I have 291 coins in my collection witk km#1, but of course I collect by year.... so in fact it's less countries (92, I think)! Here they are:
ARUBA
AUSTRIAN NDL
BOHEMIA
BRITISH WEST AF
CAMEROON
CANADA
CAPE VERDE
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CHINA
CONGO DEM REP
CONGO POP REP
COOK ISLANDS
CR
CZ
DDR
DUTCH ANTILLES
EAST TIMOR
EQ AFRICA
EQ GUINEA
ESTONIA
FALKLAND
FRENCH EQ. AFR
FRENCH INDO CHI
FRENCH OCEANIA
FRENCH POLYNESI
FRENCH WEST AFR
GAMBIA
GERMANY
GHANA
GS BERG
GUERNSEY
GUINEA
IRELAND
JORDAN
KATANGA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
LATVIA
LEBANON
LIBYA
MACEDONIA
MALAWI
MALAYA
MALAYA BORNEO
MALAYSIA
MAURITANIA
MOLDOVA
NAMIBIA
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW FOUNDLAND
NEW HEBRIDES
NEW ZEALAND
NIGERIA
NIUE
NORTH KOREA
PAKISTAN
PALESTINE
PAPUA
QATAR
QATAR AND DUBAI
RHODESIA
RHODESIA NYASA
RUANDA-URUNDI
RWANDA
SAARLAND
Saint Helena & Ascension
SAINT THOMAS
SAMOA
SAN MARINO
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA (SLOVENSKO)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOMALIA ITAL
SOMALILAND
SOUTH ARABIA
SOUTH KOREA
SOUTH RHODESIA
SS EUZKADI
ST PIERRE
TANZANIA
TOGO
TRANSNISTRIA
TRINIDAD
TURKMENISTAN
UAE
UGANDA
VIETNAM SOUTH
VIRGIN ISLANDS
WEST AFRICA
YUGOSLAVIA
ZANZIBAR
ZIMBABWE
Thanks for starting this thread. I have a number of KM#1's and have listed some of the older ones that I find very interesting.
Roy
British West Indies 1/16 Dollar - George IV
1820-1822
French Guiana 2 Sous - Louis XVI
1780-1790
Indian states – Makrai 1 Paisa - Bharat Shah
(1886-1920)
Isle of Man ½ Penny - Anne
1709
Mombasa - Imperial British East Africa Company 1 Pice (IBEA Coinage)
1306 (1888-1889)
North Borneo ½ Cent
1885-1907
I've 13 KM#1 countries:
Czech Republic 50 Korun
French Guiana 2 Sous - Louis XVI
Katanga 1 Franc
Kenya 5 Cents (without legend)
Kiribati 1 Cent
Qatar and Dubai 1 Dirham - Ahmad
Saar 10 Franken
Saint Helena & Ascension 1 Penny - Elizabeth II (2nd portrait)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 Franc
Togo 50 Centimes
Trinidad and Tobago 1 Cent - Elizabeth II
Uganda 5 Cents
Vatican City 5 Centesimi - Pius XI
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Απόσπασμα: "radrick007"I've been after one of these for a while. I couldn't find anyone here that I could work out a swap with so I bought one off eBay.
Canada KM#1 Bronze Cent https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7984.html
OK, it's not the best grade, but at least the price was right! Also, I now have a total of 19 different Canada cent types, including a consecutive run of 16 types from KM#1 to KM#289.
That is a Low 9 Variety nice find
Trying to complete my large cent collection right now. Any help would be appreciated
aruba
bohemia and Moravia
cayman islands
China people's republic
Czechoslovakia
east timor
kiribati
Malaya and British Borneo
Namibia
New Caledonia
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
South Vietnam
Transnistria
trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Απόσπασμα: "smoked_caramel"I counted 33 KM#1's in my collection, or just over 1% :D
i would like to get 100 km1 coins---i think i am upto 60 now and it is easy to findout- just enter km1 in search engine in 'my collection' and add them up--try not to include fantasy countries, like the usa" colonies"
Pretty sure I also have the KM#1 types for Aruba, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Germany - 1871-1948, Macedonia, Malawi (that was one lucky purchase), Moldova, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Saar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Transnistria, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; just hadn't got around to entering them yet :-)
(Might actually have similar non-#1 types for some of them. Might be forgetting some others; Zimbabwe in particular seems likely.)
