Ken P's Coins on Postage Stamps

A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting coins.
1900-1953 1954-1959 1960-1965 1966-1968 1969-1971 1972 1973-1974 1975 1976
1977 1978-1979 1980-1981 1982-1986 1987-1989 1990-1992 1993-1996 1997-1999 2000-2001
2002-2003 2004-2005 2006 2007-2010

1997 February 19

South Korea

A 150-won postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the modern banking system in Korea depicts two coins.

1997 April 3

Ireland

32 pence postage stamp marks the millennium of Irish coinage.
The stamp depicts the first minted Irish coin of 997.

1997 April 3

Ireland

75th anniversary of the Irish State.
52-pence stamp depicts Irish currency.

1997 June 12

Estonia

50 kroon postage stamp depicting a 1 kroon coin.

1997 June 17

United Arab Emirates

Sharjah heritage.
50-fils stamp depicts coins.

1997 July 12

Lithuania

1.20-litas stamp depicts coins of the 15th century.

1997 July 24

Spain

2000th anniversary of the Roman colony of Elche.
32-peseta stamp depicts an ancient Roman coin.

1997 August 6

Dominican Republic

2 peso postage stamp commemorates the 100th anniversary of the country's first peso coin.
The stamp depicts the 1897 1 peso coin.

1997 August 6

Netherlands Antilles

85-cent stamp depicts 2.5-cent plaka coin;
175-cent stamp depicts 5-cent stuiver coin;
225-cent stamp depicts 2.5-gulden fuèrtè coin.

1997 October 28

Northern Cyprus

Old coins of Cyprus.
25,000-lira stamp depicts 1861 Abdül Aziz gold lira;
40,000-lira stamp depicts 1808 Mahmud II gold rumi;
75,000-lira stamp depicts 1566 Selim II gold lira;
100,000-lira stamp depicts 1909 Mehmed V gold besibirlik.

1997 November 19

Uruguay

Shanghai '97 International Stamp and Coin Exhibition.
3.50-peso stamp depicts obverse and reverse of 1-peso coin.

1997 December 18

Peru

100th anniversary of gold libra coin.
10-sol stamp depicts Peru 1897 gold libra coin.

1997 December 23

Israel

2.10 shekel postage stamp depicts a coin of the Bar-Kokhba war.

1998 January 28

India

2 rupee postage stamp depicts Jagdish Chandra Jain and a coin.

1998 April 11

Malaysia


Four postage stamps depict early coins.
20-cent stamp depicts a coin of Trengganu 1793-1808;
30-cent stamp depicts a coin of Kedah 1661-87;
50-cent stamp depicts a coin of Johore 1597-1615;
$1 stamp depicts a coin of Kelantan 1400-1780.

1998 May 8

Ukraine

European Bank if Reconstruction and Development.
1-kopiyok stamp depicts obverser and reverse of an 11th century gold coin;
1-kopiyok stamp depicts obverser and reverse of an 11th century silver coin;
60-kopiyok stamp depicts obverser and reverse of a 500-hryvnia St. Sophia Cathedral gold coin;
60-kopiyok stamp depicts obverser and reverse of a 200-hryvnia Taras Shevchenko gold coin;
30-kopiyok stamp depicts obverser and reverse of a 1,000,000-kopiyok Bohdan Khmelnytsky silver coin;
30-kopiyok stamp depicts obverser and reverse of a 10-hryvnia Petro Mohyla silver coin.

1998 May 12

Uruguay

Bicentennial of Swiss Republic; International Topical Philatelic Exhibition in Nueva Helvecia.
3.50-peso stamp depicts obverse and reverse of a 1-euro coin.

1998 May 29

Latvia

Two postage stamps marking the 800th anniversary of the City of Riga.
10-santims stamp depicts coins of 16th and 17th c entury Polish and Swedish kings;
40-santims stamp depicts obverse and reverse of a 1930 5-lat coin.

1998 June 18

Estonia

25 kroon postage stamp depicting a 1 kroon coin.

1998 June 19

Germany

110-pfennig postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the deutsch mark.
The stamp depicts a 1998 1-deutsch mark coin.

1998 June 27

Argentina

75 centavo postage stamp marks the 250th anniversary of the creation of the Argentine Postal System.
The stamp depicts a 1 peso coin.

