The biggest money in the world. For everyone and about everything. Celebrity Coins
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The biggest coin
The largest coin in the world The coin, made in Australia, even has its own name - Tonne Gold Kangaroo Coin
The dimensions are amazing - the diameter of the coin is 80 cm, the thickness is 12 cm. The largest coin is made of the purest gold of 999.9 purity. Her weight is 102 kg. The denomination of the coin is 1 million Australian dollars. Its real price on the market is hundreds of times higher (gold). And the fact that it was made in a single copy makes it truly unique.
Money with a surprise
Thermal coin The coin itself initially looks simple, except that it is red. But as soon as you pick it up, the image changes and... a chicken appears. It's all about the thermal material that covers the surface. Different images appear at different temperatures.
A coin with the image of .....hemp was issued in 2011 in Benin. It is unclear what the government's intention was in issuing the coins. Smoking marijuana is officially prohibited in this country.
Coin in the shape of hemp Largest paper banknote was released in Hungary in 1946. In the post-war period, rampant inflation reigned in the country. Price tags had to be rewritten literally every day. Therefore, a sextillion banknote did not surprise anyone at that time.
A sextillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or a billion trillion
The smallest banknote in the world released in Romania in 1917. The dimensions of the “baby” were 2.7 x 3.8 cm.
Average circulation time paper money about 3-5 years. It’s too short-lived, they decided in Canada and released plastic money into circulation. The advantages are obvious - such money practically does not wear out and is the most durable money in the world.
Plastic money from Canada If you have a banknote in your hands with a face value of 1 million US dollars, then you are a member of the International Millionaires Club. The banknote was issued in 1988 precisely for these purposes and is a kind of pass to the club.
1 million dollar bill The largest banknote in the world is not actually money. This is a huge office building in Lithuania. It is built in the form of a banknote of 1000 local money (lit.)
Building in Lithuania in the form of a banknote The inverted coin was issued in Liberia in 2001. When the coin is flipped, the image of a woman with glasses changes to a sailor.
The smallest coin in the world was issued in Nepal in 1740. Its weight was only 0.002 g.
For comparison, a 1 ruble coin weighs about 3.24 g and is comparable in weight to 1,162 Nepalese coins.
Celebrity Coins
Coin – Star Wars The small island state of Niue decided to make money on popular movie characters, namely Star Wars. It began to issue coins depicting the heroes of the popular film saga. It is clear that these coins were immediately snapped up by numismatists and fans of the film. There's just one thing. The cost of one coin started at 500 US dollars. Thus, the government has found a practical, cost-free source of replenishing the treasury.
Coin – Don Quixote In general, similar images of various fictional characters are periodically found on coins and banknotes. Thus, in the unknown state of Palau, coins with the image of Don Quixote were issued. It is noteworthy that only about 5% of the country's indigenous people know Cervantes' work.
Since the beginning of trading, people have experimented with exchange mediums. They may seem strange to us now, but they made sense at the time and place in which they were used.
Coins with Star Wars characters
Since the tiny Pacific nation of Niue has very few ways to make money, they decided to make money with money. Namely, they decided to release collectible coins that fans of the Star Wars movie saga will happily buy up. After all, this money depicts the most famous characters from it. And one such coin costs 390 US dollars!
Princess Diana Coin
The world loved Princess Diana very much for her beauty, kindness and sincerity. She was also loved in the Cook Islands, where they even issued a coin dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the tragic death of Diana Spencer.
Coins with QR code
QR codes are gaining more and more popularity in the world! Until recently, they were widely used only in Japan, but now the Netherlands Mint is releasing the world's first coins with a QR code. This code contains an encrypted link to the website of the Ministry of Finance of this country.
Plastic banknotes
The whole world has already become accustomed to plastic cards replacing cash. But in some countries of the world, for example, in Canada, plastic banknotes are used with all their might! This allows banknotes to be more reliable and durable.
Collectible coins
The example of IKEA and LEGO products inspired designer Mac Funamizu to create collectible coins. For example, such a dollar coin could be divided into four parts of 25 cents, or one part of 50 cents and two of 25.
