Please pile on and show your coins. I will get the ball rolling with Biafra. In 1967 the Ibo people broke away from Nigeria to proclaim their independence from Nigeria. After, three years of facing mass stravation/ etnic cleansing the regime fell to the Nigerian military. This is my 25 Pounds 80 g. 50mm. .916 There are also 10/ 5/ 2/ 1 pound gold coins in set. They where struck at the Valcambi Mint in Switzerland.
Nice! I have a 1 Franc from Katanga, which seceded from Congo in 1960 but was forcibly re-integrated in 1963. The coin shows a "Katanga cross", a form of copper ingot that was used as money in the area in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Not sure if this was a sovereign nation but will post it anyway. 20 FRANKEN COIN - SAARLAND (Sarr Protectorate) (KM 2) Date: A.D. 1954 Obverse: Factory and mining tower with Saar Protectorate coat of arms in front / Text: SAARLAND Reverse: Text - 20 ZWANZIG (twenty) FRANKEN 1954 Engraver: Theo Siegle This coin was minted during a brief period following World War II when the industrial state of Saarland was governed as a protectorate of France and a member of the Council of Europe. The French franc was accepted currency in the Saar Protectorate as were the Saarland franken but the franken was not generally accepted as legal tender in France. Named for the Saar river that flows through the mineral rich region, the area that would become Saarland was first settled by Celtic tribes like the Treveri and Mediomatrici until it was taken by the Romans in the first century BC and became a part of the province of Belgica. It was then occupied in the 5th century by the Franks and was eventually divided between several local semi-independent rulers within the Holy Roman Empire, most notably the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrucken. During the 17th and 18th century, French monarchs began invading the territory looking to exploit the wealth of natural resources in the region until it was finally conquered in 1792 and made a part of the French Republic. The French would lose the region after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and it would again be sectioned up, this time between the Kingdoms of Prussia and Bavaria with a smaller part going to the Dukes of Oldenburg. Under Napoleon III France would again attempt to take the valuable region which would signal the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war. As a result the territory would become a part of the new German Empire. The area of the Saar basin was occupied after World War I by the British and French who sought to recoup war losses by capitalizing on the region's wealth of raw materials and its thriving coal, iron and steel industries. According to a 1920 mandate by the League of Nations, the region would be administered by France for 15 years. After the 15 year French rule, a plebiscite was held and roughly 90% of the majority German territory voted to rejoin Germany in 1935. After World War II and the collapse of the German state, the region was again occupied and administered by France becoming the Saar Protectorate. While the protectorate was administered by French military governors for all of its history, a local regional administration was created and headed by leaders from the mostly German citizens. France and the Federal Republic of Germany developed and agreed to a plan called the Saarstatut which mandated the creation of an independent Saarland in 1954, but a plebiscite held in 1955 rejected this plan by showing that almost 70% of the mostly German citizens of Saarland preferred to instead rejoin Germany. The Saar Treaty was enacted on October 27, 1956 allowing Saarland to join the Federal Republic of Germany. It was reunified with Germany on January 1, 1957 with its largest city Saarbrucken as its capital. The reunification of Saarland with Germany was the last major change to European borders until the collapse of the Soviet Union 30 years later. Saarland the one of the smallest German states after the city state of Berlin, and the states of Bremen and Hamburg.
This one lasted for less than a year SILVER 10 SOLS - UNITED STATES OF BELGIUM KM 635 Year: 1790 Obverse: Brabant lion standing right - MON NOV ARG PROV FOED BELG Reverse: Two hands shaking, arrows behind - IN VNIONE SALVS / X-SOLS http://www.cachecoins.org/belgiuminsurection.htm
Braunschweig-Blankenburg/ Fürstentum AV Quarter Dukat 1720 Braunschweig Mint Ludwig Rudolf 1714-31 (Hair back then was awfull) This tiny principality only existed from 1714-31/ in that year it was absorbed into Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.
Too bad that the Confederate States of America did not strike Gold coinage/ they had three mints still/ New Orleans/ Dahlonega/ Charlotte. So they would have had the means to produce $1/ $2.50/ $3/ $5/ $10/ $20 coins.
Transylvania/ one of my fav. Countries to collect.... AV Dukat 1646 A-I Alia Julia (Weissenberg Mint) Georg Rakozki 1630-46 Transylvania (Holy Roman Empire) AV Quarter Dukat ND Karlsburg Mint HRE Karl VI 1712-42
Zanzibar 1 Pesa 1299 AH ~ 1881. Zanzibar was a sultanate off of the E. coast of Africa that also has the distinction of being part of the world's shortest war when Britain shelled the royal palace and then the Sultan surrendered to the British. Zanzibar merged with the colony of Tanganyika in the early 1960s and is a part of Tanzania.
