COINS & NOTES
OF WORLD WAR II
NAZI
GERMAN
SILVER COINS 
These four silver coins serve as a memento of the horrors of
the
Third Reich.
The 2 Reichsmark was issued from 1936 to 1939. It pictures
Paul
von Hindenburg on one side and an eagle holding a wreathed swastika on
the other. It is 25mm in diameter and contains .1607 troy ounces of
silver. . Nazi Germany used three
different designs on their regular
issue 5 Reichsmark coins. The first pictured the Potsdam
Military
Church, also called the Potsdam Garrison Church, on one side and an
eagle and two small swastikas on the other.
It was struck only from 1934 to 1935. The Church was built by Prussian
King Friedrich Wilhelm I between 1730 and 1735. Adolf Hitler
was
sworn in a Chancellor of Germany by Paul von Hindenburg at the Church
in 1933. It burned down in the fires caused by the Allied
bombing
in 1945. The second type was
struck
during only during the last part of 1935 and the first part of 1936. It
pictured Paul von Hindenburg on one side and an eagle on the
other. Starting in 1936 the Eagle reverse was replaced with
an
eagle holding a wreathed swastika, similar to the 2 Reichsmark. The
Eagle and Swastika 5 Reichsmark was struck from 1936 to 1939.
The
silver 5 Reichsmark coins are each 29mm in diameter and contains .4016
troy ounces of silver. Because of the
war, no Nazi silver coins were struck after 1939. Coins
grade Very Fine.
Item
DE-93 GERMANY 2 REICHSMARK HINDENBURG/SWASTIKA
1936-39 (KM93) VF
$15.00
Item
DE-83 GERMANY 5 REICHSMARK MILITARY CHURCH
1934-35
(KM83) VF $24.50
Item
DE-86 GERMANY 5 REICHSMARK HINDENBURG/EAGLE
1935-36
(KM86) VF $24.50
Item
DE-94 GERMANY 5 REICHSMARK HINDENBURG/SWASTIKA
1936-39
(KM94) VF $27.50
Item
DE-SSET SET OF ABOVE 4 NAZI GERMAN SILVER COINS $86.00
NAZI GERMAN PAPER MONEY
The 100 Reichsmark note issued by the Nazi government of Germany
features large swastika underprint at the center of the note.
To the right is a portrait of Justus von Liebig. To
the left is a watermark of Von Lievig and an embossed seal.
Von Liebig was a 19th century German chemist. He
was known as the "Father of the Fertilizer Industry" for his discovery
of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient and the importance of plant
nutrients. He is considered one of the greatest chemistry
professors of all time for such innovations as the modern
laboratory-oriented teaching method. The back features varius
allegorical figures. The note is dated June 24, 1935 and was
issued bearing that date until the until Germany's defeat in World War
II
The 50 Reichsmark features the portrait and watermark of 19th century
Prussian politician and banker David Hansemann. The back
features a portrait of Mercury and two small children. The
design does not include a swastika. The note is dated March
30, 1933, which is one week after Hitler assumed control over Germany.
The note was issued bearing that date until the until
Germany's defeat in 1945.
The 20 Reichsmark note portrays Ernst Werner Siemens, the
19th century German industralist and inventor who founded the Siemens
A.G. which has expanded into a multi-national company
producing a wide range products. The note
is dated January 22, 1929 and continued to be produced until 1939.
A worker carrying a hammer and children holding tools is on
the reverse.
All the notes also bear the date
August
30, 1924, which is when the Reichsbank was given the authority to issue
currency.
Item
PM-DE-100RMK NAZI GERMANY 100 REICHSMARK NOTE 1935
P183 UNC. $49.00
Item
PM-DE-50RMK NAZI GERMANY 50 REICHSMARK NOTE 1933
P182 VF-XF $20.00
Item
PM-DE-20RMK NAZI GERMANY 20 REICHSMARK NOTE 1929
P181 VF $10.00
NAZI
OCCUPATION CURRENCY
In order to control inflation and limit currency flows, a special
currency, called Reichskredit-kassenschein was created for use in the
nations overrun by Hitler's forces. The notes were
denominated in German Reichsmark but could only be spent in an occupied
country, but not in Germany. German troops were paid in these
notes, thus effectively forcing the occupied nations to
finance the cost of their occupation. The undated notes were
issued
from 1939 to 1945.
