OK, OK. In plain talk, oval coins. And please, oval when they came from the mint. No PM creations from elongators, trains, etc. One of mine is below. It’s a 500 tenge commemorative from Kazakhstan. It depicts Tulipa greigii, a tulip found in Central Asia and Iran. The species name is in honor of Samuel Greig (1735-1788), the father of the Russian navy. Greig was also a president of the Russian Horticultural Society. Greig's tulip has been extensively cultivated as an ornamental with many color varieties not only of flowers but of leaves, which are green and purple. Modern Kazak coins typically have inscriptions in Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. The country is undergoing the difficult transition to the Latin alphabet. In area, Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country and is the largest landlocked country. It’s about the size of all of Western Europe. I don’t think the U.S. Mint has ever purposely produced an oval coin. Cal
This is nothing like what I normally collect but in addition to coins I also collect Santa Claus'. It came in a Russian nesting doll type holder. I also have the copper and silver versions of the Chicago Coin Club 100th anniversary medal.
These items were supposedly handed out in the 1920's by museums with Egyptian-themed exhibits. Egyptian Oval Coin Bronze, 22 mm x 31 mm, 5.76 gm Both sides have Egyptian-style hieroglyphs and figures
This coin is supposed to be about circular, but mine is quite oblong. Maybe from the strike? Hamm 3 Pfenninge 1719
