Coins with fractional and mixed number denominations

1909 Netherlands 1/2 cent

 

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Mysia/ Kyzikos
EL Myshemihekte (1/24 Stater) struck 625-600BC (3 known)
Head of Tuna left
Rough incuse Punch
The Tunny Fish (Tuna) was symbol for Kyzikos coinage

 

3 known!?! they did well with the design; it looks like tuna

 

1458-1511 Gujarat Sultanate AE 1 1/2 falus

 

1897 Russia 7-1/2 Rouble

 

1837 Canada 1/2 penny token

 

This one's a bit of a cheat as it's a bill, not a coin. 1/3 of a dollar, Colony of Maryland, 1775.

As Spanish colonial dollars would have normally been divided into eighths, it seems a strange fraction to choose. I believe they also issued 1/9, 1/6 and 2/9 dollar bills. These odd fractions served as a bridge between what kind of money was mostly available (Spanish silver) and the common unit of account (pounds sterling). At the time, a Spanish dollar was worth about 4 shillings, 6 pence = 54 pence. So 1/9 of a dollar would have been a convenient six pence, and 1/3 of a dollar would have been 1 shilling 6 pence. I've transcribed the faded text below the image. There was a lot of inflation in these Revolutionary War era issues, and they traded at well below par shortly after issue.

 

Time to dust off this thread... Here's a new type (to me): Spain, 2 1/2 centimos, 1868. I believe this was only a three year type: 1866-1868

 

I'm surprised no one has posted anything from Cyprus.

Meanwhile, here's an 80 Fiorini from Tuscany (Florence).

 

1916 Panama 2 1/2 centesimos

 

1/2 Sovereign

 

Cyprus, 4 1/2 Piastre 1901:

 

That is a mighty fine coin/ 5 Stars!
John

 

AV 1/12 Dukat 1711 Breslau Mint
HRE Josef I

 

Struck the year he croaked from small pox, which was on April 17 of 1711. Karma for the slaughter of all those gypsies the year prior.

Extermination of Romani[edit]
In 1710, Joseph I, issued an edict against the Romani (Gypsies), ordering "that all adult males were to be hanged without trial, whereas women and young males were to be flogged and banished forever."[3] In addition, in the kingdom of Bohemia, Romani men were to have their right ears cut off; in the March of Moravia, the left ear was to be cut off. In other parts of Austria, they would be branded on the back with a branding iron, representing the gallows. These mutilations enabled authorities to identify the individuals as Romani on their second arrest.[3] The edict encouraged local officials to hunt down Romani in their areas by levying a fine of 100 Reichsthaler for those failing to do so.[3] Anyone who helped Romani was to be punished by doing a half-year's forced labor.[3] The result was mass killings of Romani across the Holy Roman empire.[3]

 

Hey! Hey! There we go! That's more like it!!

 

SCOTLAND Charles II 1/8 Dollar (1/2 Merk or 6 Shillings 8 Pence) 1676 - although no value shown on coin

 

Well, I had not heard this terrible story before. I clicked on LIKE but I then realized that might be misunderstood. To be clear, I like an interesting bit of history but I have nothing against Romani (Gypsies)

 

Kind of cool there is a pretty good story about him on Wiki in any case. I collect Venetian zecchini gold coins, and you would think there would be a lot out there about the various doges who issued coinage for Venice, but unfortunately most them have very little background out there on the web. Most of them have some reference to the crusades and to fighting the Ottomans and not much else.