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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1731409, member: 39&quot;]That FERT is ... an abbreviation, and connected to the House of Savoy What it actually means is not known for sure though. See here (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERT" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>), and the Italian version, though more detailed, does not provide the &quot;ultimate&quot; answer either. And yes, Filippo Speranza designed (and engraved, I suppose) that coin. (<a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Speranza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Speranza" rel="nofollow">Link in Italian</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for whether coins of colonies or &quot;remote&quot; territories should be counted as coins of the issuing country, or of the area where they were used ... in my opinion, that depends on how you collect. Let&#039;s say you have a huge collection of coins from all over the world - then it makes a lot of sense to have the &quot;Colonial&quot; Philippines (Spanish, US) in the same folder/box/whatever as the independent Philippines. Somebody who focuses on US (or Spanish) coins, and has just one or two colonial Philippines pieces, will consider them to be parts of a &quot;US&quot; or &quot;Spain&quot; collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words: no rules. And here in Coin Talk -- well, when in doubt, use the Coin Chat forum. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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