http://isracoins.com/P42.htm Its interesting how deeply influenced this coin is by the neighboring Israeli culture..the coin even has Hebrew. Ruben
These are commemorative, and as far as i know, more of a medal than real currency, since Palestinians use Israeli Shekel (and some Egyptian currency in Gaza). There is some Jordanian currency in use in West Bank, and US dollar is always welcome everywhere.
That is a privately issued fantasy piece, and the design was picked to make it appealing for collectors. You can find even more "Palestinian" "coins" here: http://www.joelscoins.com/new2.htm ... Christian
Ah, the Jamestown commem. Well, of course you will not come across that piece in circulation in Poland. But the coin was authorized by the Polish government and made by the Polish mint: http://www.mennica.com.pl/en/produc...polish-settlement-in-north-america-10-zl.html The mint in Warsaw has some gorgeous designs and products. Others are kind of tacky in my opinion. Have a look at the "Coins of other issuers" link on that page, e.g. Niue ... As for these "Palestine coins", however, those issues have never been authorized by any government. The same applies to the numerous pseudo-euros "from" all kinds of non-EU (and even non-European) countries, and to those "pattern" issues "from" Greenland, Northern Cyprus and Whatchamacallitania. Christian
Not too surprising. Go back to the pre-Isreal coins of Palistine (and possibly even some of the early Israeli coins) and you will find that they are in three languages, English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
Again, this is not a real coin. Pre-Israel coins of Palistine were in 3 languages because there was the British Mandate, and hence these were the languages in use. For some reason, I got a feeling that real, official Palestinian currency (whenever its going to be minted) will not feature any words in Hebrew or any peace symbols.
i is not a palestinain coin. palestinian have no new coins. coins of palestine from 1927 to 1946 only.