The 5 Reichsmark pictures 2 workers on the front and the Reichstag on
the back
Item
PM-DE-R138 NAZI GERMANY 5 REICHSMARK
OCCUPATION NOTE PR138 VG-F
$8.00
THE NAZI
PROTECTORATE OF BOHEMIA AND
MORAVIA
In March 1939 Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, divided the country and
established a puppet
state called the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. With the defeat
of Germany in
1945, the puppet state was reincorporated into
Czechoslovakia, creating an interesting and historic series of notes
from a short-lived nation. We are pleased to offer the following
banknote of Bohamia and Moravia. The
500
Korun is dated 1942. It is the second issue
of the note, as is indicated with the legend “II AUFLAGE”, on the back
margin. The note features a self-portrait of Bohemian painter
Peter Brandl that he did in 1700.
Item
PM-BOHEM500KR
BOHEMIA & MORAVIA 500 KORUN 1942 P12a Very Fine
$8.75
ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY FOR OCCUPIED
GERMANY
The Allied Military currency for Germany was created by the United
States for use in Germany after the defeat of the Nazis. The notes are
dated 1944 and have a simple design, with the denomination and legends
in German on the front and a large letter “M” for Mark, on
the back. As the Soviet Union participated in the occupation
of Germany, they demanded that they too print a portion of the
notes. After great debate, the United States gave into the
Soviet demand, and provided them with glass plates, inks, paper and
specimen notes. The Soviets then proceeded to print vast
quantities of the notes, without regard to the wishes of the other
allies, fueling inflation in the war-torn country. There are
however a few very minor differences that distinguish the United States
issues and the Soviet issues. The United States issues were
printed by Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company (Forbes Printing) in
Massachusetts, and contain secret mark: a tiny letter “F”
hidden in the scrollwork. The plates provided to the Soviets
did not have that “F”, so it is lacking on the Soviet issues.
The Soviets did not have serial numbering equipment capable to print
nine-digit number, so they combined a three digit and a six-digit block
for their printings, which causes a slight gap between the third and
forth digits. Forbes used a dash for the first digit to
signify a replacement note. The samples provided the Soviets
were replacement notes, so initially all the Soviet issues had a dash
for the first digit of the serial number – until they printed so many
notes that they needed all 9 digits. In 1948 the Allied
Military Currency was withdrawn and replaced with the currency of West
Germany and East Germany.
We are pleased to offer the following the
following selection historic Allied Military Currency notes used in the
occupation of Germany.
Item
PM-DE-191a GERMANY 1/2 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY with F, U.S.
issue 1944 P191a F-VF
$12.00
Item
PM-DE-192a GERMANY 1 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY with F, U.S. issue 1944 P192a F-VF
$7.00
Item
PM-DE-193a GERMANY 5 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY with F, U.S. issue 1944 P193a F-VF
$10.00
Item
PM-DE-194a GERMANY 10 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY with F, U.S. issue 1944 P194a F-VF
$15.00
Item
PM-DE-194d GERMANY 10 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY Soviet issue 1944 P194d F-VF
$17.00
Item
PM-DE-195a GERMANY 20 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY with F, U.S. issue 1944 P195a F-VF
$18.00
Item
PM-DE-195b GERMANY 20 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY Soviet Issue, no dash in serial number 1944 P195b F-VF
$20.00
Item
PM-DE-195d GERMANY 20 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY Soviet Issue, with dash in serial number 1944 P195d F-VF
$18.00
Item
PM-DE-196b GERMANY 50 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY Soviet Issue, no dash in serial number 1944 P196b F-VF
$20.00
Item
PM-DE-197a GERMANY 100 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY with F, U.S. issue 1944 P197 VF
$25.00
Item
PM-DE-197b GERMANY 100 MARK ALLIED MILITARY
CURRENCY Soviet Issue, no dash in serial number 1944 P197b VF
$20.00
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UNUSUAL FIBER
COIN FROM WWII JAPANESE
OCCUPATION OF CHINA
Manchukuo was a Japanese puppet state carved out
of Northeastern China
prior to World War II. Due to a severe metal shortage towards
the
end of the war, it issued 1 and 5 Fen coins struck in a red
cardboard-like material rather than metal. The coin is dated with the
year of the reign of
Emperor Kang Te of Manchukuo. Kang Te was formerly known as
Pu Yi, who was the last
Emperor of China until he was deposed in 1911. The Japanese used him as
the figurehead leader for Manchukuo. The 5 Fen is dated Kang
Te Year 12, which is corresponds to 1945. The 1945 coin catalogs
for $100 in VG condition, however our price is MUCH less. The
1 Fen coin was struck only a single year; KT12, or 1945.
These historic World War II coin are one of the few
circulating non-metallic coins of the century.