Million dollar bill
Now the largest denomination of dollar bills is 100. But there were times when there were others, much larger denominations - 200, 500, 1000 and even 1,000,000 (one million!). True, the latest banknotes were issued only in a souvenir version. For example, in 1988, a million dollar note was issued as a membership card to the International Millionaires Club.
Largest banknote denomination
The largest banknote in terms of denomination was issued in 1946 in Hungary during the frantic post-war inflation and redenomination. Its denomination was equal to a sextillion penge (the Hungarian currency of that time), that is, a billion trillion (twenty-one zeros after one).
Glowing money
Each of us knows how inconvenient it can be to count money in poor lighting. It is to solve this problem that the concept of glow-in-the-dark money, Luminous Paper Money, was created. Moreover, each denomination of such a banknote can be given its own backlight color.
Volume coins
In Somalia, apparently, they don't trust flat coins. That’s why they issued voluminous coins in the shapes of triangles, balls and cubes. And it will be more convenient to fight off the enemy with such weighty coins in civil war-torn Somalia
Centennial
Centennials, once widely used in the town of Moose Jaw in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This method of printing money was used by the Germans after the First World War, who tried with all their might to raise the Reichsbank from oblivion and pay colossal compensation to the affected countries. In fact, at that time the Germans printed money on everything, but the most unusual material was still wood
Lewis pound
The Lewis pound - it was in this English town that at one time the particularly enterprising mayor Michael Chartier was in power, who decided to create an internal currency, which he simply called the Lewis pound, to promote the small traditional shops of the city. With this money, local residents could pay for any goods and pay any bills within the city. The city of Brixton in South London followed suit only a year later, creating a local Brixton pound.
Disney dollar
Disney dollar, which has the same value as the US dollar. However, $1, $5, $10 and $50 bills can only be used at Disney theme parks, resorts, cruise ships and Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. The currency was created in May 1987
Chilean Peso
The Chilean peso, which today would not be called either strange or unusual, but if you go back to the recent year 2008, everything falls into place and the peso becomes, if not unusual, then at least a funny currency. The thing is that it was then, in 2008, that minters made a terrible mistake by misspelling the name of the country - as a result, 50 million coins with the inscription Republica de Chiie came into circulation.
"Recycled Money" of the Caribbean
"Recycled money" of the Caribbean countries. No, this does not mean that they are made from recycled paper or recycled materials. What then is their “processing”? The answer must be sought in the middle of the 19th century, when the Caribbean islands, lacking their own currency, began to melt down foreign coins and mint their own from the resulting metal - that’s where they got their unusual name. The most unusual "recycled money" was in use in the Dominican Republic - in the center of each coin there was a heart-shaped hole.
Cosmic Pound Sterling
The Cosmic Pound Sterling is a currency that has never been used on Earth and is still waiting for our technology to develop sufficiently in order to become a single space currency in the future, designed to withstand the loads of space travel: the “coins” do not have sharp corners and are created from substances absolutely harmless to human body. The Space Pound was developed by scientists from the National Space Center and the University of Leicester as an alternative to electronic money transfers, which will become impossible in space.
Squirrel carcasses
Palauan Islands Dollar
Palau Islands dollar issued in 2007. That's when one of the smallest countries in the world made its own currency a little unconventional. Authorities have released a silver dollar with an image of the Virgin Mary and a tiny reservoir containing holy water from the Grotto in Lourdes, France. The following year, a second series of coins was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary in the Grotto.
Rai Stones
Stones of Paradise Solomon Island Jap. It is surprising that in the 21st century someone still continues to use money that was first used in the early days of the market, but the islanders of Yap do use large stone discs with a hole in the middle as currency, the value of which is determined by the size and, most importantly, the , how many people died in the process of transporting the stone to the island.
The fact is that there are no such stones on our native island, so local residents you have to swim in a canoe to the neighboring island of Palau, where there are still a lot of stone discs, and deliver the “money” home
The residents of Palau themselves observe this process ironically, rejoicing in their hearts that they have their own currency and do not have to bend over backwards trying to get it) It’s good that at least there is no capitalism on the island of Yap and the country remains invulnerable to inflation, otherwise the islanders would have to to mine the Rai Stones of ever larger sizes...
