Geography motifs on coins

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CassTaylor

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Publicado: 27 Jun 2018, 23:46 #

Since "Maps" was one of the suggested thematic tags recently over on this thread:
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic71169.html

I thought I would start a thread about maps of countries found on coins, usually this is particularly effective with iconic-shaped countries (e.g. the boot of Italy) but there are more than I expected, here's one of mine:

1974 Poland 200 Złotych (30th Anniversary of Liberation in WWII)

(The box with nine letters in the middle is not actually representative of a real geographical feature)

There is also the French 10 Francs:

(not my picture)

and not a country, but Bermuda also has a coin with a (very detailed) map of itself:

ZacUK Numista team

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 00:01 #

I own these six ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55425.html China map
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5474.html India
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7539.html Isle of Man
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12405.html New Zealand
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1205.html Tunisia
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13412.html Turkey

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Cycnos

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 03:54 #

I can help with these ones too :

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6897.html Australia
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2692.html Bosnia and Herzegovina (and the other coins of this serie)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2241.html Brazil
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1686.html Iran (when I got this coin for the first time I used a map to identify it

)

numinis

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 08:00 #

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3065.html Azerbaijan
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16586.html Estonia
(other denominations exist for both)

ūūūūū

alfonz

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 08:19 #

Noone notices there is a europe map on the euro pieces? ;)

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6323.html

Taiwan: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5648.html
A country having a map of itself on its coat of arms? Why not: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces84227.html
Not a coin but an interesting medal showing Crimea: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces109442.html

jokinen

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 08:54 #

Nicaragua:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3521.html

Algeria:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces600.html

Tunisia:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1205.html

There are surprisingly many examples. Funny how the geographical shape of the country is so symbolic. People usually remember their own country's maps from the school room. It's not something you have ever seen for real.

numinis

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 09:03 #

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces41700.html – a Lithuanian commemorative with a map of European Union covered with stars

ūūūūū

BramVB Árbitro de catálogo

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 09:44 #

Citação: "alfonz"Not a coin but an interesting medal showing Crimea: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces109442.html

Actual coins (Russia, 2014 circulating commemoratives) with the map of Crimea:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces66048.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces66049.html

And a big Belgian map:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7145.html

Just call me Bram

No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!

CassTaylor

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 10:53 #

Citação: "BramVB"
And a big Belgian map:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7145.html

Completely overlooked that one! I have it too.

Anyway, here's the first maps of the USA on this thread:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11591.html

If we count the European maps on the Euro, then for the Americas:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17520.html

Some southern states relevant to the Old Spanish Trail commemorated here:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces78899.html

Great Lakes on a relevant classic commemorative:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces50680.html

Oregon Trail half dollar also features US map motif behind the native American:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9258.html

I'm sure there are also some modern US commemoratives with map motifs, but I'm by far less interested in those.

Salaction_old

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 11:43 #

What about this one, does it count xD?

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces79517.html

BramVB Árbitro de catálogo

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 11:45 #

That's not a map on a coin, but rather a coin on a map ;)

Just call me Bram

No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!

Salaction_old

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 11:52 #

Citação: "BramVB"That's not a map on a coin, but rather a coin on a map ;)

Exactly why I asked if it counts :P

CassTaylor

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 12:17 #

@Salaction
Don't worry, I'm sure coins shaped like countries are probably going to get the "Map" thematic tag as well, so they probably also have some place on this thread.

There are these coins issued by the Republic of Congo that are shaped like the Baltic States:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?mode=simplifie&p=1&l=&r=50+francs+cfa+baltic&e=&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&u=&f=&g=&c=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&te=y&cat=y

Salaction_old

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 12:38 #

awesome :D

SquareRootLolly

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 12:51 #

My entry for the France 2016 Euros!

CassTaylor

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 16:30 #

Maybe globes could also count for the "map" tag? I'm not sure how precise and specific the tags we're going to have will be, so why not:

Jarcek Numista team

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 19:28 #

Tags would be generic, at least for a start, so we can see how this develops.

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Ecapoe

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 20:48 #

Hello,
If you search map, you get >2000 entries

, indeed many euros !

My oldest, 1742, it is a medal depicting European leaders during the war of Austrian succession after Karl VI death:

I also quite like this New Zealand Dollar, particularly when thinking of what must have been such a voyage ...

Quand l'Histoire et la Géographie se croisent sur nos pièces de monnaie ...

