One Dollar coins, Eiffel Tower, 2014 and Big Ben 2016
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  10. Steve66

    Steve66 Coin People

    Not exactly round

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  11. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    I think that's dodecagonal. If I remember my wasted youth playing D&D, dodecahedral would be this guy: Dodecahedron.jpg

    Speaking of pentagons, here's an approximately pentagonal coin:
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    Attribution says Constans II with horse's head Arab countermark, but I can't really make out anything.
     
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  12. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    Tuvalu 9 sided turtle...
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    Slovakia 3 sided...

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  13. GH#75

    GH#75 Trying to get 8 hours of sleep in 4. . .

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    I got these as a gift, along with the rest of the proofs for that year. Images from online, but that's probably better because I can't take very good pictures.....:artist:
     
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  14. JeffC

    JeffC Go explore something and think a happy thought!

    Just something different and cool. 20200730_212838.jpg 20200730_212755.jpg
     
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  15. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    Turkey 1 kurus. Scalloped shaped...

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  16. Legomaster1

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    Ceylon, 1942; King George VI
     
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  17. mrbadexample

    mrbadexample Well-Known Member

    I usually take my photos with the coin on top of a coin box. I needed three for this one. Sweden 1 daler 1746:

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  18. Chris B

    Chris B Supporter! Supporter

    A German Bracteate ca 1387

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    Japan

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  19. JeffC

    JeffC Go explore something and think a happy thought!

    Did you know that one of the sakura flowers along the border will always be inverted? It's location would then show where and when it was minted (I think).
     
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  20. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    A few more:
    Japan 1 Shu 1 Shu Gin.jpeg

    Japan "bean money" It's shaped a lot like a go stone.
    Japan Mameita Gin.jpeg

    Byzantine Billon Trachy, Theodore of Thessalonica, 1224-1230, (cup-shaped) Trachy, Billon Theodore of Thessalonica, 1224-1230.jpeg

    Magadha India ~346 BC
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    Sweden 4 Daler copper plate money, 1756 (still after 1.93 kg after all that corrosion!)
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  21. Steve66

    Steve66 Coin People

    I have several square coins... Here are a few.


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