Coins of countries that have sunk into Oblivion

Group 2:
Palestine (present-day Israel and West Bank/Gaza)
British East Africa (Kenya/Uganda)
Bohemia and Moravia (created from Czechoslovakia under German occupation)
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Montenegro (currently a nation but a part of Yugoslavia after this coin was made)

 

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Group 3:

Muscat and Oman
Aden
British North Borneo
Mombasa
Zanzibar

 

Group 4:

New Granada (Colombia)
Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)
Catalonia (Spain)
Lombardy and Venice (Italy)
Navarre (Spain or France)

 

Last group for now:

Sumatra
Sardinia
Cayenne
Tasmania

 

A favorite topic of mine, thanks! Not sure what I have photos of, though.

Principality of Sedan, Double Tournois, 1634-38


Lundy Penny, 1929 (not a real country, but he pretended)

Papal States 1842 1/2 Baiocco, now greatly reduced to just the Vatican

USSR, 5 Kopek, 1924


Tibet x2



Gran Colombia, Cundinamarca , 1821 (countermark "MDQ" = Moneda de Quito)

Manckukuo (Puppet State), circa 1940

Biafra 1969 shilling

 

An issue for the short lived "Central African Empire".

from the Standard Catalog;
Note: These were produced during the short-lived reign
of dictator Jean-Bedel Bokassa as Emperor, but not
released for circulation, though many are now available
in the market

 

Buenos Aires 5 tenths 1828:

 

Thanks. Always nice to identify the undertype, I think.

 

British Honduras 50c 1894:

 

Holy Roman Empire
Hungary
AV Dukat 1633 K-B Kremnitz Mint MS-68
Ferdinand II HRE 1619-37

 

Excellent coins Sir. Thank You very much for sharing!

 

Hello Sir. It is 5 sho.

 

The Qa’iti State of Shihr and Mukalla

 

The coin is Tibet 5 Sho or Shokang KM Y#28a, the date is 16 cycles+26 or AD 1952.

 

Mysia/ Kyzikos
EL Hemihekte ND Kyzikos Mint struck circa 525-475BC
obverse: Boar riding a tuna
rev Quadripartite Square Punch

Kyzikos was a Greek City State in Mysia (Now W. Turkey)

 

Straits Settlements

 

Polish-occupied Livonia. Solidus of Sigismund III Vasa, 1612.

I believe Sweden gained possession of it (the country, not this coin) in the Thirty
Years' War. Due to the off-center strike, some of the border text is missing. On
the reverse it would say text "CIVI : RIGENS", indicating it was issued by the
City of Riga, present-day Latvia.

 

Zeugetania/ Carthage
AV 1/10 Stater ND struck circa 345BC

This powerfull City State was located on the Northern Coast of Africa. Eventually, they came into conflict with the Roman Republic for control of the Mediterrean Sea. There where three Punic Wars. In the Third War, Hannibal landed a large army in Spain/ crossed the Alps and then crushed the Romans in three Battles. Cannae was a complete annihilation of the RR army. Sadly, Hannibal could not finish off the Romans and eventually lost everything at the Battle of Zama.

 

Mughal India:


Mughal India Rupee - Shah Jahan - Agra - AH 1038 (AD 1628)
Silver, 22 mm, 10:47 gm, KM 222.1
Mint: Agra

Obverse: Four horizontal lines of text
Line 1: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and fighter for Islam)
Line 2: Muhammad Shah Jahan (King of the World)
Line 3: Shahab ud-Din (Star of the Faith)
Line 4: Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Ahad
(Second Lord of the Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, First year of reign)

The hole in the center is a test mark made by a "shroff" or money-changer.

Reverse: Three horizontal lines of text
Line 1: "There is no god but Allah"
Line 2: "Muhammad is his messenger"
Line 3: Sanat Dar-i-Khilafa Agra (Struck at seat of capital Agra)

The year "1038" is on the left side. AH 1038 is around AD 1628.

Shah Jahan's best known relic is the Taj Mahal located in Agra.

 

Hunnic Empire/ Sind

Sind Mint

Unknown Hun King/ imitating Sassanian Dinar of Peroz
struck during 5th century AD
ex: Spink finest known example/ RRR 2-3 known