1998 April 30

Poland

Israel '98 World Philatelic Exhibition in Tel Aviv.
90g stamp depicts Israeli stamp that depicts two coins.

1998 October 28

Italy

800 lira postage stamp for Europe Day, showing a coin as part of design.

1999 January 5

Netherlands

80-cent stamp depicts a 1-euro coin, marking the introduction of euro currency.

1999 January 14

Sweden

4.5-kronor stamp depicts Gustav Vasa daler;
5-kronor stamp depicts Carl XIV John riksdaler.

1999 January 18

Monaco

Monaco '99 International Philatelic Exhibition.
3-franc stamp shows a stamp-like design depicting a gold coin.

1999 February 19

Greece

500 drachma postage stamp marks the International Year of the Ocean.
The stamp depicts a silver tetradrachm of Antigonos Doson, 229-221 BC.

1999 March 1

Guyana

$300 postage stamp depicts characters from Walt Disney's film Robin Hood throwing gold coins.

1999 March 8

Luxembourg

An "A" (16 francs) postage stamp for the introduction of the Euro, depicting a 1-euro coin.

1999 April 5

India

Two postage stamps promoting marine heritage.
Each 3 rupee stamp depicts a small coin.

1999 April 29

Ireland

30 pence postage stamp for the introduction of the euro as a single European currency.
The stamp depicts a 1 euro coin.

1999 May 13

Australia

$2 postage stamp marks Perth Mint centenary.
The stamp depicts a gold sovereign.

1999 May 30

Croatia

2.30 kuna postage stamp marks the 150th anniversary of the minting of the Jelacic kreutzer coin.
The stamp depicts the 1849 kreutzer coin.

1999 May 30

Croatia

5 kuna postage stamp marks the 5th anniversary of the Croatian kuna.
The stamp depicts a one kuna coin.

1999 June 1

Albania

Four postage stamps depicting ancient coins.
200 leke stamp shows three coins of 280-623 BC;
20 leke stamp shows four coins of 168-380 BC;
10 leke stamp shows two coins of before 278 BC;
310 leke stamp shows one coin of 168-197 BC.

1999 June 11

Norway

14-kronor stamp depicts a specidaler of King Christian IV, part of a millenium series.

1999 June 15

China

5 yuan postage stamp marks the 50th anniversary of the new Taiwan dollar, depicting several coins.

1999 June 18

Estonia

100 kroon postage stamp depicting a 1 kroon coin.

1999 (month unknown)

Bolivia

1-boliviano postage stamp for Potosi Tourism depicts an 1827 Bolivian coin.

1999 (month unknown)

Qatar





Ancient coins. 1-riyal stamp depicts an Umayyad dirham.
1-riyal stamp depicts an Umayyad dirham.
1-riyal stamp depicts an Abbasid dirham.
1-riyal stamp depicts an Abbasid dirham.
1-riyal stamp depicts an Umayyad dirham.
2-riyal stamp depicts an Abbasid dinar.
2-riyal stamp depicts an Umayyad dinar.
2-riyal stamp depicts an Abbasid dinar.
2-riyal stamp depicts a Marabitid dinar.
2-riyal stamp depicts a Fatimid dinar.
2-riyal stamp depicts an Arab Sasanian dirham.
3-riyal stamp depicts an Umayyad dinar.

1999 July 3

Monaco

Stamp, coin, postcard show in Fontvieille.
3-franc stamp depicts the obverse of a coin.

1999 August 12

Armenia

Two postage stamps depicting Cilician ships.
170 dram stamp depicts ancient coin(s);
250 dram stamp depicts ancient coin.

1999 August 13

Greenland

5.75 krone postage stamp depicting Viking coins.

1999 September 1

Israel

5.35 shekel postage stamp depicts a 250 mils 1948 Israel stamp that depicts ancient Judean coins.

1999 September 26

Monaco

Jubilee Bourse.
6.50-franc stamp depicts a 100-franc coin.

1999 October 18

Spain

International Congress of Money Museums in Madrid.
70-peseta stamp depicts coins on a table.

1900-1953 1954-1959 1960-1965 1966-1968 1969-1971 1972 1973-1974 1975 1976
1977 1978-1979 1980-1981 1982-1986 1987-1989 1990-1992 1993-1996 1997-1999 2000-2001
2002-2003 2004-2005 2006 2007-2010

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