INTERESTING MODERN WORLD COINS
COIN FROM TINY
ANDORRA

The
Principality of Andorra is a tiny nation on the border of France
and Spain that is nominally ruled by the Bishop of Urgell and the
President of France. It was originally granted a charter by
Charlemagne. In 988 Andorra was given to the Bishop of
Urgell. In 1095, in exchange for military protection, the
Bishop signed a treaty with the Lord of Caboet, making them both
co-sovereigns of Andorra. Eventually that part of the title
passed to President of France. In 1999 Andorra issued this 22mm
aluminum 1 Centim coin as part of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization’s coin program. One side depicts the winged
figure of Ceres delivering wheat. The other side has the
denomination and the titles of the Bishop of Urgell. Though
Andorra is not a Euro member, it has the right to issue a limited
number of Euro coins due to pre-existing treaties with Spain and
France.
Item AD-1C99
ANDORRA 1 CENTIM 1999 KM171 UNC.
$3.00
ANDORRA
COIN PICTURES CHAMOIS

The
Principality of Andorra is a tiny nation on the border of France and
Spain that is nominally ruled by the Bishop of Urgell and the President
of France. In 2002 it issued this 27mm aluminum 1 centim
depicting a Pyrenean Chamois (Isard in French, from the local dialect
Izardo) on one side and the Arms of Andorra on the other. The
Chamois was almost hunted to extinction for the production of chamois
leather by the 1940’s, but since then the population has recovered.
Item
AD-CHAMOIS ANDORRA 1 CENTIM 2002 CHAMOIS KM177 UNC. $3.00
CAMEROON
COIN CAN
HONOR YOUR WEDDING OR ANNIVERSARY

A pair of wedding rings and
Champaign glasses are featured on these Cameroon 7500 Franc coins dated
2006. Below the rings is a blank area where you can
engrave names, initials or dates to honor your engagement, wedding or
anniversary. The reverse features an elephant head and a map
of Africa. The 30mm coin is available both in silver-plated
or gold-plated brass. It is an interesting
“customizable” coin.
Item CM-WEDGOLD
CAMEROON 7500 FRANCS WEDDING GOLD-PLATED
Br.X31
UNC.
$15.00
Item CM-WEDSILVER
CAMEROON 7500 FRANCS WEDDING SILVER-PLATED
Br.X31a UNC.
$15.00
FRENCH SILVER 10
EURO HONORS
CHARLES DE GAULLE

France
honored Charles de Gaulle on this silver 2020 10 Euro
coin. The coin commemorates both the 50th anniversary of his
death in 1970 and the 80th anniversary of his Appeal of 18 June, which
was an appeal launched by de Gaulle on June 18, 1940 from the BBC
studios in London that established the French Resistance against Nazi
Germany. He later served as the President of the French
Republic from 1959 to 1969. The coin depicts images
of him both as President of France in the 1960's and as a General in
World War II. The reverse includes the denomination
within oak and laurel branches, the date, and a series of lines
representing France's hexagonal shape. The 31mm coin is
struck in .333 fine silver and comes in a descriptive folder written in
both French and English.
Item
FR-DEGAULLE FRANCE 10 EURO 2020 CHARLES
DEGAULLE BU $25.00
LAST
COINS OF FRANCE'S 4th
REPUBLIC

France's
4th Republic lasted from only 1946 until 1958. It was a period of
political instability due to the nature of its parliamentary
system. There were 21 administrations during its short
twelve-year history. In 1958, Charles DeGaulle, with support of the
Army, dissolved the 4th Republic and created the 5th Republic with a
strong President. He then served as its first President until
resigning in 1969. This 1957 1 Franc and 1958 2 Franc are
some of the last coins of France's Fourth Republic. The
designs are the same as those of the pre-war World War II 1 and 2 Franc
coins of the Third Republic which featured the head of Marianne, the
national symbol of France on the obverse, and two cornucopias, the
denomination and date on the reverse. In 1960 France did a 100 to 1
revaluation of the Franc and the coins were withdrawn from circulation.
Item
FR-SET2 FRANCE 1 FRANC 1957 KM885a.1
& 2 FRANCS 1958 KM886a.1 BU
$4.00
Item
FR-SETx10 10 SETS OF THE ABOVE FRENCH 1
& 2 FRANCS 1957-58 BU
$25.00
HARRY POTTER
COINS



