OT? Not really.

satootoko · December 25, 2003 2:54AM

When I tried to obtain Krause numbers for my Sao Tome & Principe coins I discovered they had left the country completely out of the book!

Since I was (a) holding one of their coins in my hand, and (b) had contacted fellow amateur radio operators there, I knew there really was such a country, so I engaged in a little internet research, in the course of which I discovered that our own CIA has a website that every world coin collector should have bookmarked. It has tons of information about the countries of the world.

Shipcoin · December 25, 2003 3:02AM

Hey, Satootoko, they (not CIA, but S.T.& Principe) has a very nice shipcoin:
S.T. & Principe shipcoin

This guy enclosed alsoa data about that country... but unfortunatelly only in Russian

spoon · December 25, 2003 3:09AM

That's odd. Which edition is that? You looked under "St. Thomas.." too, right?

I know it's in the older books. Which coins are you looking for? I'll give you #s if I can.

Plus, we'll probably be hearing more of Sao Tome in the next couple years.. some folks are thinking they'll become the Kuwait of Africa with upcoming oil development...

danglen · December 25, 2003 3:13AM

They are listed in Krause under St. Thomas and Principe

They have some awesome hologram coins, and their enameled coins aren't
too shabby either. But I love the CIA link

Thanks Roy.

lordmarcovan · December 25, 2003 4:14AM

CIA Factbook site duly bookmarked for future reference. Thanx.

satootoko · December 25, 2003 5:01AM

<< <i>You looked under "St. Thomas.." too, right? >>

FC57Coins · December 25, 2003 5:41AM

That's a cool link - thanks!

tbirde56 · December 25, 2003 5:55AM

It's right there on p.1850 of the infamous 2003 edition. It's always been listed under the English name.
I think I put up that CIA link a couple weeks ago on another forum. It's been around forever. It's really helped me to decide which countries NOT to conquer.

OT? Not really.

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