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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fretboard, post: 732902, member: 19765&quot;]There were plenty of coins made by the us mint for other countries that I knew nothing about.&nbsp; At least not until I started digging for research on how many different planchets were used by the us mint.&nbsp; Of course that question can not really be answered as there were so many made and the details became complex from the beginning.&nbsp; Some countries sent their planchets directly to the us mint to have their coins made.&nbsp; Other countries had the manufacturers of the planchets send their blanks to the us mint for their designs to be made.&nbsp; And there were some countries who simply acted as specification developers and sent their plans to the us mint for production of their coinage.&nbsp; Complex records and issues indeed and with such matters it is often extremely difficult to get definitive answers.&nbsp; Anyways, I didn&#039;t have all my questions answered but it was certainly fun and alot of work looking.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one of the most beneficial resources (top link) I was able to locate and I thought I would pass it onward.&nbsp; I had another link that I wanted to post as well but currently the location escapes me.&nbsp; Any and all comments are welcome.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the US records held by these issues include:</p><p><br /></p><p>The smallest coin ever minted in the US</p><p>(Panama 1904 2 ½ centesimos, the “Panama</p><p>Pill” – only 10 mm dia)</p><p>The only hexagonal coin ever minted in the</p><p>US (Belgian Congo 1943 2 Francs)</p><p>The only “crimped edge” coin minted in the</p><p>US (Ethiopia 1944 25 centimes)</p><p>The largest coin ever minted in the US</p><p>(Liberia 1973 5 dollars, 42.5 mm)</p><p>1st US minted coin with a hole in the center</p><p>(Siam 2461 [1918] 1 Satang)</p><p><br /></p><p>A detailed summary of US Minting of Foreign Coins</p><p>is included on the 4th page of this article. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/articles/Foreign%20Coins%20Struck%20at%20US%20Mints%20CWNA%20article%20with%20table.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/articles/Foreign%20Coins%20Struck%20at%20US%20Mints%20CWNA%20article%20with%20table.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/articles/Foreign Coins Struck at US Mints CWNA article with table.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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