The oldest banknote ever known. The earliest use of paper money was in China in 800 AD. But only a banknote dated 1380 has survived - this is the oldest paper money
European paper money appeared in the seventeenth century. In 1633, English jewelery certificates were used as a means of payment. In 1660, these certificates began to be used as an alternative to coins - these were the forerunners of banknotes in England. The Bank of Sweden was founded in 1656, offering loans, credits and deposits to customers. In 1661, the Bank of Sweden was the first in Europe to introduce paper money. The hundred Daler banknote was introduced in 1666:
In Great Britain, the Bank of England introduced paper notes in 1694, but such money did not become widely used until 1921. Decimal currency was introduced in England on February 15, 1971. 50 pence coin, one of the first to be introduced, is very familiar to the British since its introduction more than 40 years ago. However, this coin was originally octagonal. There is also a 12-coal threepence coin, and a half-penny coin, which was withdrawn from circulation in 1984
Northern Ireland money, like Scottish banknotes, have the same status and can technically be used throughout the United Kingdom. However, they are rarely seen outside Northern Ireland. Here, for example, is a 2006 limited edition banknote dedicated to football legend George Best
Form british coin at 3p not the most original. What do you think of the coins minted in Zambia in honor of Olympic Games in Sydney 2000?
Has everyone heard about hyperinflation in Zimbabwe? The economic problems of this country also affected the currency. Here is a 2008 banknote 10 million dollars:
However, over time, it was blocked by this bill:
Later, a new government was elected in Germany led by Adolf Hitler. He wanted his profile to be on the banknotes. Here is the design for five reichsmark coins, proposed in 1942 but never implemented
Joseph Stalin is depicted on a 1949 coin minted in the occupied Soviet Union Czechoslovakia
During World War II, Japan occupied many territories, where it also introduced occupation currency. Here is the money introduced during the occupation in Hong Kong
This 100 yuan note 1944 used in Manchuria in northwest China
Unusual coins of the 20th century
Cameroon, 2011, 1000 francs
Australia, 2009, 50 cents
Belarus, commemorative coins based on fairy tales
Portugal, 2010, one and a half euros
Portugal, 2006, 8 euros
Cote d'Ivoire, 2010, 1000 francs
Mongolia, 2011, 500 tugriks
Cameroon, 2011
Samoa, 2010
Sweden, 2011, coin with a piece of meteorite
Tuvalu, Transformers series
Tuvalu, 2009, Barbie doll anniversary
Uganda, 2001, illusion coin
Zambia, 2001, illusion coin
Zambia, 2003, calendar coin
France, "last franc", curved in three planes
Canada, 2010, $15 for the Year of the Tiger
Netherlands, 5 euros
Netherlands, 5 euros, issued for WWF anniversary
Hungary, 2000 forints
Australia, 2011
Liberia, 2001, 10 dollars
Liberia, 10 dollars
Liberia, 10 dollars
Liberia, coin with folding sundial
Lithuania, 1 lita, for the European Basketball Championship
Mariana Islands, $5
Liberia, 2005, 10 dollars
The most unusual money in the world December 5th, 2012
Many of us are accustomed to thinking of money as a medium of exchange in the form of notes and coins in ordinary denominations. However, throughout the history of currency, rather strange forms of payment have appeared. These could be giant heavy stones, geometric shapes, metal sticks and many other non-standard materials.
Unusual coins: Rai stones
In Micronesia on the island of Yap, Rai stones are legal tender. These coins represent large limestone discs with a diameter of 1.5 - 6 meters with a hole in the middle. The cost of such a stone depends on the size, weight, and also on how many people died to move such a stone.
Coins of Africa: Kissi money
In some parts of West Africa, twisted ones were used until the 20th century. iron sticks 33-36 cm long shaped like a "T" at one end and spatula shaped at the other. They were called kissi money or kissi pennies and were often used during burial ceremonies. They were often used in bundles. So, for example, a cow cost 100 bundles of 20 twigs.
