WORLD CROWNS   Afghanistan to Burundi

  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 (indicated in bold).
The highlight of the original collection is the 1938 crown that my father brought back from his service in
Australia in World War II  (in the family collection for 60 years).

    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 no more than  70 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 -

A. Afghanistan 1306 Km 913 2 1/2 Afghani Ajman 1970 Lenin 10 R Alaska 1967 Centennial  Albania 1926 Y8.1 5 Franga Ar Albania 1970 Km 50 Horseman 10 Leke  (mintage 500) Alderney 1989 Royal Visit 2 Pounds Algeria 1238 C 120 1237 44 2 Budju American Samoa 1988 America's Cup 5 Dollars Andorra 1981 Km110 2800 Pesetas    1960 Xm 1 Carolus Magnus 50 Diners   Anguilla 1970 Ship 4 Dollars 1967 Liberty Dollar Ctstp Recently the status of this piece has been questioned   -  Km 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Antigua & Barbuda 1981 Km3 Crossing Delaware 30 Dollars Antarctic  fantasies: (Colin Bruce: help your self to the images)     Westartica - Peter I Island $5 2005     French Antarctic Territories 2004        1.5 Euros  Sailing Ship Arab Sahara Republic 1991 Soccer X 1? 500 Pesetas Argentina  Shooting Medal  Argentina 1813 8r Sun face Armenia 1994 K57  Eagle 25 Drams Armenia 1990 Revolution Federation 1 Ounce Aruba 1986 Km7 Commonwealth 25 Florins Ascension Island 1978 Y1a Turtle Crown Atlantis  Fantasy Crown  2004 X11  100 Atlantis Dollars Australia  1938 Y 20 Crowns 1967 Andor Meszaros pattern  1936 1954 G Hearns Crown  1988 Holey Dollar Dollar    Austria 1780 C14b Maria Theresa Thaler  (Gunzburg) Austria 1780 Restrike MT Thaler     1953 Restrike of 1st Taler Azerbaijan 1996 K3 Fusli 50 Manat Azores 1887 C/M 8R 1810 Mo 1200 Reis

B. Bahamas 1972 Y 8 Flamingos 2 Dollars Bahrain 1995 K 20 United Nations 5 Dinar Bangladesh 1992 Km14 Runners/torch Taka Barbados 1978 KM 27 Coronation Jubilee $25 Belarus 1997 K 11 City View  Belgian Congo 1891 Leopold II 5 Francs Belgium 1874 Y 8 5 Francs     Gaming token 1750 francs Belize 1978 Y24 Coronation Jubilee 25 Dollars Benin 1995 K22 Un  .84 Oz 6000 Francs Bermuda 1936 1954 Geoffrey Hearns? Crown Bermuda 1959 Y 1 1 Crown Bhutan 1979 Y 28 Anniv Monarch 200 Ngultrum Biafra 1969 KM 6 (Nigeria) Pound Biffeche 2006 100 Dinar-Haut. Edward Le Primiere (1963-1997) (mintage 30)  (North border of Senegal - Colin Bruce: help yourself to the image) Bolivia - Spanish Colonial Cob 8 Reales - Some help with identifying this?  1770 8R "Pillar"  1821 8R Portrait 8 Sol  1838 PTS LM /  1839 PTS LR  Bolivia 1979 Year of the Child 200 b KM 198 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 K 26  9 750 Dinar Botswana 1978 Km 11a 5 Pula Brazil 1808 Minas Gerais Variant 960 Reis Brazil 1820 C 117 960 Reis Brazil 2000 Km 654 500 Years 5 Reais British East Africa 1936 1984 R.lobel Crown British Virgin Islands 1978 Y 22:coronation 25 Dollars Brunei 1977 K 21 10 Dollars Bulgaria 1885 K 7 5 Leva Bulgaria 1979 Yr/child Scratch  Bulgaria 1979 Sophia Centennial Y9 20 L Burkina Faso 1990 ex Superior 8/95 #615 Ounce Bruce Plate Coim ? Burma 1936 1984richard Lobel Crown Burundi 1966 Km30 X10 Ntare V 500f

Re: NCLT Issues


See Pitcock, M.: The Coins at the Back of the Book, The Numismatist, 86(8) 1371-75, Aug. 1973
      Discussing "pseudo-coins", "Controversial Recent Issues", "supercrowns"
    distributed by, inter alia, Paramount International &  Italcambio.

Mr. Pitcock cites  list of characteristics of "pseudocoins"
(l) Metallic content of greater value than the denominational face value;
(2) Very low mintage for both the proof and circulation issues, if any;
'(3) Coins only distributed at a price higher than face value,;
(4) Metallic composition unsuitable for circulation use,;
(5) Excessively large face value or physical size to facilitate general use;
(6) Currency units not in general use;
(7) Coins prohibited from or in fact not circulating in the country of issue;
(8) Coins only distributed by a private agency.

  I would add,  not found in circulated condition.

 

                                 

Wish list A - B Afghanistan, Islamic 1996 K1028 Food  65oz 500 Afghanis Afghanistan Republic 1978 Km 978 9 Check 250 Afghan Angola 1978 Km 89 Independence 1000 Kwanzas Anguilla 1967 Km4 / Yemen Y 17 Liberty $ Araucania Patagonia 1991 Flag 1 Oz  100 Pesos ?? Argentina 1882 Y6 Peso Austria 1983 K2962 City Hall 50 Schillings Baltic Regions 1780 Courland C23 Thaler Brazil 1835 X25 Rio Grandensse Peso British Hondorus 1811 K1 4 C/M (Belize) Ctstp GR British North Borneo 1936 1984 R  Lobel Crown British West Africa 1936 1972 Pobjoy Grace Crown