Tag: Font
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1992 Ukraine 10 Kopiyok
A coin which sat in storage for years Ukraine (Ukraine in green, Russian occupied territory in light green and rest of Europe / Africa / Asia in grey. From Wikipedia). Note: Throughout this post – as most posts, where I have quoted other sites, I have left the spelling as it was originally. This has…
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2012 Turkey 25 Kuruş
A decorative Turkish coin Turkey (Turkey, shown on a globe, from Wikipedia). Last time we looked at a Turkish coin, a 1960 5 Kuruş, we covered the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after WW1, the renaming of the capital Constantinople to Istanbul in 1930, and the importance of the star and crescent to the country.…
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1927 Austria 2 Groschen
A coin with an interesting font Obverse The obverse of the coin features the country name (“Österreich”, in German) and the year. I really like the font, the shape of the numbers, and the lightning bolt-type “s”. The main design on the obverse of the coin is known as a “Cross portent” – a cross…
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Hungary 1984 2 Forint
One thing I love about world coins is the variety of styles and designs. In this case, the simple yet elegant style of the “2” taking up most of the coin, with the smaller year and “FORINT”, the unit of currency in Hungary. The design is set off nicely by the scalloped edge of the…