The biggest coin
Canadian 1 million Canadian dollar coin, which weighs 100 kg and is 99.9 percent pure gold, was considered the world's largest coin until 2011.
At the end of October 2011, Australia introduced the largest gold coin in the world. Huge coin produced by the Perth Mint weighs more than a ton of pure gold. Its thickness is 12 cm and its diameter is 80 cm.
Smallest coin
Historically, the smallest coin is the Tara Vijayanagara silver quarter in India. diameter - 4 mm, which weighs only 1.7 grams.
Smallest commemorative coin
And in 2012, the smallest diamond coin depicting Queen Elizabeth II in honor of the Diamond Jubilee. Its diameter is only 750 nanometers (1 nanometer is one billionth of a meter)
Unusual geometric money of Somalia
These so-called coins are three dimensional geometric shapes cone (water), pyramid (fire), sphere (earth), cylinder (wood) and cube (metal).
Somalia is famous for other unusual coins in in the form of cars, guitars and motorcycles.
Rare fiber coins
The Makchukuo Yuan was the official coin of Japan in the occupied territory of Manchuria. In 1944-45, due to the war, metal reserves sharply decreased and coins of 1 and 5 fen were made from red and brown cardboard-like material.
Wooden money
This money was in use in the city of Moose Jaw in Canada. They were issued in the period after the First World War, when metal was so rare that cities issued currency from the most available material, including wooden tablets.
Rare talking coin
On a Mongolian coin with a nominal value of 500 tugriks, on one side of which there is an image American President John Kennedy, there's a little button that when you press you can hear the president's historic phrase: "I'm proud to be a Berliner!"
Silver coin with holy water
One of the smallest countries in the world, the island nation of Palau issued an unusual coin in 2007 - a silver dollar depicting the Virgin Mary with a tiny bottle containing holy water from a holy site in Lourdes, France.
Space money
This currency is not used on Earth, but was designed for space tourists. It was created by scientists from National Space Center And University of Leicester and received the name Quid (from the English Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination - quasi-universal intergalactic denomination). These round coins are made from heavy-duty plastic and feature images of planets. solar system, are able to withstand space loads and have a high degree of protection.
Money is considered a necessary attribute of civilization. But if everything was as boring as it sounds, the world would not have seen such a flight of human imagination, captured in the most seemingly ordinary things. We have collected the most interesting coins and money in the world and examples of how they become objects of art.
The most unusual money in the world
1. Let's start with Disney Dollars.Walt Disney, who created the world of childhood for several generations, did not forget about the important. In the legendary Disneyland, children are in charge, which means the currency must be appropriate. Equated in value to the US dollar, the Disney dollar was first issued in 1987. Denominations of 1, 5 and 10 Disney dollars correspond to famous cartoon characters - Mickey, Goofy, Minnie. You can pay with them in all parks, resorts, ships and the island of the great Disney.
2. Unusual money of the island of Yap, which is impossible not to notice.
They appeared at the beginning of time and are still used today. Heavy discs made of worn stone with big hole in the middle, which served to carry them, not a single pair of legs was broken.
Their value is determined by their size and the number of people who died in the process of transporting them to the island. The Yapis do not have their own stones, so they have to transport money from the island of Palau in a canoe.
3. Money smells
Those inventors live on the island of Palau. Several years ago they decided to release a series of coins called “Paradise Aroma”. The first coin to come out was the one with the image of a coconut, and it smelled amazing. Another noteworthy one is from the same series - with an engraving of a surfer catching a wave. Her scent is as fresh as the ocean waves.
4. Cameroon butterfly
Three years ago, a silver coin was issued in Cameroon, recognized as the most beautiful and unusual coin in the world of numismatics. This coin is very valuable, but not from the point of view of its nominal price, but from the point of view of aesthetics. It has the flower she landed on engraved on it. amazing butterfly with colored wings. Looks realistic and three-dimensional. The technology for its production is kept in the strictest confidence, and the number of issued coins is only 2.5 thousand, so there is a little bit of good.
