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These were the only Soviet issues minted to the same standards as the old pre-1917 Tsarist roubles (barring the 1921-22 RSFSR issues). After 1930, a shortage of silver led to copper-nickel issues to replace the 1920s silver issues; and Soviet authorities blamed silver hoarders for the shortage, leading to confiscatory measures being implemented.
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And I know they're not coins, but these banknotes are not just something I picked up from ebay, my great-grandparents gave them to me. All 4 on my dad's side immigrated to the USA from Germany in the mid 1920's, after living through that they arrived just in time for the great depression here
12 (1923) China (Yunnan) 10 Cents https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26210.html
A scarce type; in 1923 China was wracked by division, and these Yunnan coins were minted under the local de jure independent warlord Tang Jiyao.
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
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1922 RSFSR 50 Kopecks https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4624.html
1922 was the year the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR was signed by representatives from the Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainan and Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republics. So starting from 1924 (the treaty was signed on the 30th December 1922, so a lot of 1923 dated RSFSR coins exist) the "RSFSR" on these first generation Soviet coins was replaced by "USSR" (obviously in Cyrillic!). I posted those 1924 USSR issues two days ago above.
1922 Germany 50 pfennig https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2729.html
1922 German coins (and the 1923 200 and 500 mark issues) are an example of hyperinflation before it got so bad that they no longer bothered with issuing non-notgeld national coins. This 50 pfennig seems to be a standalone issue, since it has no counterparts of other denominations; it really looks like a contemporary Notgeld.
1922 Germany 3 Mark (Weimar Constitution) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3415.html
A cheap commemorative issued to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the interwar German (commonly known today as "Weimar") Republic's constitution. In early 1923 the same aluminium planchets used for the 3 Mark coins the previous year, would be used for 500 Mark coins that would soon become worthless due to hyperinflation.
1921 Mexico 2 Pesos (Independence Centenary) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15039.html
Lots of Latin American countries celebrated their independence centenaries in the 1910s and 1920s; Brazil above, and Mexico here. My example has some serious lustre the photos don't do justice to.
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
Blog : https://parimalscoincollection.blogspot.com
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
Blog : https://parimalscoincollection.blogspot.com
It's the centenary of this thread! Well more like the hundredth day, but still.
1918 R Italian Eritrea 1 Tallero - Victor Emmanuel III https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19516.html
Struck by Italian colonial authorities in a bid to replace the Maria Theresia thaler, which was a popular trade coin in the Horn of Africa, where Italy's colonies of Eritrea and Somalia were located.
1918:
Finnish Civil War coinage. On the left the coin minted by the leftists, the reds https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces34566.html The reds were led by three different people. Stalin wanted to support them but Lenin didn't
The whites were lead by Mannerheim. They won with experienced soldiers.
That standing liberty has a readable date? The 1917-24 raised date type wear off really quickly, even the one I posted is almost worn off. They're still cool for a type coin though, if you're ok with not knowing the exact year
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
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That standing liberty has a readable date? The 1917-24 raised date type wear off really quickly, even the one I posted is almost worn off. They're still cool for a type coin though, if you're ok with not knowing the exact year
What are the other two?
It is very very worn, I tried few hours to read the date, the final decision was a final 8 that I think I seen. So I'm not even 10% sure is the correct date.
First is Italian 20 centesimi and the second the UK Threepence.
Fun fact; China's Beiyang Government declared war on Germany in 1917 and joined the Allies, but only ever sent the Chinese Labour Corps to the Western Front.
1917 China (Yunnan) 3 Mace 6 Candareens - Tang Jiyao https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3972.html
Tang Jiyao was a Chinese warlord who de facto ruled Yunnan province from 1917 to 1926. I used to think this coin I got cheap at 45 euro but turns out it's just the most common type (relative to the other silver issues of this era).
ND (1917) China (Beijing) 20 Cash https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6816.html
This coin bears the dragon motif of the Qing Dynasty, deposed in 1911; but it was actually struck from 1903 dies at the Wuchang mint in 1917 (Y#5.2 in the SCWC) during an insurrection.
1917 Type 1 standing liberty quarter
for anyone not familiar with these quarters, compare it to my post yesterday. The Type 1 was only made for the first part of 1917
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1915 Portugal 1 Escudo https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11152.html
Looking for the 1914 5th anniversary of the Revolution type. Portugal in 1915 was a young Republic, having deposed the House of Braganza only in 1910.
1915 United States 1/2 Dollar (Panama-Pacific Exposition) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22587.html
The Panama-Pacific Exposition was held in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the opening and completion of the Panama Canal the previous year, and also to showcase the rebuilding of San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906.
1914 R Italy 2 Lire - Victor Emmanuel III https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7359.html
This is the "fast" variety, characterised by the more energetic depiction of the horses in the quadriga on the reverse (as opposed to the "slow" variety which lasted until 1913).
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mostly in my head, but if you have your coins all catalogued here you can download it as a spreadsheet
1913 - I have a raised mound buffalo nickel to share, but I have a really nice fire burning in the backyard and just finished grilling some steak, don't feel like going inside just yet
Since I don't recall seeing anyone post theirs in the country thread:
1913 A Germany (Prussia) 2, 3 Mark - Wilhelm II (Centenary of the War of the Sixth Coalition) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13477.html https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4713.html
Not scarce types by any means but still wonderful to look at.... these coins circulated much less than other German circulating commemoratives of the time, probably because of their unorthodox designs, meaning most can be found in relatively high grades.
@phofoticus
Thanks but the application I store my photos in doesn't seem to want to let me name them...
@sc.rednek
I completely forgot about being able to do that; and I think that it works! The only downside is having to re-download it every so often because of new additions to your collection.
Απόσπασμα: "CassTaylor"... how do you people keep track of what coins you have for each year?
I create a folder, in My Documents, within which are other folders, each for 50 years ...
so I just name each coin as whatever year it is, with a or b etc at the end. So (in 1900-1949)
on that second image are easily found the three coins I added below for 1913.
Though I have other folders where I give each image the Numista page number followed
by a for Obverse, b for Reverse, and sometimes c for the edge if I have an image of it too ...
then to find a particular year I go to Search and enter say 1811 and put 'My collection: in' so
only coins for that year are displayed. For example near top right of the first image is 90209a
which is this page https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces90209.html
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