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Coins of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Today's theme is dedicated to the coins of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the fourth most populous and largest state in Europe, located on the border of Austria and Switzerland . It will not be a surprise that coins for a state with a population of 9,000 people (at the beginning of the 20th century) were issued in extremely small editions, and therefore are quite expensive and rarely found. 

Coins of the Swiss Confederation

The Swiss franc is rightfully considered one of the most stable world currencies. And this is not surprising, because from the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1848 to the present, not a single monetary reform has been carried out in the country, and the only 30% devaluation occurred in 1936, during the Great Depression. Most of the coins, first issued in 1879, are still issued without change in design. 

Coins of foreign states during the First World War.

Монеты Первой мировой войны
Those who are fond of the history of minting coins by European states at the beginning of the last century could not help but notice that due to military needs, a number of countries during the First World War were forced to abandon the issue of coins from strategic materials such as brass, bronze, copper, nickel and switch to less popular in the military industry zinc and steel. Issued coins sometimes repeated the design of their pre-war "predecessors," but only in a different material, or, came out in a completely new design . I want to tell you about these coins, as well as coins issued by the conquering countries for circulation in the occupied territories, accompanying my review with illustrations of coins from my own collection.