WORLD CROWNS   Taiwan through Zimbabwe

  Note: This is a private collection, not a commercial site. The pieces listed are not for sale. I am happy to hear from  fellow collectors to share their thoughts. (look for C0NTACT info on my home page.)


   The NCLT invasion? 

    This collection started out with circulating (in most cases circulated) dollar size crowns. Probably the highlight of the original collection is the 1938 crown that my father brought
back when he was stationed in Australia in World War II.

    In my enthusiasm to expand the number of countries represented, I started accumulating  “noncirculating legal tender” pieces, and later fantasy pieces,
to the point that fewer than 100 of the 400+ pieces represented here could ever have circulated as money.

       If I had to do it over again, I would draw a line in the sand:   Only acquire pieces that have circulated, i.e. nothing higher than a grade of XF!!

** Classic crown
                                      Wantlist   World A-B - World C-F - World G-I - World J-M - World N-R - World S - World T-Z -

Taiwan 1992 1 Tael  Bruce X660 (Republic of China) Taiwan 1965 Y540 100 Dollars Tanzania 1974 Y6a Conservation 25 Shillings Thailand 1860 Y12 Elephant 2 Baht Thailand 1971 Y95buddhist Fellowsh 50 Baht Togo 1977 Y8 500 Franc Tokelau Islands 1981 Y4a Bird Tala Tonga 1980 Y61 Games 10 Pa'anga Transylvania 1611 Dav 4703 Uniface Thaler Trinidad & Tobago 1972 Y15 Independence 5 Dollars Tristan De Cunha 1977 Y1a Coronation 25 25 Pence Tunisia 1982 Year of the Child 5 Dinar Turkey 0 Gambling Scalloped 500 Lira Turkey 1223 Cr 184(1812) 5 Piastres Turks & Caicos 1986  Crown Tuvalu 1976 Y8 Canoe 5 Dollars U.S.A.1886 1 Dollar gem BU U.S.A.1988 Constitution 1 Dollar Uganda 1981 Y10 Charles/diana 100 Shilling Ukraine 1996 Km 109 Angels 10 Hyrven Umm Al Qaiwain 1970 Km4serial#1074 10 Riyals United Nations 1946 X1 Ducatoon  United States  X M B5 One Freedom  ? United Arab Emirates 1980 Year of Child 50 Dirham Uruguay 1877 Y14 Peso Uruguay 1895 Paysandu Ctstp  Uruguay 1984 Governor's Assembly $2,000 Uruguay 1917  Peso

Utopia 1948 Medallic Art Dollar  X 1   25  minted in  brilliant and/or blackened   finish. The similairty in style and finishes suggests  a relationship to  the contemporary  Medallic Art  United Nations 1946 X1 Ducatoon Vanuatu 1966 Y3 New Hebrides 100 Francs Venezuela 1936 Y24 5 Bolivares Vietnam 1834 Sch183 Annam 7 Tien . West African States 1972 Y6 Monetary System 500 Francs Western Samoa 1986  10 Dollars Western Samoa 1977 Y24a Jubilee Tala Westartica - Peter I Island $5 2005 (Colin Bruce - help youself to the image!) Yemen 1969 Appollo II(pf200)k2 2 Riyals Yemen 1965   Yemen 1983 Year of Child 25 Riyals Yemen Democratic Repub 1981 Km12 Baradoni 2 Dinars Yemen 1367 Y 17 Imadi Ryal Ryal Yemen 1969 Appollo II (pf 200) k3 2 Riyals Yemen 1969 Lion 2 Riyals Yugoslavia 1980 Km79atito's Death 10000 Dinars Yugoslavia 1967 X1 Exile Government Crown Silver Zaire 1975 Y8a Conservation 2 1/2 Zaires Zambia 1979 Y19conservation  ** Zanzibar 1299 Y 5 Ryal     ex Stack's 12/4/1996? #204

Wish list T - Z Tibet 1978 Xm9 Crown T Tibet 1909 1909 1920 (Small Crow Srang Turkmenistan 2000 KM 25 10th Anniversary  500 Manat (Monument) United States 1973 X3 Mundinerio  Uzbekistan 1994 Km7 Tamerlane / Horse 10 Som Vatican 1800 1800 26 Scudo  Zimbabwe 1996 K7 Victoria Falls