Stamps With Coins?

First coin made by the Chilean Mint in Sept.10, 1749 :



1/2 Onza - gold

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a coin of Kydonia, an ancient Greek city-state on the island of Crete, showing the legendary hero Kydon as an abandoned infant being suckled by a hound, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., and issued by Crete on February 15, 1905, Scott No. 77.

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Here is an image of another stamp depicting an early Bermudian "Hogge Mony" coin, designed by C. Deakins of Hendon, London, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Bermuda on November 9, 1953, Scott No. 160.

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by no means a complete set of the Coins of Syracuse, a definitive set from Italy, ~1950's through the 1960's

Coins and letters, designed by Knut Løkke-Sørensen, printed by lithography, and issued by Norway on September 22, 1995 as one of eight stamps in a booklet commemorating the 350th anniversary of Norway Post, Scott No. 1108, Facit No. 1236.

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i have been collecting coins since I was 12, 64 now, never actually thought about collecting stamps with coins on them, maybe will do that

Gold Quarter Stater, 2nd century BC, designed by Gebrüder Lenz, printed by photogravure (Courvoisier), and issued by Switzerland on September 6, 1979 to commemorate the centenary of the Swiss Numismatic Society, Scott No. 677.

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Coin of the Amphictyonic League, an ancient association of Greek tribes formed before the rise of the Greek polis, printed by lithography, and issued by Greece on November 1, 1937, Scott No. 399.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting an ancient coin of the Cypriot city of Paphos, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Cyprus on August 1, 1955, Scott No. 174.

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Sestertius coin from the time of Roman Emperor Trajan 104-111

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sestertius


On coin appears the ancient bridge from Drobeta built by Trajan's famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Bridge

Morocco 2011 Coins used in historic Morocco. The period corresponding to the each coin mintage is indicated in the selvage.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting "blood money" coins minted in Vadstena in 1568, and a map of old Sweden, designed by Sven Åke Gustafsson, engraved by Czeslaw Slania, and issued by Sweden on January 22, 1971, Scott No. 754, Facit No. 720.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting both sides of a one balboa coin minted in 1947, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd,. and issued by Panama on November 3, 1953 as the high value in a set of six stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Panama, Scott No. 394. Note: The design on the obverse of this coin is a portrait of Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475-1519), created by American sculptor William Clark Noble (1858-1938). The central figure on the reverse, designed by Panamanian artist Roberto Lewis (1874-1949), is an allegorical figure personifying "Liberty" and "Youth;" in her left arm is a fasces, and in her right hand she is holding an oak branch and the top of a shield bearing Panama's coat of arms.

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The Introduction of the Euro (2007)



On 1 January 2007, Slovenia joined the euro area of countries sharing Europe's single currency since 2002. While the euro notes are identical for all countries, the euro coins have a common side showing the denomination and a distinctive national side featuring a design chosen by the country of issue.