2/3 Thaler I like to collect odd denominations, and I think 2/3 of a Thaler qualifies, though it is not quite as arbitrary as it sounds, being...
3 Kopecks Commander-in-Chief of the East 1916 8.6 g Fe, 28 mm, military coinage for occupied territories in Eastern Europe
50 million marks Notgeld from Westfalen Gilded bronze, 32 g, 44.5 mm, a nice hefty lump of metal.
Here is the only ceramic coin in my collection: 1 Mark Saxon Notgeld 1921.
German East Africa Here is a far-flung outpost of the German Empire.
So if a legionary earned one aureus per month (about equal to a sovereign), he was better paid than a typical soldier of the British Empire, who...
Here you go. This is the man who carved his little kingdom out. A really interesting character and apparently a leader who inspired great...
Is it cheating to include 100 "Francos" from Equitorial Guinea?
50 Moroccan francs 1951
money for the penguins... Here is a pretty 500 franc piece from the French Southern Territories, a small group of islands populated almost...
5 Francs 1873 and 50(00) francs 1976 Hercules I always liked the Hercules group design, and this is a nice illustration of the effects of...
1933 20 Francs I think this one has a certain elegance...
5 Francs "Ceres" 1851 The Ceres head was only issued for 3 years during the Second Republic, then reappeared in 1870 only at the beginning of the...
5 Francs Napoleon "Year 13" A nice 5 franc piece from 1805
"Franc au col plat" 1580 Henri III Here is one of the earliest francs I could find.
Denier from Achaia If by Frankish you mean crusader, here is a denier from Achaia, Guy de Villehardouin 1245-78. Note the traditional French...
50 & 100 francs Afars & Issas Before Djibouti was Djibouti, it was the territory of Afars and Issas. Here are a 50 and a 100 franc piece.
This was sold as a "small German coin". Small it is, 16 mm and 0.4 grams. Obverse says (I think) "1558 Solidus", and maybe "PRUSS", with a big...
Maria Theresia Once again, everyone must decide for him/herself whether she should be regarded as beautiful or not, but the original coin was so...
Milda: ideal of Latvian beauty Here is the 5 Lati coin struck from 1929 to ca. 1934? Zelma Brauere, a proof-reader at the State Securities...
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