High and low number of coins in world circulation series

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Pakistan appears to be issuing only 5 Rupees coins.
Comedown from 7 coin set.

One coin only!

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Tunisia: circulating coins.

I copied and edited this Wikipedia image.

Wikipedia says that all these Tunisian coins circulate.

Really? All ten? Is that credible?

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In Hungary, 5 to 200Ft coins in circulation, 6 pcs. For Tunisian coins, I guess only 50m and up are in circulation

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In Hungary, 5 to 200Ft coins in circulation, 6 pcs.

Thanks, coinote,




The Hungary set image from upthread.

Coinote says only the 5 forint to 200 forint coins circulate.

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For Tunisian coins, I guess only 50m and up are in circulation

So that means only 7 denominations are found in circulation.

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So that means only 7 denominations are found in circulation.

Yes. And for Hungary, only bimetallic 100 and 200Ft coins are in circulation, neither the brass 100Ft nor the silver 200Ft. Only 5,10,20,50Ft remain the same shapes and metallic contents.

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I don't know whether all 11 Hungarian denominations ever circulated simultaneously. 

When I was there in 1997, the forint coins shown above were all in active use, including the silver 200 forint and with the addition of the (now current) bimetallic 100 forint alongside the brass original. But there were no fillér coins in real use. I found one 50 fillér coin on the floor, but it had the Népköztársaság (people's republic) text from before 1990.

It's interesting to see how societal attitudes to ranges of denominations have changed in the last 200 years or so. Today 7 or 8 denominations seems to be the usual upper limit. But in Victorian Britain, around 1890, there were 15 denominations in use, from the farthing to £5. 

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But there were no fillér coins in real use.

Inflation takes its toll. I also find it interesting that the population of some countries that have 25 and 50 subunit coins prefer two 25 cents (or whatever) to one 50 cents coin.

Some such countries, that previously had both 25 and 50 cents coins simultaneously, later discontinued their 50 cents coins. Examples are the Philippines and the Seychelles.

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I also find it interesting that the population of some countries that have 25 and 50 subunit coins prefer two 25 cents (or whatever) to one 50 cents coin.

Some such countries, that previously had both 25 and 50 cents coins simultaneously, later discontinued their 50 cents coins. Examples are the Philippines and the Seychelles.

More examples: tye US, Canada and the Netherlands. While 50 cent coins were struck, they did not circulate much.

Peter

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More examples: the US, Canada and the Netherlands. While 50 cent coins were struck, they did not circulate much.

Yes, it was primarily the USA that I was thinking about.

This raises the question of coins that are struck for circulation but rarely used.

The Bahamas switched from the pound sterling to the Bahamian dollar in 1966. The Bahamian dollar has been kept at par with the US dollar ever since. At the time of changeover, a shilling was worth approximately 15 US cents, so the Bahamian authorities created a 15 cents coin in order to provide a sort of anchor coin for the population as it got used to the new currency. The Bahamian 15 cents coin is still minted but apparently sees little circulation.