One per fake country

A couple new additions to coins from questionable countries:
1 and 2 pesetas, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, 1992
This is the disputed territory of Western Sahara, mostly controlled by Morocco.


Please post coins from other dubious countries of limited sovereignty or international recognition!

 

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Some un-official coins from semi-autonomous regions, from left to right:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands from India
Cabinda province of Angola
Netherlands Saba island from the Caribbean
San Andres, Santa Catalina (Colombia)- a token 50 centavos
Sint Eustatius, another Dutch island from the Caribbean.

Ane never forget the 'plastic coins' from Moldova's Transnistria.

 

Do these count? Lundy Puffin.
From my collection..

 

I think they should! Mine is not so shiny.
And some Manchukuo money. (Japanese puppet state in NE China, 1932-45)
There's some other Chinese occupation money and a Korean one on the bottom row.

 

China Taiwan - 5 Chiao, 1954

 

Biafra, 1969, 1 Shilling (Breakaway region of Nigeria)

 

Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkestan - 20 Cash, 1933

 

Free City of Danzig (1920-1939)
Not so much a fake country as an artificially created free city in the 20th Century,
long after the disappearance of the Holy Roman Empire. WWI was very strange,
in that there wasn't really a winner on the Eastern Front. Russia dropped out early
due to the Soviet Revolution, but Germany didn't win, so wasn't able to keep any
territorial concessions. This led to the creation of several new (or reinstated)
nations, to fill in the gap between the former German and Russian Empires.

 

East Libya - 1 Dinar, 2017

 

Transnistria.
Legal coin from circulation.

 

Nagorno-Karabakh - 5 Dram, 2004

 

Katanga.

 

Kingdom of Siberia.
Siberia had the status of a Kingdom within the Russian Empire. Siberia had its own coins.
Polushka (1/4 kopek) 1778.

 

I collect coins with bears and turtles on them, and I do try to stay away from the highly dubious ones (especially turtles - there's about 70 islands with fantasy coinage with turtles on them), but I do have a few from some not so serious nations. Here we have Nagorno Karabakh, Transnistria, Somaliland, British Indian Ocean Territories and Niue

 

The French Southern Territories exist, but are largely uninhabited. I have been informed that this is a fantasy piece. 500 Francs

 

Neat topic! Beautifull coins

Biafra AV 25 Pounds 1969

Even as Nigerian forces were trying to starve the poor Biafrans into submission. They where still able to contract the Swiss Valcambi Mint to produce probably the most beautifull coinage of the past 75 years. This is the 25 Pound coin/ part of the 5 coin gold proof set. That set was my first coin purchase.

 

Wow, @panzerman, that Biafra gold coin is stunningly beautiful!

 

Somewhere I have my fantasy 250-montage Baker Island 1 dollar coin.
I thought it was legimate until I was informed that baker island is uninhabited except for birds

 

I wonder how many of these types actually circulated in their respective "countries".
There seem to be a few types:
1) Fantasy and commemorative issues for sale to collectors, never expected to circulate. (example--French Southern Territories)
2) Currency for a captive population, circulating internally with little ability to convert into hard money abroad. (example--Manchukuo)
3) Currency to assert sovereignty, but which probably wasn't produced in enough quantity to replace other countries' monies which actually circulated. (example--Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)
4) Currency which circulated freely and was fully convertible. (examples--Taiwan, possibly Danzig)
I've enjoyed seeing all the examples, many of which I had never heard of.

 

Central African Empire