Item
MAN-1F45 MANCHUKUO 1 FEN 1945 (KT12) Y13a VG $4.00
Item
MAN-5F45 MANCHUKUO 5 FEN 1945 (KT12) YA13a VG $12.50
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Time Machine
WWII ERA JAPANESE
MILITARY CURRENCY
Japan introduced this 5 Yen Military Note in 1938 for use in the areas
of China that they had occupied. The note was created by
taking partially completed Japanese homeland notes and overprinting
them on the front and back with four large red characters that read
“Military Note”. In 1940 the Military Notes were replaced by
notes issued by the Japanese puppet banks in China, however the
Military Yen continued to be used in Hong Kong and Hainan Island
throughout the war.
Item
PM-CN-M25 JAPANESE MILITARY CURRENCY FOR
CHINA, 5 YEN, 1938-44 VF $15.00
WORLD WAR II JAPANESE
INVASION MONEY
As the Japanese Empire spread out in the early days of World War II,
the Japanese government issued special currency for the various nations
and colonies they conquered. We are offering this collection
of 10 different notes issued by
the
Imperial Japanese Government for the Philippines,
Malaya (now Malaysia), and
Burma (now Myanmar). The notes
were issued in the currency and official
language that was in use at the time of the invasion. Thus
notes
issued for the Philippines were denominated in Pesos and Centavos and
were in English (as it was a United States commonwealth), the Malay
notes were denominated in Dollars and Cents and were in English, (as it
was a British Colony), and the Burmese
notes were denominated in Rupees and Cents and were in English (as it
was a British Colony). The first letter in the block of letters on the
front of the note indicates where the note was to be used: B =
Burma, M = Malaya, P = Philippines, The notes serve
as
a reminder for the failed exploits of the Japanese Imperial Armed
Forces during
World War II.
Item
PM-JIM10 10 DIFFERENT WORLD WAR II JAPANESE
INVASION NOTES, Very Fine - UNC. $9.95
JAPANESE INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES?
When these 10 Dollar notes issued by The Japanese Government started
showing up shortly after World War II, many people took it as proof
that Japan had planned to conquer the United States, and had their new
currency for the United States already printed. The story was
repeated so many times that many believed it must be true.
Though the Japanese government did print the notes, they were for use
in Malay, which Japan conquered by early 1942, not the United
States. Like the United States, Malaya called their
currency the Dollar. However the design is much more suited
to Malaya than the United States. The front features bananas,
breadfruit and coconuts. The back pictures palm trees and ship steaming
on the horizon. Each note has two sets of block letters, starting with
the letter “M”, which stood for Malaya. As an
anti-counterfeiting measure tiny colored silk threads were embedded
into the paper. These unissued, Crisp Uncirculated 10 Dollar
notes were abandoned by the Japanese forces in Malaya after Japan’s
surrender in 1945. They sat in storage for many years since
then. Today they are historic collector’s items
recalling Japan’s unsuccessful attempt to extend her empire across Asia
in World War II.
Item
PM-MALAYA10 MALAYA 10 DOLLARS
JAPANESE INVASION NOTE, PM7c UNC. $3.00
WORLD WAR
II PHILIPPINE GUERRILLA NOTES 
To finance their activities fighting the Japanese during World War II
various guerrilla bands in the Philippines issued their own currency.
The guerillas would set up currency boards which would issue notes.
Generally each province would have its own currency board.
The names of three members of the currency board would appear on each
note, which was a very brave and brazen act of defiance against the
Japanese invaders. The notes tend to be crude, as they were printed
under rather unfavorable conditions with limited resources.
This lot contains 5 different Philippine World War II Guerilla notes
grading Very Good to Very Fine.
