Yugoslavia Coin Collection
5 Para, 1965
10 Dinara, 1955
10 Dinara, 1981
5 Dinara, 1984
2 Dinara, 1981
2 Dinara, 1984
1 Dinara, 1981
1 Dinara, 1986
Showing posts with label Numismatics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Numismatics. Show all posts
Monday, 8 November 2021
Lebanon Coin Collection
Lebanon Coin Collection
500 Livres, 2012
250 Livres, 2012
100 Livres, 2003
100 Livres, 2009
Sunday, 31 October 2021
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Friday, 10 September 2021
Saturday, 4 September 2021
Around the World Coins
My Around the world collection of Coins
(Disclaimer: All the images are 850 pixels, irrespective of the length and width.
The purpose of this blog is to just share my collection, nothing else. Thanks for your understanding)
Number of countries in my collection: 84😃
Friday, 13 August 2021
Captivating Kuna
In this article, I am going to share "The Croatian Currency".
Like Dollars and pound, Croatia also has a unique currency. Prior to 1994, it switched between the Kuna and Dinar. But since then, It's only been the Kuna. We'll be diving into some curious tales about this, focusing more on the interesting facts and instances about the Kuna.
Kuna (Kn) which in Croatian means pine marten, an animal similar to the squirrel. In the past, pine marten’s fur was used for trading as they were prized for their very fine fur. The winter coat of the European pine marten has always been much in demand. I also heard that in Roman times, taxes were paid in terms of Marten skins.
Kuna paper money comes in 8 denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 Kuna notes.
I managed to lay hands on only the 10 Kuna.
The funny thing that one can notice in the notes is that the longer the man’s beard, the more value a banknote has.
5 Kuna – count Fran Krsto Frankopan and duke Petar Zrinski (withdrawn in 2007)
10 Kuna – Istrian bishop Juraj Dobrila - beardless
20 Kuna – Duke Josip Jelačić - has simple moustache
50 Kuna – poet and Dubrovnik nobleman Ivan Gundulić
100 Kuna – Duke and poet Ivan Mažuranić- Mustache with a little beard
200 Kuna – politician Stjepan Radić
500 Kuna – poet and Split nobleman Marko Marulić
1000 Kuna – politician Ante Starčević
1, 2, and 5 Kuna come in silver colour coins too. I have got 1 and 2 Kuna. You can see the 'pine marten' on the below Kuna coins.
Let's look at the fragmentation. 1 Kuna is made of 100 Lipa (Lp). The word lipa means linden tree in Croatian. It's very normal to see these trees in marketplaces in the olden days. As it has wider branches and dense structure, it served as an umbrella for the sellers. It is a wonderful medicinal plant too. Their, flowers, leaves, and barks are used to treat many diseases, especially lung-related ones. You can see their leaves on the below Lipa coins.
Lipa has its own coin denominations -1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50. All are silver colour, except 5 and 10 Lipa which is golden. Looking for 1 and 2 Lipa to add to my collection.
Saturday, 7 August 2021
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