I have (already listed only) 7 KM#2 types, 7 KM#3 types (plus 3 KM#3a), 13 KM#4 types (plus 1 KM#4a); the highest KM number in my listed collection is 2824 (2 Heller 1917 of Austria - Habsburg).
I have one Y#1 type (Russia - Empire; not entered yet). Haven't checked for other references (there are too many).
Incidentally, I wonder if Israel's KM numbers are straight continuations from (British) Palestine (last Palestinian coin is KM#7, first Israeli coin is KM#8). Won't be surprised if there were other countries with similar situations (lacking a KM#1 because it belonged to another country).
Απόσπασμα: "January First-of-May"Incidentally, I wonder if Israel's KM numbers are straight continuations from (British) Palestine (last Palestinian coin is KM#7, first Israeli coin is KM#8). Won't be surprised if there were other countries with similar situations (lacking a KM#1 because it belonged to another country).
That's quite interesting (any of you Brits watch QI?) I hadn't really thought about that but it looks like you're probably right
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.
Fascinating! I was surprised to find I have 15. Most are common (Numista Rarity index < 20), one is fairly common (NR index of 30), and one is relatively rare (NR index of 80): Jersey 1/52 shilling.
Απόσπασμα: "cpdavey"Fascinating! I was surprised to find I have 15. Most are common (Numista Rarity index < 20), one is fairly common (NR index of 30), and one is relatively rare (NR index of 80): Jersey 1/52 shilling.
What's your "rarest" KM#1?
My rarest one is Bhutan 1/2 Rupee, but I'm not totally sure of it. The next rarest one is 1/2 penny Gough Island. Index is 61. Totally I have 62 number ones, but most of them are very common coins.
Απόσπασμα: "cpdavey"Fascinating! I was surprised to find I have 15. Most are common (Numista Rarity index < 20), one is fairly common (NR index of 30), and one is relatively rare (NR index of 80): Jersey 1/52 shilling.
What's your "rarest" KM#1?
All of my listed KM#1 coins have NR indexes under 20 (can't recall which is the largest one). The Malawi coin (not entered yet) has 26, thus "lucky purchase"; hadn't checked if any others in that list are rarer. (If so, it's not Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Macedonia, or Saar.)
I have a few much more uncommon KM#2 coins, though (NR index 22, 57, 62 - okay, that one is holed - and I have multiple dates of this type with 59 but still haven't entered any).
Of course, this KM#4 is one of my rarest coins in general (NR index of 92).
I have 79 now that I have entered 99% of my collection on Numista.
Aruba
Bangladesh
Bohemia and Moravia
British Virgin Islands
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
China - People's Republic
Congo Republic
Cook Islands
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
East Timor
Eastern Caribbean
Equatorial Guinea
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
French Oceania
French West Africa
The Gambia
German Democratic Republic
German East Africa
Germany - Empire
Ghana
Guernsey
Guinea
Iceland
India - Republic
Italian states - Ancona
Italy
Katanga
Kenya
Latvia
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaya
Malaya and British Borneo
Malaysia
Moldova
Mombasa
Namibia
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
Qatar
Qatar and Dubai
Rhodesia
Ruanda-Burundi
Saar
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Samoa
Singapore
Slovakia
Somalia
Somaliland
South Arabia
South Korea
South Vietnam
Straits Settlements
Tanzania
Tonkin
Transnistria
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
I remember buying only the Tonkin as an individual coin; the rest came from bulk lots
Will
Απόσπασμα: "radrick007"I just added a 1966 Kenya 5 cents to my collection:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2636.html
It's not at all scarce or valuable but, to my mind, a KM#1 signifies an important landmark in that particular nations history. Anyone got any cool KM#1 tales?