Item
PM-PH-GUER5 5 DIFFERENT W.W.II
PHILIPPINE GUERILLA NOTES VG-VF
$6.00
BU UNITED STATES
LIBERATION CENTAVO FOR
THE PHILIPPINES
The
Philippines became a United States possession from 1898 as a result
of the Spanish-American War. In 1942 it fell to invading Japanese
forces. This attractive Brilliant Uncirculated bronze 1
Centavo was produced at the San Francisco mint in 1944 inpreparation
for the liberation of the Philippines from Japan. One side of the coin
shows an Eagle atop the Philippine
arms and the legend "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", along with the famed
"S" mintmark of the San Francisco Mint. The other side shows
a seated man with a hammer and anvil in front of a
volcano. In
1946 the Philippines gained independence, making it one of the last
coins
the United States made for its onetime colony of the Philippines.
Item
PH-179 UNITED STATES-PHILIPPINES 1 CENTAVO
1944-S KM179 BU $4.50
Item
PH-179x10 10 of the above UNITED
STATES-PHILIPPINES
1 CENTAVO
1944-S BU $35.00
ALSO SEE:
UNUSUAL PHILIPPINE
NOTES
ANIMALS COINS FROM THE PHILIPPINES
LAST
COINS OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES STRUCK IN PHILADELPHIA
This bronze half Cent and 1 Cent were struck in Philadelphia in
preparation for the liberation of the Netherlands East Indies (now
Indonesia) from the Japanese. The coins are dated 1945 and
the P mintmark is below the date. Indonesia gained
independence from the Netherlands shortly after World War II, making
them some of the last coins ever issued for what had been a Dutch
territory for over 300 years. The Half cent features the Dutch
arms. The 1 cent has a spray of leaves around a center hole.
The coins feature Dutch legends on one side, while the other has
legends in Javanese and Malay. The coins are Uncirculated,
though may show a bit of toning as is common on older copper coins.
Item
NEI-SET2AE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ˝
& 1 CENT
1945-P UNC.
$3.75
WORLD WAR II
COINS OF FRENCH INDO-CHINA
As
World War II
spread, French Indo-China (now Vietnam,
Cambodia and Laos) became increasingly
isolated and
people started to hoard coins, creating severe coin
shortages. Because copper was needed for the war effort, the Paris mint
replaced
the bronze 1 Cent with a zinc 1 cent in 1940. The new coin
featured a Phrygian cap. After France fell to the Germans
in June 1940, the
French Indo-China
government re-struck the zinc 1 Centime at an engineering college
(Ecole Pratique) in Hanoi using the same design. The Hanoi
restrikes are dated 1940 and 1941. Because they did not have
proper minting or refining equipment,
the coins tend to be
weakly or crudely struck. The United States had not yet
entered
the war, so the San Francisco Mint was contracted to produce
copper-nickel 10 and 20 Centimes. The coins bear the S mintmark and are
dated 1941. The symbolic bust of France is on the front and a sheaf of
grain is on the back. All of the coins bear the legend
"Republique Francaise". Hanoi fell to the Japanese on December 7, 1941.
Production of the zinc 1 Centime stopped as it bore the legend of the
French Republic rather than the Axis supported Vichy government. The
Japanese soon 
began
to withdraw and
melt the Annamese copper and
brass cash
coins, which had been in
circulation as they needed the copper for their war
effort. The cash coins were valued 1/5 to
1/6 of a
cent and were widely used for small transactions. To replace
them
the Osaka mint in Japan
began to strike a zinc
1/4 cent coin for French
Indo-China in 1942. The coins bore the Vichy Government legend of "Etat
Francais" rather than the French Republic legend. The
Japanese
war effort began to go badly and few shipments of the coins could be
made. 
Coin
shortages got
worse, so in 1943 the local government in Hanoi authorized the Ecole
Pratique in Hanoi to strike aluminum 1 and 5 Centime 
coins.
These
coins also bear the Vichy "Etat Francais"
legend.
Following the
liberation of France and French
Indo-China in 1945, a new series of coins was introduced, including
a 10 Cent coin. These bore the same designs as the 1941 San
Francisco issue, however they were struck in aluminum at the Paris
mint. We are pleased to offer you these historic
World War
II coins of French Indo-China, including the scarce Osaka mint and
emergency Hanoi mint issues at a small fraction of their catalog value.
