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The Official Blackbook Price Guide to World Coins 2008, Edition #11




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The Official Blackbook Price Guide to World Coins 2008, Edition #11

COLLECTING WORLD COINS By Edd Smith Collecting world coins is as vast as the world itself. Generally, world coins are considered to be coins other than the coins of the United States. Over the years, hundreds of countries have come and gone, some leaving only artifacts of their existence. Among the artifacts that have been found are coins. This is especially true for countries prior to the Christian calendar. In more modern times countries like Germany, France, Austria, India, Italy, and Switzerland had many city-states with their own rulers and coinage. These city-states are no longer on the maps of the world, but their coins are still in demand by world coin collectors. Among the countries still on the world maps, there is a rich history of coins. Countries like Turkey did not have images of rulers on the coins until recently, and countries like Great Britain have had images of rulers on coins for many centuries. The British Commonwealth, Liberia, and Western Samoa issue large numbers of commemora-tive coins minted at private mints. There are countries that used the coins of other nations prior to issuing their own coins. The United States is one such country. There are countries today that use the coins and/or currency of the United States, like Panama and Ecuador. There are also countries that used merchant and bank to-kens because no coins were available. Canada and Great Britain used such tokens in the 1700s and 1800s. There are countries that still use the currency of other countries. Bosnia uses the German mark. Afghanistan uses the Pakistani rupee. And the list of countries rich in coin history goes on. There are countries that issued unusual coins. Chinese knife and spade money, Thai boat money, Kissi pennies from the North-western part of Africa, and the Katanga Cross from the Congo are examples of such coins. There are countries that issue non-circulating legal tender coins or, as they commonly called, bul-lion coins. These are coins of gold, platinum, and silver minted in denominations that do not reflect the values of the metals used. Collectors today may decide to specialize in their collecting. Sub-jects that may be collected are size, shape, insects, rulers, metals, ships, or a single denomination from specific countries. Or they may 3

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