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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 17563, member: 57463&quot;]FEDERATIVNA =Federal or Federated or something like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>NARODNA = &quot;People&quot; or People&#039;s -- if you know some Russian, but you can skip the word and keep guessing...</p><p><br /></p><p>REPUBLIKA = Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>JUGOSLAVIJA = Yugoslavia.&nbsp; (It used to be a country, but split up in 1990 when communism came apart.&nbsp; They had a series of horrible wars.&nbsp; The former leader, Slobodan Miloslovic is now on trial in The Hague (Netherlands) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.)</p><p><br /></p><p>We all learn a lot by collecting coins and studying them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Knowing at least ONE foreign language, if only Spanish, will be a good start.&nbsp; I started with German, but whatever you start with, it makes the others all a lot easier.&nbsp; The toughest for me was Arabic.&nbsp; Even Japanese was easier -- way easier -- but ultimately, I could read the mintmark for Constantinople, though I had to be shown &quot;Mohammed rasul Allah&quot; by a native speaker.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people let Japanese, Arabic, etc., stump them, but, really, you only need 10 or 15 numerals and some very standard inscriptions.&nbsp; So you start with a few coins and puzzle them out with your Krause, and next thing you know, you are the one answering questions!</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael</p><p>Even more interesting, of course, is the history behind the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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