Item
FIC-24 FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1 CENT 1941 Hanoi
Mint KM24.3 F-VF-Crude
$7.00
Item
FIC-21+ FRENCH INDO-CHINA 10 & 20
CENTS 1941-S VF KM21.1a & 23a.2 out
Item
L-FIC-25 FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1/4 CENT 1942 Osaka
Mint KM25 F-VF $2.50
Item
FIC-26+ FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1 and 5 CENTS 1943
Hanoi
KM26-27 UNC.$10.00
Item
FIC-28 FRENCH INDO-CHINA 10 CENTS 1945 Paris
Mint NKM28.1 UNC. $3.00
Item
FIC-SET6 ALL 6 OF THE ABOVE FRENCH
INDO-CHINA COINS out
ALSO SEE:
FRENCH INDO-CHINA COIN SET
POLAND HONORS HER
WWII NAVY
Poland recently started a series honoring of her ships that fought in
World War II on circulating 2 Zlote coins. The 27mm "Nordic
Gold"
(aluminum-bronze) coins depict the Polish arms on one side and the ship
on the other.
The ORP
Błyskawica (Lightning),
launched in 1936, was one of the fastest and most heavily armed
destroyers before World War II. On August 30, 1939 two days
before the German Invasion of Poland she departed for Great Britain, in
order to avoid open conflict or destruction from Germany.
Throughout the war, she worked alongside British forces,
taking part in many of the major European naval operations, including
the Norwegian campaign and the evacuation of Dunkirk. She
also performed convoy and patrol duties in the Atlantic and
Mediterranean. She performed escort duty to the RMS Queen
Mary, being one of the few ships that could keep up with the fast
liner. In 1942 while undergoing an emergency refit at the
shipyard in Cowes on the Isle of Wight where she was built, she
defended the town from a potentially devastating air raid from some 160
German bombers. Her guns becoming so hot they had to be
doused with water and extra ammunition had to be ferried over. During
the war, she logged 146,000 nautical miles (270,000 km) and
escorted eighty-three convoys. She is the only ship of the Polish Navy
awarded the Virtuti Militari medal. She is now a museum
ship in
Gdynia.
The
submarine ORP Orzel (Eagle) was commissioned in February
1939.
She was at sea when the Nazi's invaded Poland in September 1939, thus
unable to return home. Her captain was suffering from an
illness
and needed to be hospitalized, so she headed to the neutral port of
Tallinn, Estonia. At the insistence of Germany, the Estonian
authorities boarded the ship, interned the crew, confiscated all the
navigation aids and maps, and began to remove all her
armaments.
Not all of her torpedoes were removed due to crew members secretly
sabotaging the hoist. The crew conspired to carry
out a
daring escape. On the night of September 18, the Estonian
guards
were overpowered, the mooring lines cut and the sub got underway while
being peppered with machine gun and artillery fire. She ran
aground on a bar at the mouth of the harbor, but was able to get off by
blowing her tanks. She made it out to the Gulf of Finland.
Without any navigation aids other than a list of lighthouses, and
without radio equipment, which had been damaged in her daring escape,
she proceeded to slowly make her way to Great Britain. The
two
Estonian guards who had been aboard were set ashore in
Sweden.
She then followed the Baltic coast around Denmark and out to the North
Sea, then to Scotland. Along the way she came under attack
from
both German and British forces, as without a radio she had no way to
identify herself. Both Germany and the Soviet Union used the Orzel
incident as an excuse to challenge Estonian
neutrality.
Forty days after she had left Gdynia, Orzel arrived off the east coast
of Scotland. She lay on the bottom until emergency repairs
could
be made to her radio, then surfaced to transmit a message in English to
identify herself. The surprised British, who had
assumed
she had sunk, sent a destroyer to escort her into port. After
a
refit, she took part in the Norwegian Campaign, sinking a German troop
transport. In June 1940 she disappeared at sea without a
trace
and has never been found.
The
Polish ship ORP Dragon was originally built for the British Royal Navy
in World War I as a light cruiser. She was launched in 1917
as the HMS Dragon. In 1919 she took was part of a task force
during the Russian Civil War aiding Latvia and Estonia against the
Bolsheviks and Germans. She had uneventful service in the
Royal Navy during the first part of World War II. In 1943 she
was refurbished and modernized, then handed over to the Polish
Navy. She saw action in the Normandy Landings in June
1944. On July 7, 1944 she was heavily damaged by a German
torpedo and was later scuttled to form part of the artificial
breakwater near Courseulles, France.