These
two attractive copper-nickel 1 Crown coins from the Isle of Man feature
important turning points from the Harry Potter books. The
first, dated 2001, features Harry Potter and his Magic Wand.
The second, dated 2002 features Harry Potter retrieving Gryffindor’s
Sword from the Sorting Hat. Both coins are 38.6mm in diameter
and have the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the
obverse. The coins have long been popular with both Harry
Potter fans and coin collectors. Both coins are
Brilliant Uncirculated.
Item IOM-WAND
ISLE OF MAN 1 CROWN 2001 HARRY POTTER'S MAGIC
WAND KM1087 BU $7.50
Item IOM-SWORD
ISLE OF MAN 1 CROWN 2002 GRYFFINDOR'S SWORD
KM1150 BU $7.50
ST. HELENA
COMMEMORATES THE BATTLES OF THE NAPOLEONIC
WARS

Saint Helena, the island where Napoleon was exiled and died, released a
series of gold-plated, multi-colored 25 Pence coins in 2013
commemorating the land battles of the Napoleonic Wars. The
Napoleonic Wars
was a world war before the World Wars, with battles fought on land and
sea in Europe, Africa and the Americas. The wars ended with the
defeat of France in 1815. The Napoleonic Wars brought about
the supremacy of the Britain as a world power for the next 100
years. Spain lost her Empire, with the nations of Latin
America gaining their independence. The map of Europe was redrawn. The
Holy Roman Empire was dissolved and many tiny Germany states were
consolidated. Each of the
38.6mm gold-plated 25 pence coins depicts a different land battle scene
in
color, along with a portrait of Napoleon The six coins
feature the
Battle of the Pyramids in 1798, Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, Battle of
Jena in 1806, Battle of Borodino in 1812, Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and
Napoleons final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Below the
battle scene is a depiction of Napoleon and his troops.
Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse of each
coin. They are reasonably priced, historical sets depicting the battles
that brought about a transformation of the world.
Item
SH-NAP-LAND ST. HELENA
SET OF 6 25 PENCE,
2013 LAND BATTLES OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, PROOF
$49.50
BRITISH
HEROES COINS INCLUDE MULTI-COLORED BRITISH FLAG 
Heroes of Great Britain are featured this five coin set from the tiny
British possession of Tristan da Cunha. Each of the five
gold-plated 38.6mm 1 Crown coins includes an embedded red, white and
blue Union Jack of the United Kingdom. The 5 coin set contains an
individually serial numbered coin featuring “The Lone Soldier”, a
memorial to the fallen. Battle of Britain pilots Douglas
Badar and Keith Parks, along with their airplanes, are each featured on
their own coin. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill,
along with World War II aircraft is on the fourth coin.
Horatio Nelson, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and his ship,
is on the fifth coin. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse of
each of the 2010 dated coins. The coins are Brilliant Uncirculated.
Item TDC-HEROES5
TRISTAN DA CUNHA 5 COIN BRITISH HEROES SET,
BU
$39.50
TURKEY
FEATURES PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM - INCLUDING PLUTO
Turkey released a set of ten 2022 dated 1 Kurus coins featuring our
solar system. The coins include the Sun plus each of the nine
planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
and Pluto, which most astronomers no longer consider to be a
planet. Each coin depicts an image of the planet and its
orbit around the sun. The coins have a common obverse which
shows the planets all revolving around the Turkish national emblem
which consists of a crescent moon and a star. The aluminum
coins are 23.85mm in diameter.
TR-PLANETS TURKEY SET OF 10 SOLAR SYSTEM 1 KURUS COINS,
2022 UNC. $18.00
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