5. Talking John Kennedy is an example of a coin with an interesting property.
On strange Mongolian coins worth 500 tugriks, John Kennedy flaunts. They are equipped with a special button, pressing which plays the legendary phrase former president USA: "I'm proud to be a Berliner." It is clear that the series of such coins is extremely small and expensive.
But these interesting coins are not all that the National Bank of Mongolia can boast of. For example, in 2011 they decided to issue a collectible series of coins dedicated to endangered animals. This idea received active support from the world community, and the collectible coins were recognized as unusually beautiful. One of the most expressive animals captured in this series is the Ural owl. The work is done very realistically, the coin is made of the highest standard silver, and the owl's eyes are inlaid with dark Swarovski stones. Now the value of an owl ranges from 1500 to 3000 US dollars.
6. Pyramid of Tutankhamun
An interesting coin in the form of a silver pyramid was released from the Pobjoy Mint 5 years ago. This is a tribute to Howard Carter, 70 years have passed since his death at that time. Carter is famous for finding the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. The coin is engraved with an image from the tomb walls. At the top of the pyramid is the sun, and this is a particularly remarkable detail, because it contains grains of sand, of which there are plenty in this very tomb.
7. Guitar-shaped coins
Ten years ago, coins were issued in Somalia that are now recognized as the most unusual and original. These are miniature multi-colored guitars, the surface of which is coated with silver, with a denomination of 1 dollar. An extravagant series of coins was issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of rock and roll.
8. Dinosaur Skeleton
One of the freshest new products in modern world Numismatics favors a coin with the image of a dinosaur.
The fact is that the remains of a prehistoric animal were recently discovered near the province of Alberta. The coin is easy to find in a dark pocket, as the phosphorescent skeleton of the majestic animal will certainly attract attention. On its reverse side there is a portrait of Elizabeth 2, who, alas, does not want to be phosphorescent.
9. From one extreme to another
One of the heaviest coins in the world, one of the ten unusual money in the world. A coin with a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars weighs a lot - 100 kg, and its alloy is 99.9% pure gold. Until 2011, this treasure rightfully occupied first place in the world in terms of its dimensions. But in October 2011, Australia presented something even cooler. The giant coin, 12 cm thick, 80 cm in diameter and weighing about 1000 kg of pure gold, supplanting its predecessor, was issued at the Perth Mint.
Meanwhile, in Foggy Albion they came up with and implemented the concept of nano-money. The tiniest of the coins boasts a diameter of 750 nanometers (1 nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter). It depicts Queen Elizabeth 2, who, in fact, is the object of the idea - the creation of amazing money was timed to coincide with her Diamond Jubilee.
10. Typo at the Chilean Mint
In 2008, something irreparable happened in Chile during coin minting. 50 million coins with the inscription “Republic of Chii” became the subject of hunting by modern numismatists and the reason for the dismissal of the head of the Chilean mint. Today, collectors will have to pay double the price for them.
11. Pound Sterling for the space public.
Ray Bradbury's writings continually raised concerns about crossing cosmic boundaries. While his fears have not been confirmed and earthlings have not landed on other planets, there is already a special currency for this case. Space money is designed to withstand possible overloads during future flights, is not subject to interstellar collisions, and is completely devoid of sharp edges. The currency is intended to replace irrelevant electronic transfers in the future. And it was created by a group of scientists from the National Space Center and the University of Leicester.
12. Virgin Mary of Palau
The Palau Islands have repeatedly surprised the public with their exceptional money. But in 2007 they created something interesting. The $1 silver coin is decorated with the image of the Virgin Mary, and inside the coin is a reservoir of holy water from Lourdes, a grotto in France. In 2008, another series of coins was released, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the appearance of the Blessed Virgin in this grotto.
13. Chewbacca instead of an eagle
The small Pacific nation of Niue desperately needs money, so it issued some to make money. The coins depict characters from the legendary Star Wars movie saga, so they will definitely appeal to fans of the film and collectors. One such unusual coin costs $390.