Monninen1

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 21:04 #

Does this one count? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces113429.html
Silver one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces113951.html
Gold one: (no photo, but it has the same design as the 2€ and the 10€, that also doesnt have a picture) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128593.html

Cycnos

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 21:06 #

Indeed.
Same about Australia with this 50 cents (one of my favorite):

(Picture from the catalog)

Ecapoe

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 21:27 #

Australia also has those 2 with maps and explorers, also 50 cents:

Quand l'Histoire et la Géographie se croisent sur nos pièces de monnaie ...

Idolenz Árbitro de catálogo

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 22:57 #

Mr. Midnight Árbitro de catálogo

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Publicado: 28 Jun 2018, 23:42 #

there was a 1976 Canadian Olympic commemorative 5 dollar coin with map of Canada

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10978.html

and a 150 years confederation commemorative 1 dollar in 2017

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces102319.html

Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac

jokinen

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Publicado: 29 Jun 2018, 00:33 #

Guernsey:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5045.html

Mr. Midnight Árbitro de catálogo

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Publicado: 29 Jun 2018, 04:37 #

Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac

CassTaylor

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Publicado: 1 Jul 2018, 18:01 #

Some more of my recently-photographed coins bearing globe motifs as well;

arcobaleno7

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Publicado: 18 Jan 2024, 20:58 #

Italy

N#7276

ngdawa

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Publicado: 19 Jan 2024, 18:48 #
Editado: 19 Jan 2024, 18:50

Madagascar: N#4395

Korea: N#33242

Germany (Split): N#10791

Germany (United): N#713

tdziemia Numista team

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Publicado: 20 Jan 2024, 17:34 #

I have a few of these still from my childhood world coin collection (I don;t think I saw these listed upthread):

N#957

N#1018

Alrumon

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Publicado: 26 Jan 2024, 16:24 #

I see no one has added these -

110 Years since the unification of Bulgaria - Map of Bulgaria

N#60956

Madara Horseman - Map of Europe

N#40539

100 Years of BTA - Bulgarian Telegraph Agency - Map of the word

N#7884

120 Years of Council of Ministers- Map of Europe

N#49914

Honorable mention - Ropotamo Nature Preserve - Map of the Ropotamo area

N#61092

KennyG

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Publicado: 26 Jan 2024, 19:34 #

There's this classic, in both silver and bronze:

N#66571

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GiveMeMoney!

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map of Taiwan, China, that my collect too😀

5 Jiao - Taiwan – Numista

10 New Dollars (Taiwan's Retrocession) - Taiwan – Numista

5 Fen (Chinese Soviet Republic) - Republic of China – Numista

Collect coins is my joy ~

Pluto2181930

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Editado: 6 Mar 2025, 19:06

Mr. MidnightSome but not all of the US State quarter dollars include maps
pennsylvania N#605
Georgia N#607
Massachusetts N#609
South Carolina N#611
New York N#614
Louisiana N#621
Ohio N#620
Indiana N#622
Illinois N#624
Michigan N#629
Texas N#631
Minnesota N#635
Idaho N#646
New Mexico N#650
Hawaii N#653

There’s also Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands

N#7528

N#8126

Did you know that Pluto is still a planet in Illinois and New Mexico and has de facto recognition as a planet in Arizona?

Mr. Midnight Árbitro de catálogo

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Publicado: 7 Mar 2025, 00:11 #

Well played. Good topic too. I see it is already in the thematic threads thread.

I don't think I ever found either of those Territories quarters in change.

Since I last posted I can add this fascinating German commemorative 10 DM.

It is a map of the Berlin Wall across a cityscape, worked in to a rampant bear.

Also, if we may include NCLT, here is a globe design on a 5 peso coin.

Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac

Mr. Midnight Árbitro de catálogo

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I'll add another map shaped coin I just happened across, N#321450

Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac

GabrielPlayz_Numista

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Something I have:

50 Centavos Rio Branco; stainless steel

Pluto2181930

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Mr. Midnight
Well played. Good topic too. I see it is already in the thematic threads thread.

I don't think I ever found either of those Territories quarters in change.

Since I last posted I can add this fascinating German commemorative 10 DM.

It is a map of the Berlin Wall across a cityscape, worked in to a rampant bear.
Also, if we may include NCLT, here is a globe design on a 5 peso coin.

I have 4 of the 6 2009 quarters, still looking for DC & Northern Mariana Islands

Did you know that Pluto is still a planet in Illinois and New Mexico and has de facto recognition as a planet in Arizona?

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