The Russian Soviet Federative Republic was the first form of what would become the USSR in 1922. It lasted less than a year before becoming the the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 30 December 1922.
England is still very much a country, but it's existence as a nation ended in 1707 with the Act of Union with Scotland when they united and became the United Kingdom. This is a groat or fourpence from ca. 1582. Again Scotland is still very much a country, but unless the SNP votes Scotland out of the United Kingdom, it is no longer a nation but a constituent part of the United Kingdom. This is a Merk or 13/4 from 1680 - a wee bit more than an English shilling.
Piacenza/ Duchy AV Quadrupla 1626 Parma Mint Odonardo Farnese Piacenza was a Duchy ruled by the powerfull Farnese Family.
Papal States AV Florino di camera ND Roma Mint Pope Alessandro VI 1494-1504 Rodrigo Borgia died in 1503/ maybe was poisoned by his successor Pope Julius II who hated him. Even though the series "the Borgias" made him look like a bad Pope, in reality he was one of the better Pontiffs. He had three children/ Giovanni/ Caesar and Lucretia. Also had many girlfriends.
Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel/ Herzogtum AV 10 Taler CvC Braunschweig Mint Wilhelm I Herzog zu Braunschweig 1806-1884
Regnum Visigothorum/ Iberia AV Triens ND Eliberri Mint Sisebuto 612-21AD This was a Visigothic Kingdom in modern day Portugal/ Spain. The Visigoths where a Germanic Tribe that migrated Westward to escape the Hunnic armies that where killing and pillaging everything/ everyone that stood in their path of destruction. Eventually, they came into conflict with the Roman Empire. In 378 they annihilated the Roman army commanded by the Emperor Valens at Adrianople. By 410 they took Rome itself under Alaric. By 570 they where defeated at Vouilles by Clovis I a Frankish warlord. They left Gaul and settled in Spain/ Portugal.
SILVER AUSBEUTETALER - PRINCIPALITY OF FÜRSTENBERG Year: 1790 Obverse: Portrait of prince left - JOS M B FURST ZU FURSTENBERG L I D B U Z ST H Z HAUSENI KINZ THAL / XEINE FEINE MARK Reverse: Friedrich Christian Mine - MIT GOTT DURCH KUNST U ARBEIT / DIE GRUBEFRIED CHRIST GABS ZUR AUSBEUT IM OUARTAL CRUCIS 1790 This is a rare (very fine) silver Ausbeutetaler (mining taler) minted in 1790 depicting Prince Joseph Maria Benedikt Fürstenberg von Fürstenberg. Only 806 copies of this coin were minted. The coin was created by medailleur J. H. Boltschauser in Mannheim. The coin is honoring the Friedrich Christian Mine located in Southern Baden-Württemberg Germany and is minted using silver from that mine. (Kirchheimer 22, Dollinger 44, Davenport 2271) Obverse: JOS(EPH) M(aria) B(enedict) FURST(enberg) ZU FURSTENBERG L(andgraf) I(n) D(er) B(aar) U(nd) Z(u) ST(uhlingen) H(err) Z(u) HAUSEN I(m) KINZ(iger) THAL - XEINE FEINE MARK Joseph Maria Benedict Fürstenberg of Fürstenberg, Landgrave in the Baar and Stuhlingen, Lord of Hausen in Kinziger Thal - Very Fine MARK Reverse: MIT GOTT DURCH KUNST U(nd) ARBEIT - DIE GRUBE FRIED(rich) CHRIST(ian) GABS ZUR AUSBEUT(e) IM QUARTAL CRUCIS With God and by skill (art) and work / The Friedrich Christian Mine gave this yield in quarter crucis (Mining Quarter Crucis is July 1 to Oct 1) Joseph and his wife Maria Antonia had no children so when he passed away on June 24, 1796, the principality passed to his younger brother Karl Joachim. Karl would be the last ruling Prince of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen line and Karl Egon II of the Fürstenberg-Pürglitz would inherit most Fürstenberg possessions save those of the Moravian house of Fürstenberg that would continue as a separate entity. The Principality of Fürstenberg was one of 16 principalities dissolved by the treaty of the Rhine In 1806 and through mediatisation in 1817, the former principality was annexed into the Grand Duchy of Baden and the title was retired. Though the Fürstenberg family no longer ruled as princes, they are still very wealthy with vast holdings of land and large estates including the palace at Donaueschingen with its gardens, grounds and an extensive library.