CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY,
C/O COL GKS REDDY,
INDEX
SUMMARY OF COUNTRIES IN ALBUM NO – TWO
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
S NO COUNTRY PAGE NO COIN NOS REMARKS
1. UK (Current Coins) 1 to 5 1 – 84
2. UK (Obsolete Coins) 5 to 7 85 – 124
3. France 7 to 8 125 – 148
4. Greece 9 149 - 156
5. Finland 9 to 10 157 - 168
6. Portugal 10 to 11 169 - 180
7. Romania 11 181 - 186
8. Yugoslavia 12 187 - 194
9. Nederland 12 195 - 212
10. Italy 13 to 14 213 - 238
11. Iceland 14 233 - 238
12. Denmark 14 to 15 239 - 256
13. Czechoslovakia 15 257- 262
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COIN IMAGES OF ITALY, ICELAND, DENMARK & CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Italy
The lira (plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002 and of the Albanian Kingdom between 1941 and 1943. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a national subunit of the euro. However, cash payments could be made in lire only, as euro coins or notes were not yet available. The lira was also the currency of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy between 1807 and 1814.
The term originates from the value of a pound weight (Latin: libra) of high purity silver and as such is a direct cognate of the British pound sterling; in some countries, such as Cyprus and Malta, the words lira and pound were used as equivalents, before the euro was adopted in 2008 in the two countries. "L", sometimes in a double-crossed script form ("₤"), was the symbol most often used. Until the Second World War, it was subdivided into 100 centesimi (singular: centesimo), which translates to "hundredths".
The lira was established, at 4.5 grams of silver or 290.322 milligrams of gold. This was a direct continuation of the Sardinian lira. Other currencies replaced by the Italian lira included the Lombardy-Venetia pound, the Two Sicilies piastra, the Tuscan fiorino, the Papal States scudo and the Parman lira. In 1865, Italy formed part of the Latin Monetary Union in which the lira was set as equal to, among others, theFrench, Belgian and Swiss francs: in fact, in various Gallo-Italic dialects in north-western Italy, the lira was outright called "franc". This practice has obviously ended with the introduction of the euro in 2002.
Ten
Centisemi 1893 - Copper
Ten
Centisemi 1922 – Copper
Twenty
Centisemi 1910 – Nickel
Twenty
Centisemi 1918 - Silver
Five
Lire 1927 – Nickel
Five
Lira 1954 – Aluminium
Ten
Lire 1997 – Aluminium
Fifty
Lire 1956 – Nickel
One
Hundred Lire 1980 – Nickel
Two
Hundred Lire 1991 – Brass
Two
Hundred Lire 1991 – Brass
Five
Hundred Lire - Silver
Five
Hundred Lire 1989 – Nickel
Iceland
The króna (plural krónur) (sign: kr; code: ISK) is the currency of Iceland. The króna was historically subdivided into 100 aurar (singular eyrir), but this subdivision is no longer used.
The word króna, meaning "crown", is related to those of other Nordic currencies (such as the Danish krone, Swedish krona and Norwegian krone) and to the Latin word corona ("crown"). The name "Icelandic crown" is sometimes used, for example in the financial markets. The word eyrirderives from Latin aura, gold, historically 100 gold pieces to a crown.
The Danish krone was introduced to Iceland in 1874, replacing the earlier Danish currency, the rigsdaler. In 1885, Iceland began issuing its own banknotes.
The Icelandic króna separated from the Danish krone after the dissolution of the Scandinavian Monetary Union at the start of World War I and Icelandic autonomy from Denmark in 1918. The first coins were issued in 1922.
Two
Aurar 1942 – Copper
Five
Aurar 1942 – Copper
Ten
Aurar 1953 – Cupro Nickel
One
Krona 1981 – Cupro Nickel
Ten
Kroner 1984 – Cupro Nickel
Denmark
The krone (plural: kroner; sign: ,- or kr.; code: DKK) is the official currency of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, introduced on 1 January 1875. Both the ISO code "DKK" and currency sign "kr." are in common use; the former precedes the value, the latter usually follows it. The currency is sometimes referred to as the Danish crown in English, since krone literally means crown. Historically, krone coins had been minted in Denmark in the 17th century.
One krone is subdivided into 100 øre (singular and plural), the name deriving from the Latin aureus. All-together there are eleven denominations of the krone, with the smallest being the 50-øre coin, which is valued at one half of a krone. Formerly there were more øre coins, but these were discontinued due to inflation.
The krone is pegged to the euro via the ERM II, the European Union's exchange rate mechanism. Adoption of the euro is favoured by the major political parties, however a 2000 referendum on joining the Eurozone was defeated with 46.8% voting yes and 53.2% voting no.
Five
Ore 1973 – Copper
Ten
Ore 1977 – Nickel
Ten
Ore 1981 – Cupro Nickel
Twenty
Five Ore 1987 – Cupro Nickel
Fifty
Ore 1989 – Copper
Fifty
Ore 1997 – Cupro Nickel
One
Krone 1987 – Nickel
Two
Kroner 1993 – Cupro Nickel
Five
Kroner 1998 – Nickel
Czechoslovakia
The Czechoslovak koruna (in Czech and Slovak: Koruna československá, at times Koruna česko-slovenská; koruna means crown) was thecurrency of Czechoslovakia from April 10, 1919 to March 14, 1939 and from November 1, 1945 to February 7, 1993. For a brief time in 1939 and 1993 it was also the currency in separate Czech and Slovak republics. On February 8, 1993 it was replaced by the Czech koruna and the Slovak koruna, both at par.
The (last) ISO 4217 code and the local abbreviations for the koruna were CSK and Kčs. One koruna equalled 100 haléřů (Czech, singular: haléř) orhalierov (Slovak, singular: halier). In both languages, the abbreviation h was used. The abbreviation was placed behind the numeric value.
Twenty Haleru 1985 - Brass
Two Koruny 1975 – Cupro Nickel
Five Korun 1969 – Cupro Nickel
Note - Some of the images of coins in my collection, have been taken from the Gallery to the extent available, to save on time & effort involved in photography & editing.
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