Nations that should be banned from producing coins

A curious question, akin to whether nations in the nether regions as well as equatorial regions all have their own coinage or bills? It could breathe new meaning into the word "frosty" as Antarctica eventually becomes a nation and offers orbicular coinage.

Mad Magazine had a piece many years ago that was hilarious, "Flags of unknown nations", I doubt anyone here read it....

 

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were yet to fire up the mint.

 

I remember years ago there was an offshore oil platform that declared independence and called itself "Sealand". It wouldn't be a bad business idea to start a country and issue commemorative coinage. It would be even better to open a good quality microbrewery in this new country and market the coins together with the beer. There are so many different themes of commemorative coins around the world but I have yet to see any related to beer. This could be an untapped market that could expand the numismatic hobby by bring more beer lovers on board.

 

Cheers, I agree!!

=> here is an ancient coin with a nice big ol' beer stein on the back of 'er (that's a good start!!)

 

I think that this is a little harsh on the isle of man,if you have a parliament for a thousand years,i will excuse a lack of beauty on the coins

 

Americans.....beer lovers?
I was under the impression that the Americans fell over after 6 pints?
a) get stick
b) approach hornets nest
c)push stick in and wiggle around
d)stand well back

 

Make mine a "Two Roads" double IPA! Either that or Samuel Adams Latitude 48...

 

Pretty sure Somalia doesn't mint those coins...

 

Have you guys ever been to an English boozer? You'd be spoilt rotten......especially for 'real ale' or beer as you call it. Summer lightning, tanglefoot, old thumper etc etc.

 

I lived in England(London to be precise) from 2002-2004. Was the best time of my life. I didn't drink beer until I lived there and I have to say, I WAS spoiled rotten. I had a tough time coming back to the States.

 

The Icelandic parliament is about as old, the Isle of Man has about one third or a fourth of the population ... And yet Iceland does not issue dozens of coins every year.

Christian

 

Good luck getting quality beer for under $5 a draft in much of the US, which is roughly 3X the price at the local supermarket, etc..

 

True. That's why I tend to drink at home (alone in the dark lol) nowadays.

 

Several countries I collect have non-traditional coins. I just ignore the coins I do not like. Many of these coins have unusual shapes, themes or associations with events totally outside the country's history, politics or political culture.

 

I thought the coins had an "M" mint mark for Mogadishu lol...

 

Ahhhhh Mog....Should be a "SH" mint mark for...well...you can figure it out.

 

I like the Polish coins in my collection. Here are a few:

 

Agreed.

 

Nope, I really dislike them, nothing nice about them in my opinion....