Football-related coins & banknotes.

As seen as the 2006 World Cup of Football is coming up in Germany in June,I thought that I better start a section on coins & banknotes that commemorate football (or soccer).I can think of a few countries that have had coins commemorating football.

Great Britain 1996 2 Pounds (Euro '96).
South Africa 50 Cents.
Spain 1980-82 50 Centimos - 100 Pesetas.

Can anyone think of any others?

Aidan.

 

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Russia has a few but this is one set that I have:










More details about the coins can be read at my omnicoin page.

 

Ok.. here the German 10€ Commemoratives...

2003


2004


2005


2006

 

These were from Spain'82 (the images posted are not mine, I keep all my Spanish stuff in Spain)

5 Pesetas 1980


25 Pesetas 1980


50 Pesetas 1980

 

Let's not forget the recent 2002 Japan - Korea world cup where both nations issued both silver and gold coins. To collect a complete set of both Korean and Japanese world cup coins will prove to be extremely expensive.

 

And when the Turkish team became third best ...



There are way too many football related coins in my opinion. I have those German €10 pieces too but did not buy, for example, the €100 gold coin from that series.

Christian

 

More football related numismatic oddities ...


Countdown coin (from Fiji, I think)


World Cup coin, featuring a movable cup


A coin with a "movie" scene from the Germany 1974 World Cup

Not quite sure which countries "issued" these pieces. Then again, do I care?

Christian

 

South Africa issued coins in 2005 for this World Cup. Here is a pic

 

Football Ugh! Do non-Americans think about anything else? I really gotta wonder sometimes. Knock yourselves out. uke

 

Well, there is "American Football" too. But it's just not the real thing.

Christian

 

2006? The real World Cup is in 2007!

 

Oh...you guys are talking about SOCCER...now I get it.hehe

 

Yes, I watched this sport once when I was a kid. Was interesting but a bit boring. Nevermind, there is still room for improvement so I invite every American football supporter to watch the king of sports next Wednesday (Barça-Milan) or Germany's World Cup on June

 

Soccer is not the real thing either. Bunch of sissies running around and then falling to the ground and clutching their limbs at the slightest hint of contact.

Rugby is the real thing!

 

No No Those are all whimp sports. Ultimate fighting is the real tough guy sport. Anything else is just ballet.

 

I watched a soccer game once.. Yawnnnnnnnnnnn..... Time is better spent watching corn grow. I prefer watching a good fight. Once in a while a hockey game breaks out!

 

I think this is the only canadian one

 

Argentina organised and won the 1978 World Cup

20 Pesos 1978


50 Pesos 1978