Featured A world tour - post the next country.

Tunisia! I'm confident it's Tunisia but I am not confident about the date. It's supposed to be 1773 - one-burbe. I think I should be able to see an 1186 or 1187, but I cannot.

 

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Italy - 2 Lire, 1924

 

A jump across the Adriatic and we're in Albania! I posted this one recently but it seemed most appropriate after Muzyck's post.

 

Onto Greece

 

1961 Israel 5 agorot

 

Turkey - Ottoman para of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (1774-1789). Constantinople mint, AH1187 Regnal year 4 (minted 1760/1761).

 

On to Bulgaria with this here 1951 dated 25-stotinki (KM 54).

 

Romania.

 

Hungary - 20 Filler, 1964

 

Austria.

 

Germany 1959

 

Back to Napoleonic France - 1808BB 5 centimes - the only copper coin issued.

The 5 and 10 centimes (20% silver) do not have a bust of Napoleon - just the letter N. They are also a bit different to all the other denominations as the design is a mixture of incuse and raised.

 

Switzerland 5 FR 1932

 

2007 France 20 euro cent

 

GB 1965 Churchill Crown

 

One of my favorite coins, that Churchill crown. My 7th grade teacher gave me one, in 1965. I might as well post a coin, guess Netherlands...1754 Holland AR 2 stuivers

 

Germany 5 DM 1976, A very bizarre image

 

Charles I shilling, Sharp E5/2 with 'Aberystwyth' bust and mm. Tun. Struck 1636-8, but towards the end of that period.

 

Belguim, Antwerp Hoogstraeten Merxplas Prison - 5 Centimes

 

Germany 5 DM 1975