Coins & notes from the Axis of Evil.

Who else has got coins & banknotes from the countries that were originally named in President George W. Bush's speech as being part of the Axis of Evil?

The countries that were named in the Axis of Evil are as follows;
Syria.
Sudan.
Cuba.
Libya.
Iran.
Iraq.
& North Korea.

Since then,Saddam Hussein has been overthrown in Iraq.Condaleeza Rice
has named Burma,Belarus,& Zimbabwe as being Outposts of Tyranny.


I do have a few coins from all these places,but the ones from Zimbabwe are of interest to me anyway,as Zimbabwe is still regarded as being part of the British Commonwealth.Zimbabwe's last coin is the bimetal $5 dated 2001.

 

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I have a pre-revolution Cuban coin, and two Iraqi notes from around the time of the Gulf War. I also have a Belorussian coin that my wife found in circulation once. I don't recall the exact circumstances of how she got it.

 

This may seem kind of sick but...I really enjoy coins with dictators on them. Nothing better than seeing a little tyrant who is full of himself slap his ugly mug on a piece of his country's coinage.

 

North Korea IMO would be the toughest to get a circulation coin from, virtually impossible. (Same for Libya) Sudan is hard to come across, I've seen 3 pieces in about 5 years from coin lots/collections. Cuba is moderately easy.

 

actually I just did a search on ebay and there was a surprising number of North Korean coins up for auction. you would think it would be hard considering their isolation but somehow some circ. coins made it out of there.

 

Not really. More than half of the ones on ebay are modern made-for-export coins which aren't actually used there.

 

I have got the following banknotes from these Axis of Evil countries;

Iraq;

1/2 Dinar Oil refinery on front & a tower on the back.

1 Dinar AH1405/1984.

5 Dinars AH1412/1992.(This has Saddam Hussein's portrait.)

Belarus;

1992 200 Rublei.

1992 1,000 Rublei.

North Korea;

1998 (Juche 87) 5 Won.

1992 50 Won.

1992 100 Won. (This has the portrait of Kim Il Sung.)

Burma (Inscribed 'Burma');

1 Kyat green.

5 Kyats.

75 Kyats.

Burma (Inscribed 'Myanmar');

50 Pyas.

1 Kyat blue.

1 Kyat brown.

20 Kyats.

50 Kyats.

100 Kyats.

(The Burmese currency,the Kyat is pronounced 'chat'.)

Here is a note from a dictatorship that should have been named as part of the Axis of Evil;

Azerbaijan;

1 Manat blue.

 

Belarusian coin.

KLJ,how many Rublei is this Belarusian coin? Krause lists the medal-coins,
but I didn't know that Belarus has issued circulation coins.

 

You're right. I knew I had something Belorussian, and I naturally thought it was a coin. In fact, it's a 1992 50 rublei note. The coin I had confused it with is a 1992 5 kopeck from the Ukraine.

 

KLJ,the Ukrainian currency is called the Hryvnia (derived from the Russian 'Grivnia'),which is divided into 100 Kopiyok.We can thank our lucky stars that Robert Mugabe has not put his ugly mug on a Zimbabwean coin or banknote.The Belarusian currency is the Rubel (derived from 'Rouble'),which
is divided into 100 Kapeek (derived from 'Kopeck').

 

Aidan Work, Ukrainian Hryvna comes from Ukrainian Hryvna, an ancient lingot of silver, 200-220 grams of weight. It is an old-slavic, Ukrainian word originated in Ukraine. Russian " Roubel" comes from the word (verb) " rubit', which means cut with an ax, so roubel was a cutten part of Gryvna-Hryvna.

 

Vlad,thank you for your interesting posting about where 'Hryvnia' originates from.I can guess that the Russian 'Grivna' is derived from it.

As to North Korean coins,I have got a 5 Chon dated 1959.This has no stars.I also have got a 1974
50 Chon with 1 Star.

 

Here's a link to the website of the Central Bank of Libya; www.cbl-ly.com .Yes,Libya has issued a bimetal coin,& now uses a calendar that is different
to what is used in most other Islamic countries.I think that it is an SH calendar system similar to that used in Afghanistan & the terrorist banana republic of Iran.

If you have any links to the Central Banks of the various Axis of Evil & Outpost of Tyranny countries,
please do post them here.

 

I can add the following banknote to my list of numismatic items from countries that are part of the Axis of Evil & Outposts of Tyranny - a Zimbabwe 2003 $20,000 Bearer Cheque emergency banknote.The value of the Zimbabwean
dollar hit the official inflation rate of 700% last year.

Aidan.

 

I have a complete set of Iraqi Saddam currency, from the 1/2 dinar up to the 10,000.

I have a Saddam coin.

I have some stamps of Lybia, Iran, and Syria (though my Iranian are from the Sha).

Not exactly Zimbabwe, but I have stamps from when Zimbabwe was still a first world nation and called Rhodesia.

Also have a Saddam badge.

 

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Clas316,could you please post some photos of your Iraqi banknotes? Did you know that the Americans did a printing of the 10,000 Dinars note with Saddam Hussein on it shortly after the invasion in 2003? The reason for this,is because it was put into
use as a stopgap measure.

I am in the process of selling off my Rhodesian States stamps (Northern Rhodesia,Nyasaland,Rhodesia,Rhodesia & Nyasaland,& Southern Rhodesia).I have a very strong interest in collecting Rhodesian notes,postal orders, & coins.

Aidan.

 

What's a stopgap measure?? My 10,000 is from 2002.

Here's some pics from the bills:

The newer 250, 100, and 25: https://home.comcast.net/~owenhart/iraq/250-100-25_ver2.jpg

250, 100, 50 https://home.comcast.net/~owenhart/iraq/250-100-50.jpg

25, 10, 5: https://home.comcast.net/~owenhart/iraq/25-10-5.jpg

The 1, 1/2, and 1/4 (these don't have his picture) https://home.comcast.net/~owenhart/iraq/small.jpg

And the 10,000: https://home.comcast.net/~owenhart/iraq/10000.jpg

 

I Have All Of These Countries Represented

In my collenction, as I have Any present day country represented. Surprisingly, North Korea aluminum coins are common, and Iran has also common coins , both old shah's kingdom and also the Islamic Republic. Until 1932 many Iranian silver coins are available in fair prices and many ERRORS. As for the Sudan, the big values: "Pound" "Junayh" are somewhat rare but Qirsh and dinars are available. As for Cuba, the coins until 1958 are common , even silver 10 and 20 centavos from 1915 and on while 40 centavos and 1 peso are rare. As for Libya: some 1952 - 1965 coins are common. The coins of Qaddafi's rule are expensive.
Belarus: I have 6 type. All are commemoratives.
Myanmar: No problern to get modern Burma era and Myanmar era. even 1852 siver Kiat is a common coin.
Zimbabwe: No problem to get the circulation coins.

 

A stopgap measure is one used to do the job until something more permanent comes along. In this case, the US didn't want to re-create the currency, and then have an elected Iraqi government do it again themselves a few years later. That is a sure way to guarantee financial instability. And in an oil rich country like Iraq, right now particularly, financial instability is bad.