In 2007, a coin appeared in the Cook Islands with unusual shape, dedicated to Princess Diana, or rather the tenth anniversary of her death. As you know, the world loved Diana Spencer very much, which is why the coin looks like a Valentine. In the shape of a heart and with a portrait of a person of blue blood.
15. Science has moved forward.
The now popular use of QR codes originated in Japan, and today the Dutch Mint has released the first of its kind coins with this code. It contains a link to the website of the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
Humanity has long been paying with plastic cards, but in Canada, for example, they pay with plastic cash. The good idea is that the bill does not wear out over time and is not subject to attacks by counterfeiters.
Inspired by Lego, designer Mak Funamizu began creating so-called prefab coins. For example, a dollar coin can be divided into quarters or halves. This idea will solve the age-old problem with an excess or lack of small change and will make money circulation more interesting.
We all know that it is impossible to count money after sunset, because it is not visible. Therefore, the newly created concept of Luminous Paper Money is a solution to this problem. There are several backlight options, they correspond to a certain denomination.
As we see, human imagination is capable of transforming boring reality into something sublime and beautiful. The country has interesting coins, this is a kind of calling card, an attempt to express experiences, the desire to perpetuate what you love, and of course dreams of a fantastic future. This is what the exhibits presented above demonstrate.
It would seem that the times of beads and mirrors as banknotes are long gone, but is this really so?
IN paradise Pacific Ocean, on the island of Yap in Micronesia, locals use huge stone discs with a hole in the middle as money. Their diameter ranges from 1.5-6 m. The value of such a banknote is determined by its size, as well as by how many people were injured during the transportation of the stone.
The fact is that there are no such stones on their native island, so local residents have to sail in a canoe to the neighboring island of Palau, where there are still a lot of stone discs, and deliver the “money” home.
Residents Palau They watch this process with irony, glad that they have their own currency and don’t have to strain so hard to get it.
Disney Dollars
These are all children's favorite banknotes. They are only used at Disney theme parks, resorts and cruise ships. The value of the Disney dollar, created back in 1987, is equal to the value of the US dollar.
Coins of Africa: Kissi money
Some peoples of West Africa, until the twentieth century, used twisted iron sticks 33-36 cm long. They were called kissy pennies and were often used during funeral ceremonies.
Obviously, such money was not very valuable, because it was often used in whole bundles. A cow, for example, cost 100 bundles of 20 twigs .
The largest coin on Earth
Until 2011, the largest coin in the world was a Canadian coin worth 1 million Canadian dollars. It weighs 100 kg and is 99.9% made of pure gold.
But in October 2011, the Australians surpassed the Canadians. The giant Australian coin issued by the Part Mint weighs more than a ton. The thickness of the golden beauty is 12 cm, the diameter reaches 80 cm.
The world's smallest coin
The Tara Vijayanagara Silver Quarter in India is the smallest coin on Earth. The tiny coin has a diameter of 4 mm and weighs only 1.7 g.
Amazing Money Somalia
In Somalia, instead of coins, they use the following geometric figures: a cone (water), a ball (earth), a pyramid (fire), a cylinder (wood) and a cube (metal).
This country is also famous for other unusual coins in the form of cars, guitars and motorcycles.
Rare fiber coins
Due to the war in 1944-1945, Japan's metal reserves rapidly decreased. Therefore, some coins were made from red and brown material similar to cardboard.
In the city of Moose Jaw in Canada after the First World War they used... wooden money. At that time, the metal was so rare that cities issued money from the most available materials, including from wooden planks.
There is a small button on the Mongolian 500 tugrik coin, which depicts American President John F. Kennedy. By clicking on it, you can hear the president’s historical phrase: « I'm proud to be a Berliner! »
In 2007, one of the smallest countries in the world, the state of Palau, issued an unusual coin. This is a silver dollar depicting the Virgin Mary holding a small vial of holy water from a holy site in Lourdes, France.
These round coins are made from heavy-duty plastic and depict the planets of the solar system. Such strange money was made at the National Space Center and the University of Leicester especially for space tourists.