I was thinking about this when I was looking for KM#1 coins in my collection and I noticed that most KM#1 coins were from former colonies that got their independence in the 50's and 60's and the more I looked at my collection I saw a lot of historical correlations regarding KM #'s. 1) if there are a lot of KN series in the same part of the world it usually means political instability, since these usually signify a change in regime (example: Straits Settlements, Malaya, Malaya & British Borneo, then Malaysia and Singapore.) 2) if there are KM#' that go from one to say 800 in a few years, that indicates financial instability, since is a change in coinage often accompanies a monetary reform, not always the case, but often enough. 3) if KM numbers go from 1 to a large number, say 1300 over the course of a few hundred years, the country is both economically and politically stable since a single series indicates the same government regime ad the slow changing in coins means an economic stability.
I am sure that there might be exceptions to all this, but I thought it might be interesting for a historian ( I know there are a few in Numista) to do a more in depth study and correlate KM #'s with history. I am not aware of any studies that use numismatics in this way, other than talking about ancient coins and the empires that came with them, but not really talking about numismatics and how historical and political factors affect it or alter it.Just an idea.
Απόσπασμα: "January First-of-May"I only have five KM#1 types already listed in my Numista collection:
Bohemia and Moravia
China - People's Republic
Malaya and British Borneo
Malaysia
Turkmenistan
Pretty sure I also have the KM#1 types for Aruba, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Germany - 1871-1948, Macedonia, Malawi (that was one lucky purchase), Moldova, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Saar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Transnistria, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; just hadn't got around to entering them yet :-)
(Might actually have similar non-#1 types for some of them. Might be forgetting some others; Zimbabwe in particular seems likely.)
I have (already listed only) 7 KM#2 types, 7 KM#3 types (plus 3 KM#3a), 13 KM#4 types (plus 1 KM#4a); the highest KM number in my listed collection is 2824 (2 Heller 1917 of Austria - Habsburg).
I have one Y#1 type (Russia - Empire; not entered yet). Haven't checked for other references (there are too many).
Incidentally, I wonder if Israel's KM numbers are straight continuations from (British) Palestine (last Palestinian coin is KM#7, first Israeli coin is KM#8). Won't be surprised if there were other countries with similar situations (lacking a KM#1 because it belonged to another country).
Since that post, I have entered my KM#1 coins for Aruba, Malawi, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and Ukraine (the latter is technically #1.1b), and acquired (and entered) KM#1 coins for Latvia, Macau, North Korea, Rhodesia, and Rwanda-Burundi, for a total of 14. I also acquired KM#1a coins for Iceland, Kazakhstan, and Zimbabwe.
I have 16 KM#2 types (plus one 2a), 16 KM#3 types (plus four 3a), and 21 KM#4 types (plus two 4a).
Still only the one Y#1 (the Russian coin) - most of them are really rare (I'm kind of looking for the Manchurian coin, as part of my general aim for a Manchoukuo type set, but even that is probably way out of my league).
Anyway, I have since entered KM#1 coins for Ghana, Netherlands Antilles, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, and most recently Bulgaria (which inspired this post). All of those were old purchases I hadn't got around to entering yet (or, in the case of the Bulgarian coin, a purchase I had no idea was made in the first place - I found it while cleaning up a pile of stuff that hadn't been touched much since 2014).
That's a total of 19 KM#1 coins (including the Ukrainian 1.1b).
I have 21 KM#2 coins, but I'm not sure which are new from the last post, unfortunately.
Countries listed in my June 9 post that I supposedly have the KM#1 for but still hadn't entered it yet: Bangladesh, Belgium, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Germany - 1871-1948, Macedonia, Moldova, Saar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Transnistria, and Uzbekistan.
Five of those are not represented in my current Numista collection at all (I have other coins listed for the other seven).
I guess if you could only have one coin from a country, a KM#1 would be the one to have.
I have 14:
Austrian Netherlands
Cayman Islands
China - People's Republic
Dominican Republic
Finland
German Democratic Republic
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands Antilles
Palestine
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Somalia
Trinidad and Tobago
Zimbabwe
Just checked my collection of KM#1 coins and I have 94 different coins, although I have not added one for a little while now.
