World of Coins

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Information on the hobby, private collections and collecting methods.

Take care of your coins. Here's how to.

Moderator: bruce61813

Legal matters relating to coins and collecting. Does not include fakes and imitations.

Coins made without authority and pieces made with the intention to replace a genuine coin with or without the intention to deceive.

Moderator: davidrj

Coin-like items issued without the knowledge or permission of the competent authority. Excludes re-strikes with original dies and tokens.

Here, any theme goes, as long as it remains coin-related.

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Shapes, sizes, metals, denominations, legends and design aspects.

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Official entries and designs by members. Enjoy the fruits of creativity and fantasy.

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Tokens have their own unidentified board. Think of giving weight and diameter, please!

Moderator: Figleaf

Information on the science of numismatics, its terminology and public numismatic collections.

From anvil and hammer to modern presses and how they were handled.

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

Moderator: FosseWay

Books, ebooks, presentations, numismatic catalogues, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, auction catalogues etc.

Other helpful sites for collectors and numismatists.

Moderator: Bimat

Here you can discuss and show ancient Greek coins.

Moderator: Ancientnoob

For all your questions about Roman coins.

Moderator: otlichnik

Imitations of Roman coins, Celtic coins.

Moderator: THCoins

Coins that do not fit any other board of the "ancient coins" section.

Moderator: Ancientnoob

Generally, medieval coins in Arabic and Kufic script

Moderator: THCoins

Medieval coins of the Indian peninsula up to 1526

Moderator: Saikat

Generally, medieval coins with latin and gothic script

Moderators: Quant.Geek, Tirant

Coins struck before 1506 that don't fit in other categories on this board

Moderator: Tirant

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

Includes Mamluk coins from 648 AH and Osmanli coins until their overthrow in 1340 AH / 1922 AD. Includes North African coins similar to Ottoman coins.

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

Moderator: Bimat

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.

Moderator: Bimat

Coins (usually gold or silver) made primarily for collectors; legal tender in the issuing country only.

Moderator: Bimat

Post news on new issues and mintages here.

Moderator: Bimat

Which countries want to use the euro? When will it happen? New designs. All here.

Moderator: Bimat

For everything that doesn't fit in the other categories of this board

Moderator: Bimat

Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

Moderator: FosseWay

Includes German states, Danzig, GDR, Saarland, army money

Includes Liechtenstein and predecessor states

Moderator: Prosit

Includes predecessor states. See inside for what's covered here.

Moderator: Zantetsuken

Includes coins of Russian Caucasia, Siberia, Tannu Tuva, and Tatarstan.

Includes predecessor states, Crete, Ionian Islands, Vatican and San Marino

Includes Andorra and surrounding islands that belong to these countries

Includes Monaco. Excludes parts of the Holy Roman empire now in France.

Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and predecessors

Moderator: SpaBreda

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

Moderator: Elak

Includes predecessor states

Moderator: Alan71

The Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney. Includes Lundy.

Moderator: Alan71

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

Asian states, formerly part of the Soviet Union. Includes predecessors.

Includes predecessor states

Moderator: saro

Predominantly Muslim countries of the Indian sub-continent

For coins, pseudo coins and trade tokens. Ask questions and show new acquisitions

Moderator: asm

The coins of post-independence India

Moderator: dheer

Speculation and facts on new issues, their initial ordering and distribution methods, opinions on design, quality and packaging and similar issues.

Moderator: dheer

The rest of the Indian sub-continent plus Mongolia

Moderator: Gusev

Includes predecessor states, Hong Kong and Macao

Moderator: SquareEarth

Includes predecessor states

Moderator: thelawnet

For coins, pseudo coins and trade tokens. Ask questions and show new acquisitions

Moderator: thelawnet

See inside for countries covered

Moderator: thelawnet

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

See inside for countries covered

For coins, pseudo coins and trade tokens. Ask questions and show new acquisitions

Moderator: Afrasi

Includes Hawaii

Moderator: brandm24

Includes predecessors, Newfoundland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

For coins, pseudo coins and trade tokens. Ask questions and show new acquisitions

Includes the Falkland Islands.

Includes Bermuda.

Includes Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Does not include Papua New Guinea

Does not include Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Oceania.

Includes Papua New Guinea and Oceania, excludes West Irian.

Bus, tram and train tokens only. Other transport tokens go to the child board

Moderator: artsmith

Includes beer, bread, cafeteria, co-op, coffee, milk and other tokens, whether for use in machines or not. Excludes producers, shops that sell non-food items and the military.

Includes gaming, amusement parks, telephone, parking, car wash, shower, gas and electricity tokens.

Moderator: FosseWay

Includes military, etc.

Moderator: agoodall

Pieces used for calculations, keeping scores, casinos or for play.

Art medals with a historic theme, no private family medals

Moderator: FosseWay

Civil or military rewards for accomplishments

Moderator: Abhay

Moderator: Prosit

Includes temple tokens and devotion medals

Moderator: mitresh

Coins and banknotes changed or imitated artfully, to make fun or to make a political point. Excludes commercial fantasies.

Moderator: brandm24

Quick access to "World of Tokens", made with Wikipedia software.

Unidentified coins have their own board. Include size, weight and metal in your request for identification, please!

Post here if your token subject depends on geographic features. Includes island tokens. Excludes coins, fakes, fantasies and any token threads that can be put on another token board.

Moderator: brandm24

A hobby and a science, vital for coin collectors.

Moderator: Pellinore

Covers "primitive" coins, religious and ceremonial items used as money or looking like money and non-metallic items that were used as money but don't look like coins or banknotes. Does not cover unusually shaped but practical metallic items commonly used as money.

Includes official tariffs and weight tables. Does not include modern collector's tools, such as electronic mini-scales, callipers and mini-magnets. These are covered on the board "coin collecting".

General paper money discussions

Moderator: Coinsforever

Self-generated numismatic entertainment that challenges the membership

When and where will there be a fair or an auction? See also the calendar.

Moderator: Vivek

See also the boards on "The law, breaking it, and international shipping" for copyright issues and "Computer and forum software issues" for posting problems

Moderator: PeaceBD