1967 Canada 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Centenary of Confederation) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces306.html
I've already posted the rest of my 1967 Canadian Confederation on the "Countries by alphabet" thread, but this coin (and my photo of it) was simply impossible for me to not post.
Everyone's favourite silver coin it seems, this is at least the third or fourth one posted here.
This one was a gift from an elderly French relative who remembers using the "ancien" or old franc (pre-1960), right after I began collecting.
A one year only issue. In the French new franc era, a new 25mm 50c. coin was introduced, but lasted only three years before replaced with a more traditional 19mm half franc in Cu-Ni.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
引用する: "CassTaylor"
1960 France 5 Francs
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces679.html
The last year we'll be able to post this type, so why not. (1959 coins do exist, but only as essais)
several weeks until 1920, then we'll start again .
btw - what is going on in your avatar - can't quite make out the art work at 100x100...?
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
And a Greek 10 Drachmai - King Paul I.
Those Greek coins minted under the rule of Paul I and Constantine II are some of my favourite modern coins. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3364.html
Thinking about refreshing the thread again at 1950. Any rule changes you'd like to see? I was thinking about removing the 2 coin limit, haven't had more than a half dozen people posting each year so the thread shouldn't get too huge too fast.
引用する: "sc.rednek"Thinking about refreshing the thread again at 1950. Any rule changes you'd like to see? I was thinking about removing the 2 coin limit, haven't had more than a half dozen people posting each year so the thread shouldn't get too huge too fast.
My only non-USA 1958. Do people in England get annoyed at how thick and heavy their coins are?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces71.html
My only non-USA 1958. Do people in England get annoyed at how thick and heavy their coins are?
Funny you should ask, no we don't, we love a bit of heavy metal in Britain.
people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening
引用する: "sc.rednek"Thinking about refreshing the thread again at 1950. Any rule changes you'd like to see? I was thinking about removing the 2 coin limit, haven't had more than a half dozen people posting each year so the thread shouldn't get too huge too fast.
My only non-USA 1958. Do people in England get annoyed at how thick and heavy their coins are?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces71.html
My only non-USA 1958. Do people in England get annoyed at how thick and heavy their coins are?
Funny you should ask, no we don't, we love a bit of heavy metal in Britain.
Is the bit about "heavy metal" a double entendre?
Jokes aside, most modern coins in circulation on both sides of the pond seem to be of "reasonable" dimensions, compared to the tiny and huge coins issued in the past on both extreme ends of the scale.
You do have to wonder if anyone ever complained about their Cartwheel tuppences or Russian 5 Kopecks being way too heavy; or for that matter, if anyone complained about some old British white pound banknotes being practically the size of placemats.
引用する: "sc.rednek"Thinking about refreshing the thread again at 1950. Any rule changes you'd like to see? I was thinking about removing the 2 coin limit, haven't had more than a half dozen people posting each year so the thread shouldn't get too huge too fast.
My only non-USA 1958. Do people in England get annoyed at how thick and heavy their coins are?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces71.html
My only non-USA 1958. Do people in England get annoyed at how thick and heavy their coins are?
Funny you should ask, no we don't, we love a bit of heavy metal in Britain.
Is the bit about "heavy metal" a double entendre?
Jokes aside, most modern coins in circulation on both sides of the pond seem to be of "reasonable" dimensions, compared to the tiny and huge coins issued in the past on both extreme ends of the scale.
You do have to wonder if anyone ever complained about their Cartwheel tuppences or Russian 5 Kopecks being way too heavy; or for that matter, if anyone complained about some old British white pound banknotes being practically the size of placemats.
First thought when i was shown a white pound banknote was they must have had big wallets back in the day!
I do like a bit of Iron Maiden and led Zeppelin from time to time .
people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening
That's a beauty! I am looking out for one of those.
Here is the Monaco version of the 100 franc coin I posted yesterday https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5132.html
one year only for Monaco, and only 500,000 struck, which is a lot actually, for Monaco.
Minted the last year before the Saar Protectorate was handed back to West Germany after WWII, in the spirit of Franco-German reconciliation and postwar European integration.
Mr.Midnight will be very familiar with this coin, since it was one of the first that came up in the Common Planchets thread; this one was minted on the same planchets as their contemporary French counterparts, the 100 Francs Cochet.
My favourite Portuguese commemorative, at least until I get my hands on the 1898 set.
In MPCC Europe this year, my coin beat someone else's example of this by something like 27 points, and I honestly felt kind of bad; it's a lovely coin that I really like.
Finally we reach the end (well, technically, the beginning) of Elizabeth II's illustrious reign! Here's the first George VI of the thread: 1952 South Africa 5 Shillings - George VI (Tercentenary of Cape Town) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12759.html
And the first (or last) US classic commemorative half dollar:
Tomorrow will be the start of a new thread. Going to do away with the 2-coin limit, but please try to limit the number of separate pictures so the thread doesn't get too ridiculous on load times
(1959 coins do exist, but only as essais) 
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