I really like the Congo issue, both because it's attractive and because of the unusual history. (Belgium's surrender to Germany technically included transferring control of the Congo, but the governor sided with the government-in-exile and supported the Allies.)
That coin is also interesting because the mint involved (Philadelphia, I think) did not spell the name "Belgisch Congo" properly. Christian
If you are interested, this file shows all the coins made by the US Mint for other countries by date, mint, and denomination including mintages, compositions, sizes etc.
Very interesting and helpful information. I forgot about the most recent foreign coin issued by the US Mint was for Iceland in 2000. Its a great proof set with the silver dollar. We should have more joint coin issues!
According to the article in the first post, the US Mint stopped producing coins for other countries in 1984 - the 2000 Leif Ericson collector coin was the only exception in the past 30 years. And yes, such joint issues, no matter where the pieces are minted, are a nice concept. I have a few of those "mini-collections". Christian
Interesting thing about the Lief Ericson coin. Iceland was going to strike it themselves but the US Mint insisted that if the ASE was going to be in the set that they had to strike the 1000 Kr piece as well.