The
Piorun was a destroyer originally commissioned by the British Royal
Navy in 1939, but was transferred to the Polish Navy in 1940. The name
Piorun means lighting. She saw action against the German
battleship Bismark, and later in the Mediterranean. She
participated in the invasion of Sicily. In 1946 she
was returned to the British Royal Navy and was scrapped in 1955.
Item
PL-BLYS POLAND 2 ZLOTE 2012 SHIP
BLYSKAWICA BU
$3.50
Item
PL-ORZEL POLAND 2 ZLOTE 2012 SUBMARINE ORZEL
BU
$3.50
Item
PL-DRAGON POLAND 2 ZLOTE 2012 SHIP DRAGON
BU
$3.50
Item
PL-PIORUN POLAND 2 ZLOTE 2012 SHIP PIORUN
BU
$3.50
POLAND HONORS
AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Poland issued this 2010 2
Zlote coin to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the
Auschwitz Concentration Camps. Located in German occupied Poland, it
was the largest of the Nazi German concentration camps. An estimated 3
Million people, mostly Jews, were executed or died at the camp. The
camps were finally liberated by Soviet troops in January 1945. The coin
pictures three prisoners and the famed "Arbeit macht frei" (work will
make you free) sign that was located at the entrance of the main camp.
The Polish eagle is on the obverse. The 27mm coin is struck
in a brass alloy called "Nordic Gold" and is Uncirculated.
Item
PL-AUSCHWITZ POLAND 2 ZLOTE 2010 AUSCHWITZ
KM712 BU $3.50
D-DAY COIN IN FOLDER
WITH SAND FROM OMAHA BEACH
The 60th
anniversary of the
Normandy Invasion is commemorated on this silver
clad Proof 2004 Dollar coin from the Cook Islands. The bloody
D-Day
Invasion was an amazing operation, landing over 130,000 American,
British
and Canadian troops in less than 18 hours despite heavy German
resistance.
It was the largest amphibious landing in history. Within
twelve
weeks Paris was liberated and within less than a year Germany
surrendered. The coin shows allied troops, aircraft, and a tank taking
part on the
invasion. Listed on the coin are the beaches where the landings took
place: Utah,
Omaha,
Juno, Gold and Sword. The obverse of the coin pictures Queen
Elizabeth. The coin comes in a special commemorative folder with a map
and brief
history
of the invasion, plus sand from Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach was the site
of
some of the bloodiest fighting of the invasion, where some 3,000
American soldiers lost their lives on the first day of the
invasion. The coin
and folder are an important reminder of the brave soldiers who fought
this decisive battle of World War II.
Item
BK-CK-D-DAY
COOK IS. 1 DOLLAR 2004 D-DAY IN FOLDER WITH
SAND FROM OMAHA BEACH BU
$24.00
UKRAINE
CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR II
One
of the first coins Ukraine issued after obtaining independence from
the Soviet Union was this 1995 200,000 Karbovantsiv commemorating the
50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Ukraine suffered
greatly during the war, both under Stalin and Hitler. An
estimated 10 Million citizens died during the war. The coin depicts a
young woman in native attire placing flowers in Sophia Square in Kiev.
St. Sophia cathedral and the Bohdan Khmelnytsky monument are in the
background. The obverse bears the national arms. The 33mm
copper-nickel coin has a mintage of 250,000 pieces and is
Proof-Like.
Item
UA-2H-WWII
UKRAINE 200,000 KARBOVANTSIV 1995 KM10.2
PROOFLIKE $7.00
UKRAINE CELEBRATES 60TH
ANNIVERSARY OF WWII VICTORY
As many as 10 Million Ukrainians lost their lives during World War
II. Ukraine keeps their memory alive with commemorative
coins. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of victory in World War II
