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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 195585, member: 39&quot;]No, I for one do not collect those S.M.O.M. issues. True, they are &quot;legal tender&quot; in the territories of the Order (basically two buildings in Rome, see the previous replies) but in my opinion that is a pseudo-currency. On the other hand, the profits from the sales of these pieces are used for the humanitarian work of the order, so one may just consider buying one a donation for a good cause.</p><p><br /></p><p>One caveat though: There are similar pieces made in the name of some &quot;Order of Saint John&quot; of the Knights of Malta. Those pieces, issued since 1999 according to my catalog, don&#039;t have anything to do with the SMOM.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting, by the way, that the order, located in Italy, uses a grani - tari - scudi currency system while Malta uses the lira (formerly pound) ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now Nagorno-Karabakh, well, the Schön catalog lists the 2004 issues as &quot;regular&quot; coins but the previous gold and silver issues as privately made medals. If those aluminum and brass pieces are actually used there, then I would not mind having some ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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