This is not a coin, but a counter token from Nürnberg. Rechenpfennig means counter token. Nürnberg was very famous for the fabrication of counter...
Michael, For Belgian coins the same is true: they are normally issued in coin alignment, but some coins turn up in medal alignment and demand a...
Your coin is a Spanish 8 maravedi coin, with mint mark aqueduct, so it is minted in Segovia. Your coin is issued in the name of Charles IV, king...
I think of Gibraltar 5 pence KM# 22 and 22a, 22b, 22c, 775 and 25 new pence (crown) KM# 5 and 5a. Image is from worldcoinsgallery.
I myself like the simplicity of a good calligraphy, like the 10 or 25 cents of Willem I of the Netherlands.
@craigbean: the Elizabeth II coin is the Silver Jubilee Crown, issued in 1977 for her silver jubilee as queen of the United Kingdom. As Great...
This was just a honorary title. There was only one REIGNING duke of Bavaria, but most of the Bavarian princes carried the honorary title DUKE OF...
Your coin is for certain a 2 liards, issued for the prince-bishopry of Liege in the name of Johann Theodor. (Liege KM#158). The legends mean:...
You'll find a skyscraper on a plain circulation coin in Malaysia.
About the Yugoslavian coins: the one from 1981 is a 10 para, the other one (from 1982) 1 dinar. 100 para made 1 dinar.
I want to add a well known circulation commemorative 50 pence of the UK. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
In addition to what chrisild writes: in practice people use the terms "cent" and "eurocent" as they please, whatever the ECB dictates. As in the...
As chrisild already explained, there are 4 different manners to call "centimes" or "rappen" in Switzerland. You must imagine Switzerland has 4...
Your dealer is right. This coin has a silver content of 0.100 . I think you paid a fair price, though a bit higher than catalog value, which is...
This is just French for" halve gulden" or "10 stuivers" (which is Dutch) and means "half guilder" or "10 stivers" in English.
This was the picture I was referring to:
About the second: on a Dutch coin and metal detector forum I visit a lot the following one was presented:click here. This one has been...
I could be wrong, but I think these 2 are not coins but counter tokens. The first is 17th or 18th century and French, the second looks earlier...
As LSM states, it is indeed a 20 fils from Iraq with the obverse of king Faisal I. The date is 1931.
I don't think you'll find it under Cologne. Maximilian Emanuel was duke of Bavaria 1679-1726 and elector of the Holy Roman Empire, but I don't...
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