Ukraine issued this circulating commemorative 1 Hryvnia. The
2005 dated 26mm aluminum-bronze coin depicts soldiers returning from
battle between searchlight beams which form a V. The standard
1 Hryvnia obverse is used.
Item
UA-1H-VICT
UKRAINE 1 HRYVNIA 2005 WWII VICTORY KM228
UNC. $4.00
ALSO SEE:
RUSSIA
WWII CITIES OF
MILITARY GLORY COINS
WWII LIBERATION COINAGE
FOR YUGOSLAVIA
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The
Philippines became a United States possession from 1898 as a result
of the Spanish-American War. In 1942 it fell to invading Japanese
forces. This attractive Brilliant Uncirculated bronze 1
Centavo was produced at the San Francisco mint in 1944 inpreparation
for the liberation of the Philippines from Japan. One side of the coin
shows an Eagle atop the Philippine
arms and the legend "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", along with the famed
"S" mintmark of the San Francisco Mint. The other side shows
a seated man with a hammer and anvil in front of a
volcano. In
1946 the Philippines gained independence, making it one of the last
coins
the United States made for its onetime colony of the Philippines.
LAST
COINS OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES STRUCK IN PHILADELPHIA
The ORP
Błyskawica (Lightning),
launched in 1936, was one of the fastest and most heavily armed
destroyers before World War II. On August 30, 1939 two days
before the German Invasion of Poland she departed for Great Britain, in
order to avoid open conflict or destruction from Germany.
Throughout the war, she worked alongside British forces,
taking part in many of the major European naval operations, including
the Norwegian campaign and the evacuation of Dunkirk. She
also performed convoy and patrol duties in the Atlantic and
Mediterranean. She performed escort duty to the RMS Queen
Mary, being one of the few ships that could keep up with the fast
liner. In 1942 while undergoing an emergency refit at the
shipyard in Cowes on the Isle of Wight where she was built, she
defended the town from a potentially devastating air raid from some 160
German bombers. Her guns becoming so hot they had to be
doused with water and extra ammunition had to be ferried over. During
the war, she logged 146,000 nautical miles (270,000 km) and
escorted eighty-three convoys. She is the only ship of the Polish Navy
awarded the Virtuti Militari medal. She is now a museum
ship in
Gdynia. 
The
submarine ORP Orzel (Eagle) was commissioned in February
1939.
She was at sea when the Nazi's invaded Poland in September 1939, thus
unable to return home. Her captain was suffering from an
illness
and needed to be hospitalized, so she headed to the neutral port of
Tallinn, Estonia. At the insistence of Germany, the Estonian
authorities boarded the ship, interned the crew, confiscated all the
navigation aids and maps, and began to remove all her
armaments.
Not all of her torpedoes were removed due to crew members secretly
sabotaging the hoist. The crew conspired to carry
out a
daring escape. On the night of September 18, the Estonian
guards
were overpowered, the mooring lines cut and the sub got underway while
being peppered with machine gun and artillery fire. She ran
aground on a bar at the mouth of the harbor, but was able to get off by
blowing her tanks. She made it out to the Gulf of Finland.
Without any navigation aids other than a list of lighthouses, and
without radio equipment, which had been damaged in her daring escape,
she proceeded to slowly make her way to Great Britain. The
two
Estonian guards who had been aboard were set ashore in
Sweden.
She then followed the Baltic coast around Denmark and out to the North
Sea, then to Scotland. Along the way she came under attack
from
both German and British forces, as without a radio she had no way to
identify herself. Both Germany and the Soviet Union used the Orzel
incident as an excuse to challenge Estonian
neutrality.
Forty days after she had left Gdynia, Orzel arrived off the east coast
of Scotland. She lay on the bottom until emergency repairs
could
be made to her radio, then surfaced to transmit a message in English to
identify herself. The surprised British, who had
assumed
she had sunk, sent a destroyer to escort her into port. After
a
refit, she took part in the Norwegian Campaign, sinking a German troop
transport. In June 1940 she disappeared at sea without a
trace
and has never been found.
One
of the first coins Ukraine issued after obtaining independence from
the Soviet Union was this 1995 200,000 Karbovantsiv commemorating the
50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Ukraine suffered
greatly during the war, both under Stalin and Hitler. An
estimated 10 Million citizens died during the war. The coin depicts a
young woman in native attire placing flowers in Sophia Square in Kiev.
St. Sophia cathedral and the Bohdan Khmelnytsky monument are in the
background. The obverse bears the national arms. The 33mm
copper-nickel coin has a mintage of 250,000 pieces and is
Proof-Like.