I have a question to anyone here who might be able to suggest some of the rare minted world coins to be on the lookout for. I don't mean silver or gold coins because that goes without saying. Mostly what I'm wanting to know about are occupation coins from around WW1 and WW2. I'm just learning about these types of coins so any information would be appreciated. Thanks! :secret:
Hi Slim Its interesting to see another member here that is interested in collecting coins from WWI or WWII the occupation years. I like the WWII coins from that era. I don't know much about them, I collect Icelandic coin now for the past 6 years. Iceland was invaded by England on May 10 1940 to keep the Nazi from taking it after they invaded Denmark. Well any way many of the German occupied countries used Zinc for some of the coins and that is a very ill metal to use and most times they begin to oxidize over a short time, Now if you can find some really nice uncirculated Zinc coins that are like new then you would have found a great little find. I must have looked at about a 100 or more coins of zinc that England made for Iceland in 1942 and only may have seen about 2 of them that may fall in this category and they had a few spots on them . I have a bunch of these coins that are in fine to very fine condition if your interested at no charge just send me your mailing address and i will mail them to you. Tony
Nice coins!! Whats with the hole in the middle?? If iam not mistaken, I think the holes were used to insert string Through to put around there necks?? But i could be wrong:goof:
Vichy French State. 50 centimes 1942, aluminium. Without the slogan "Liberte, Egalite. Fraternite" (Freedom. Equality. Brotherhood), but with the slogan "Travail. Familie. Patrie" (Labor. Family. Motherland). As for me, I prefer the second slogan.:smile
Siberian Man, 'Patrie' stands for 'fatherland' rather than 'motherland'. Not a hugely significant difference, but it probably reflects a greater adulation of masculinity in fascist or militaristic cultures or nations than ones which traditionally prefer to think of their countries as 'nuturers' rather than 'dominators', as is the case with Russia and England....
You right, Sir. In the country with military history and culture exist a masculinity cult. For example: in my country the words "Motherland" and "Fatherland" used equally often.
You learn something new every day. I didn't know that. I just assumed Russians always refered to Russia as their 'motherland' just as people from the former colonies of the British Empire sometimes refer to Britain as the 'mother country'. Its interesting that the fascist Vichy regime tried to refer to France in the masculine sense, because the french traditionally call their country 'La' (feminine) France, rather than 'le' (masculine) France... Refering to one's country in the masculine or feminine sense seems to depend on whether that person prefers to view their country as one which nutures its citizens or one which projects its strength over other countries (which is ironic considering Vichy France was essentially a submissive puppet state of Nazi Germany)...
I think it was to show difference between the previously minted silver coins and the non-silver. Both were similar in size, so to make it easier to distinguish 'the hole'. I don't have much this late, but I do have a 1941 2 Franc counters-stamped by the free french. When I get home tonight I will dig it out a post a pic.
Siberian Man, thx for the pics. I have some of the French coins you've shown from 1942-3. I didn't know anything about them until now. Actually I picked them out of a foreign coin bin where you get like 25 coins for about $5. I guess I'll have to go back and see what I can find. I actually found plenty of coins with CCCP on them and a zinc 1 Pfennig swastika coin. I just got a scanner and once I figure out how to use the damn thing I'll show you some pics! Maybe you wouldn't mind helping to ID a few of them? :whistle:
Don't think that was the reason. The 5 and 10 centimes coins of the early 20th century were relatively big bronze pieces. They were replaced by smaller Cu-Ni coins with a central hole, long before the Vichy regime years. And the 20c zinc coin was a new denomination anyway; the older ones were 25c nickel pieces, first without, then with a hole. But in general you are right; in many cases the central hole is used to have fairly large coins without using too much material. Denmark for example still uses coins (1, 2 and 5 kroner) that have such a hole. Same thing with Norway's 1 and 5 kr coins ... Christian