Never realised I had that many. Must try and get some more next year.
I currently have 33 straight KM#1 coins (Aruba, Bohemia and Moravia, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, China PR, Congo Republic, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, French Indochina, Ghana, India, Katanga, Latvia, Macau, Malawi, Malaya and British Borneo, Malaysia, Mombasa, Netherlands Antilles, North Korea, Palestine, Rhodesia, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rwanda-Burundi, Saar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Singapore, Stoltenhoff Island, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zanzibar), as well as KM#1.1a and 1.1b from Ukraine and three KM#1a coins (Iceland, Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe).
I have 28 straight KM#2 coins, 30 straight KM#3 coins, and 32 straight KM#4 coins (there are more search results for the first two of those, due to complicated Ukrainian numbers, as well as a KM#2.1 from United Arab Emirates).
Απόσπασμα: "ALLRED1950"Hey Rick had to bring this back. Just got my Km#1 New Zealand.
And yes paid to much for it, well I think I did. Don't care
How much ? I have bought one in June and well, I paid 3 euros. It was classified as "VF" but in fact looks the same or possibly a little better than yours.
superman43 I got mind for 5 US dollars. But came with this too
But I think this is a round 8, or from sets only. What would make it a lot lower mintage
Απόσπασμα: "ALLRED1950"Hey Rick had to bring this back. Just got my Km#1 New Zealand.
And yes paid to much for it, well I think I did. Don't care
How much ? I have bought one in June and well, I paid 3 euros. It was classified as "VF" but in fact looks the same or possibly a little better than yours.
I would say VF also-usually tell from wear on diamonds in crown of George- 2017 catalogue value as VF = $9.00 NZ about 6.50 us or 5.74 euro, so 3 euro good price (about half catalogue)
Oh and by the way, I am still on the hunt for a Jersey farthing (1/48 or 1/52). I know they are scarce as hen's teeth but if anyone has one for trade, I would be happy to work out a good price for it
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.
I don't believe I've participated in this old thread.. so here goes:
I've got 39 KM#1s, from:
Ascension Island
Belgium
British Palestine
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
China - PRC
Czechoslovakia
East Africa
French Guiana
French Indochina
German East Africa
Germany 1871-1948
Hong Kong
Italy
Katanga
Kiau Chau
Macau
Malaya
Malaya and British Borneo
Mauritania
Mombasa
New Hebrides
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Nigeria
North Borneo
Panama
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Saar
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
San Marino
Somalia
South Vietnam
Southern Rhodesia
Tanzania
Togo
Tonkin
Zanzibar
Also, 40 KM#2s, 40 KM#3s, and 33 KM#4s.
But back to the KM#1s, my proudest would probably be my Kiau Chau KM#1.
This little beauty has been on my wish list for a while, just picked up a few of them this week and brought my total KM#1 count to 48 - two more for a half century!
Just checked my collection of KM#1 as listed on Numista.
I have exactly 100
Even I am impressed with that total, as I did not think it was anywhere near that high
I have 85 km1,so got along way to go to catch upto the 100--funny when we still had the 300 country club, after i had acquired 300th coin, an american trader did not believe me and asked me to prove it ,and that was a bit depressing after all the work i had done-- shortly after the rules were changed and i do not think there are any members now . Also trying to work out if I have any complete country collections by km type, and i think i have only about 4
I really like this section of the forum because there are questions and curiosities that I had not thought of, this for example to see how many KM # 1 you have in your collection is a very curious topic, and for me the result has been even more: 108 KM # 1 in my collection, I never would have thought there were so many, and now I will try to find some that I lack.
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Απόσπασμα: "radrick007"This little beauty has been on my wish list for a while, just picked up a few of them this week and brought my total KM#1 count to 48 - two more for a half century!
East Caribbean States 1/2 cent
I have a couple more of these for sale or trade, if anyone is interested.
