Circulation coins where one side has neither text nor numerals

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Iran 250 rial

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Iran again.



Aditya

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Yemen, Republic

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Travancore

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Gorizia

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Sweden 10 ore.

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Kenya 10c, first issue (the other denominations of the first were similar):


Someone mentioned the Belgian 50 centimes upthread; the same applies to the 10 francs of the 1970s/80s:


Slightly stretching the concept of circulation coins, but as you do occasionally see them in use, I thought I'd include it: the 1995 UK £2 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of WW2:

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The Belgian 10 francs still has some small, not very visible lettering: just beneath the bust of king Bauduin, you can find the designer's name: H. Elstrom.

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Looks like the rather boring Malaysian set due out in 2012 is going to maintain the tradition of having one side text- and numeral-free.

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Interestingly the central bank calls that "text and numeral free" side the obverse. By the way, the 50 sen coin does have digits and characters - somewhat hidden though: The latent image (which the other three denominations do not have) says either "50" or "SEN" depending on the viewing angle ...

Christian

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Algeria, 50 Centimes, 1973.

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President Paul Kruger on the obverse of a Z.A.R. two shillings of 1897. On some of the Republic's denominations, but not all, there was a legend along with his portrait.

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German Democratic Republic 50 pfennig 1950.

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A collage of several elements. In the foreground is a (horse?) drawn plough, in the background front may be a small steel plant, while the far background seems to show oil crackers. The picture makes more sense as the equivalent of the hammer and sickle logo: agriculture and industry.

Peter

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The reverses of Singapore's first set of circulation coins, issued in 1967, are all bare of text and numerals.