Re: OT: coins and currency (was: [Theory] Types of numerals)

wayne chevrier wrote at 2006-01-08 21:47:15 (+0000)
 > Nomad of Norad -- David C Hall <nomad-conlang@...> nevesht:
 > >
 > >Hi Nik (Nik Taylor), in <43C0A1DB.4010801@...> on Jan 7 you
 > >wrote:
 > >
 > > > Nomad of Norad -- David C Hall wrote:
 > > > > I haven't laid eyes on these Japanese coins, though.  Somebody got a
 > > > > URL providing pictures?
 > > >
 > > > Here's a couple
 > > > Rectangular 2-shu http://www.lioncoins.com/jpegs/2shumkn.jpg - .980
 > >Silver
 > > >
 > > > Oblong Koban http://www.lioncoins.com/jpegs/shotkk.jpg (gold/silver
 > >alloy)
 > >
 > >Cool!  Are there any 20th or 21st Century coins akin to that?
 > >
 > >--
 > The Tonga Pa'anga has been issued in a rectangular form, some Chinese
 > NCLT(noncurculating legal tender(id est made for collectors) coins are as
 > well, and the East Carribean States issued gilded silver copies of their
 > banknotes.
 > Other unusual coins include a set of coin issued by three Pacific island
 > countries that were a third part of a ring, two countries issued a set of
 > two that fit together into a circle like puzzle pieces, and the Cook Islands
 > has a triangular coin.
 >

There's the Indian 5 paise coin (discontinued in 1994), which was
square.

http://128.192.145.172/foreign15/76in5p.jpg
(actually, the one I have looks like #19 on this page
http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/India_all4.html  )