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What's the longest word on a coin?

JohnZJohnZ Posts: 1,732 ✭
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I vote for the 17-letter German word "OBERBEFEHLSHABERS" meaning Commander-in-chief, on the Military Kopeks of 1916.

Can anyone think of a longer one?

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  • cachemancacheman Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭
    10 to 1 it'll be on a Russian coin....
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    How about a Welsh inscription?
  • MadMuffinMadMuffin Posts: 468 ✭
    On a small Danish coin from 1842 the word "RIGSBANKSKILLING" can be found written in full. That's the denomination of the coin.

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  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭
    But "RIGSBANKSKILLING" is only 16 letters, and "OBERBEFEHLSHABERS" is 17, so JohnZ's word is still out in front!image
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  • MadMuffinMadMuffin Posts: 468 ✭
    Darn it! image Must have counted too quickly then!

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Pobjoy should make a commemorative with this Welsh town name.....

    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

    Maybe in a spiral design! Maybe they already have. image
  • kuhlikuhli Posts: 501
    I can't beat 17, but I can match it.

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  • MadMuffinMadMuffin Posts: 468 ✭


    << <i>Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch >>



    It would take at least a crown size coin to carry that inscription image

    BTW, you sure you spelled that correctly?

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  • tlhoytlhoy Posts: 2,204
    floccinaucinihilipilification

    It's on a U.S. token.
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  • JohnZJohnZ Posts: 1,732 ✭
    floccinaucinihilipilification

    Wow. That's supercalifragilisticexpialadocious!

    What token are you referring to?

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  • tlhoytlhoy Posts: 2,204
    I won it at the Kentucky state fair back in the 80's. Last year I traded it for a large (3 foot tall) stuffed Tigger. Oddly enough at the Arkansas state fair. I gave it (Tigger) to my daughter. I remember it because it means "Worthless" or something like that.
    Glenn
  • tlhoytlhoy Posts: 2,204
    It had the word "floccinaucinihilipilification" around the coin on one side & a large "O" with the word "zero" inside the "O" on the other side.
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