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Showcasing our membership's best contributions to numismatics, chosen by the members themselves.

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Indian subcontinent: Ancient & Pre-sultanate

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Islamic world
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Medieval coins of the Indian peninsula up to 1526

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Coins of long traditions

Cash type coins
Coins with a square hole from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam

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Euro coins

Circulation euro coins
Regular circulation coins that are legal tender throughout the euro area and packaged sets. Excludes commemorative 2 euro issues.

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Coins with a denomination of 2 euros of a commemorative nature. Both joint issues and individual member-state issues. Includes single commemoratives in coin card.

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Collector coins
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BU Prooflike and Proof euro sets
Post news on new issues and mintages here.

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Modern European coins except the euro

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Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

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Irish pre-independence and post-independence coins, pre-decimal and decimal.

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United Kingdom
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British Crown Dependencies
The Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney. Includes Lundy.

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Modern Asian coins, pseudo coins and trade tokens

West Asia
Arab states of the Middle East, Turkey and Israel. Includes predecessors.

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Central Asia and the Caucasus
Asian states, formerly part of the Soviet Union. Includes predecessors.

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Iran and Afghanistan
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Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Maldives
Predominantly Muslim countries of the Indian sub-continent

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The coins of post-independence India

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The rest of the Indian sub-continent plus Mongolia

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Indonesia
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Other South-East Asia
See inside for countries covered

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Modern coins, pseudo coins and trade tokens of Africa

All Around Africa
African coins and tokens. A web site made by World of Coins member Paul Baker and hosted by World of Coins.

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North Africa
See inside for countries covered

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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Canada
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Caribbean
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Australia
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Tokens used for payments

Transport tokens

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