Coins of islands and archipelagos

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  1. mrbadexample

    mrbadexample Well-Known Member

    Some Isle of Man pennies: Isle of Man 1d 1709 (3).jpg Isle of Man 1d 1733 Bath metal (3).jpg Isle of Man 1d 1786 (3).jpg Isle of Man 1d 1798 (5).jpg Isle of Man 1d 1839 (5).jpg Isle of Man Atholl 1d 1758 (3).jpg
     
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  3. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Australia 1966
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  4. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    At the risk of being "that guy," Australia is a continent.
     
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  5. Scuba4fun777

    Scuba4fun777 Well-Known Member

    Many (most?) island nations contracted The Franklin Mint to make their proof coins from the early/mid- 1970’s to the mid- 80’s I, believe.
    IMO, they did a great job. I bought a few silver Caribbean Island Nation proof sets for just under spot when it was around $10-12/oz. I still pull them out once in a while, just to look at them.
     
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  6. offa the saxon

    offa the saxon Well-Known Member

    St Helena halfpenny



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  7. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Australia is a single island landmass which comprises most of the continent. Wiki says it is referred to as the world's smallest continent or the world's largest island
     
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  8. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    But technically a BIG Island;)
     
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  9. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Sicily/ German Kings
    AV 2 Tari d'oro ND Messina Mint
    Friedrich II von Hohenstaufen 1198-1250
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  10. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    Just for fun I looked through my "junk" bin (post-1950, non-silver) and found some island coins.
    Japan:
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    Taiwan
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    Philippines
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    Southeast Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei)
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    Polynesia (Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia)
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    Ireland
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  11. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    (continued)
    Europe and the Mediterranean (Iceland, Malta, Cyprus) e1.jpg e2.jpg

    Misc (Bermuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Netherland Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, British Caribbean Territories, Eastern group, Jamaica, Madagascar)
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  12. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

  13. moneditis

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    Cuba 20 centavos serie
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  14. Bradley Trotter

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  15. paddyman98

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    Island of Lundy..
    From my collection
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  16. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Isle of Man, Jersey.
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  17. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Falklands Islands - Fifty Pence, 1977

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  18. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    I have to admit, I was a little jealous of the Isle of Man penny collection of @mrbadexample. So I promised myself to keep an eye out for one. Turns out, as usual, I have no idea what I already have. Found this in my unidentified coppers pile. It's a seen some serious dents, but I bought it unpackaged so it must have been cheap. Now to find some better ones!

    Sorry, the reverse was photographed off-angle. This is one of the hardest coins around to know which way is up!
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  19. mrbadexample

    mrbadexample Well-Known Member

    Why thank you. :happy:

    Yours is a halfpenny. You can tell by the spacing and alignment of the obverse lettering - it comes down much closer to the date.

    I never know which way to photograph the reverse either! I'm not sure it matters - after all, quocunque ieceris stabit. ;)
     
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  20. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    You're right, thanks, it is a halfpenny. I wrote it down wrong for some reason. I should have known just from the size and weight. But I found another one anyway. This one is an 1811 penny bank token. It was even packaged and labeled, so I must have just forgotten about it. I paid $12 at the time, whenever that was. ob.jpg rev.jpg
     
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  21. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Philippines Culion Island leper colony - Peso, 1925

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