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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheGame, post: 24902595, member: 82655&quot;]As you may or may not know, I collect modern circulating coins by date. One of the fun parts of this is that I often have to determine if a coin was issued for circulation, or sometimes if it even exists! Catalogs often end up with incorrect information, and there isn&#039;t really enough interest in recent base metal issues, such as the coins I&#039;m about to discuss, that anyone feels the need to research further or correct the record.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins in question here are:</p><p><br /></p><p>Andorra - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1969.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1969.html" rel="nofollow">1999 1 Centim</a></p><p>Cook Islands - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3672.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3672.html" rel="nofollow">2000 5 Cents</a></p><p>Namibia - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7084.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7084.html" rel="nofollow">1999-2000 5 Cents</a></p><p>Panama - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6286.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6286.html" rel="nofollow">2000 1 Centesimo</a></p><p>Samoa - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1478.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1478.html" rel="nofollow">1999-2000 2 Sene</a></p><p>Somalia - 1999-2002 <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4553.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4553.html" rel="nofollow">5 Shillings</a> and <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4552.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4552.html" rel="nofollow">10 Shilllings</a></p><p>Tunisia - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10034.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10034.html" rel="nofollow">1999-2000 1 Millieme</a></p><p>Turkey - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6865.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6865.html" rel="nofollow">1999 50000 Lira</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins have the following in common:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>All, except for the Turkey and possibly Cook Islands, were minted at the Slovak Mint in Kremnica.</li> <li>All have a different specification from the regular circulation coin in use at the time.</li> </ul><p>Two can be immediately eliminated from further discussion:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>The Andorra 1 Centim, like all pre-euro Andorran coins, was a collectors issue. In fact, no official exchange rate with the French franc or Spanish peseta was ever set and they were never legal tender, so it is a bit of a stretch to even call it a coin.</li> <li>The Turkey 50000 Lira was minted and sold as a commemorative by the Turkish mint. It has a similar denomination side to other commemoratives of the period.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>I will now discuss the remaining coins individually.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2000 Cook Islands 5 Cents</b></p><ul> <li>This coin is 24.00mm and 4.43g, minted in stainless steel.</li> <li>The regular issue coin was 19.41mm and 2.83g, minted in copper nickel.</li> <li>The denomination was most recently issued in 1992, and would have been removed from circulation around 2006 along with the equivalent New Zealand coins.</li> <li>I have seen these attributed to either no known mint or the British Royal Mint by various catalogs.<br /> </li> <li>This coin and the 2003 1 Cent types use what I believe to be a unique portrait of the Queen, similar but not identical to the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait in use at the time.<br /> </li> <li>I have never seen a circulated example of this coin, or of the seemingly-related 2003 1 Cent types.</li> </ul><p><b>1999-2000 Namibia 5 Cents</b></p><ul> <li>This coin is 20mm and 3.1g, minted in stainless steel.</li> <li>The regular issue coin is 16.9mm and 2.2g, minted in nickel-plated steel.</li> <li>1999 is much less common than 2000.</li> <li>I have never seen a circulated example of this coin.</li> </ul><p><b>2000 Panama 1 Centesimo</b></p><ul> <li>This coin is 22.8mm and 1.64g, minted in aluminum.</li> <li>The regular issue coin is identical to a US cent.</li> <li>I have never seen a circulated example of this coin.</li> </ul><p><b>1999-2000 Samoa 2 Sene</b></p><ul> <li>This coin is 21mm and 3.94g, minted in bronze. This is the closest of the group relative to the regular circulation coin.</li> <li>The regular issue coin is 21mm and 3.25g, minted in bronze.</li> <li>The denomination was most recently issued in 1996, and was removed from circulation in 2011.</li> <li>1999 is much less common than 2000.<br /> </li> <li>I have never seen a circulated example of this coin, although I have seen ones that show marks and discoloration that imply some handling.</li> </ul><p><b>1999-2002 Somalia 5 and 10 Shillings</b></p><ul> <li>These coins are presumed to be unofficial, as Somalia did not have a functioning central bank at the time.</li> <li>The relative sizes of these two coins would have made them hard to distinguish in daily use.</li> <li>2000 is more common than the other two years for both denominations, but none are uncommon.</li> <li>Despite these having the best case of any of these coins to have never circulated, I <i>have</i> seen circulated examples of both denominations. However, I have not seen circulated examples of the related higher-denomination 2002 coins.</li> </ul><p><b>1999-2000 Tunisia 1 Millieme</b></p><ul> <li>This coin is 21mm and 1.2g, minted in aluminum.</li> <li>The regular issue coin was 18mm and 0.65g, also minted in aluminum.</li> <li>The denomination was only minted in 1960 and was removed from circulation in 1990.</li> <li>From a post on another forum: &quot;That reminds me - a long time collector contact of mine went to Tunisia five or so years ago [2004] - he asked - but they knew nothing of the Tunisia 1 Millim from this &quot;series&quot;.&quot;</li> <li>1999 is much less common than 2000.</li> <li>I have never seen a circulation example of this coin.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>After typing this out, I&#039;m pretty doubtful any of these were issued for circulation in their respective countries, although the Somalias may, somehow, be an exception. The question that then follows is how <i>were</i> they issued? All types are somewhat common, so they had to have been released into collector markets in large quantities.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has any thoughts, information, or questions, I&#039;d love to hear them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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