chrisild. There is a difference between a country and a company. But sometimes that difference is not as great as one might think.
Yes indeed Technically Jewish tribes and Roman Provincial Judaea / Palestine had this design as well, must've been popular!
The British Mandate was composed of two regions, Palestine (modern-day Israel) and Transjordan (modern-day Jordan) Here is a map from Google.
Let's get this thread rolling again . The last country posted was Egypt. Here's an ancient coin from Kyrene (modern-day Shahat, Libya... for those who don't want to look it up ). The plant pictured on the reverse is silphium, which became extinct around the time of Nero. KYRENAIKA, Kyrene Koinon issue c. 250 BCE AE; 21 mm, 7.47 gm Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia Rev: silphium plant; monogram left; K-O / N-I / O-N Rev: Müller, Afrique 114; Buttrey, Coins 219 var. (no monogram); SNG Copenhagen 1276-9 var. (no monogram); BMC 16-9 (Koinon)
Wow! It's been almost four days! Let's visit Syria! Warm sun. Good food. And everyone loves to party! So I've heard . . . .
I have absolutely not one single coin from Iraq! Sigh . . . . Okay, moving on. From Iraq I take us to Kuwait (some Iraqis have felt that Kuwait was Iraqi so maybe my first statement isn't entirely accurate . . . .) with this here 1990 ten-fils (KM 11).
Thanks. Been crazy with a work project taking much of my time so I have been spending my free time getting fresh air away from the computer.