Well, it's been a while (almost a year) since my last post on this thread so thought it time for an update. My total count for KM#1 is up to 49 (because I am discounting Ukraine 1.1a & 1.1b) and my latest addition was this little beaut picked up in a swap with a member in Ireland, appropriately enough:
Απόσπασμα: "January First-of-May"I currently have 33 straight KM#1 coins (Aruba, Bohemia and Moravia, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, China PR, Congo Republic, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, French Indochina, Ghana, India, Katanga, Latvia, Macau, Malawi, Malaya and British Borneo, Malaysia, Mombasa, Netherlands Antilles, North Korea, Palestine, Rhodesia, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rwanda-Burundi, Saar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Singapore, Stoltenhoff Island, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zanzibar), as well as KM#1.1a and 1.1b from Ukraine and three KM#1a coins (Iceland, Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe).
I have 28 straight KM#2 coins, 30 straight KM#3 coins, and 32 straight KM#4 coins (there are more search results for the first two of those, due to complicated Ukrainian numbers, as well as a KM#2.1 from United Arab Emirates).
You've reminded me that I should check the changes!
Since the previous listing (slightly over two and half years ago), I've added (mainly from more recently entered old purchases) straight KM#1 coins for Belgium, Cayman Islands, Congo DR, North Macedonia, Slovakia, South Sudan, and Uzbekistan, for a grand total of 40 straight KM#1 coins (plus the two Ukrainian types, plus the three KM#1a types, both unchanged from the previous listing).
Also 29 straight KM#2 (one new, most likely South Sudan), 33 straight KM#3 (three new, not sure exactly which), and 34 straight KM#4 (two new, again not sure exactly which).
...It's an unfortunate reminder of just how little my Numista collection had progressed since 2017.
Well sad to say , but only one right now, Aruba. Got mad and boxed everything up and made a big mess. Now unboxing and trying to made it. Took all my coins out. My girl friend and kids got on me ,but this time do it right. Well working on the A's. This is going to take some time.
Απόσπασμα: "radrick007"This little beauty has been on my wish list for a while, just picked up a few of them this week and brought my total KM#1 count to 48 - two more for a half century!
East Caribbean States 1/2 cent
I have a couple more of these for sale or trade, if anyone is interested.
Well, it's been a while (almost a year) since my last post on this thread so thought it time for an update. My total count for KM#1 is up to 49 (because I am discounting Ukraine 1.1a & 1.1b) and my latest addition was this little beaut picked up in a swap with a member in Ireland, appropriately enough:
Irish Free State bronze farthing/feoirling
Wow, doesn't time fly when you're having fun (or not!) So, nearly two years since my last update on this thread and I have just added this little KM#1 from South Vietnam, taking my total count to 55, including the two Ukraine 10 Kopiiok.
oynbcnI really like this section of the forum because there are questions and curiosities that I had not thought of, this for example to see how many KM # 1 you have in your collection is a very curious topic, and for me the result has been even more: 108 KM # 1 in my collection, I never would have thought there were so many, and now I will try to find some that I lack.
In 6 years, I've only managed to increase the number of issuers with KM#1 by 15, which is a very difficult task for some places...now I have 123.
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Absolutely agree. Also Kenya has alot of different types that are fairly doable to complete as a collection. My favourite in my Kenya collection is this coin. I have the coin you posted but my African collection isn't as organised as I would like. But Kenya is definitely in my top 3 African countries to collect from.
sccedaFinally, today I have sorted out my collection by the catologue number and found the following countries with KM# 1:
Palestine Cayman Islands St. Helena and Ascension St. Pierre and Miquelon New Hebrides Panama India Republic Ukraine Estonia Malaysia Kiribati Zimbabwe Equatorial Guinea Zanzibar East Timor Total 15
It's interesting how my collection had changed after the major shift of focus. Now I only have 9 coins with KM# 1:
oynbcnI really like this section of the forum because there are questions and curiosities that I had not thought of, this for example to see how many KM # 1 you have in your collection is a very curious topic, and for me the result has been even more: 108 KM # 1 in my collection, I never would have thought there were so many, and now I will try to find some that I lack.
In 6 years, I've only managed to increase the number of issuers with KM#1 by 15, which is a very difficult task for some places...now I have 123.
Now 124 KM#1 with the new added British West Africa 😃
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