Small Denomination Silver of the World

Cladiator

As most of you know I'm pretty much just a half dime nerd. Have dabbled in the DarkSide from time to time with very enjoyable results but half dimes have always been my main draw. I thought it would be an interesting compliment to my US half dime collection to have a sister collection of world coins in similar denominations and metals.

I know that Canada produced a silver 5 cent coin so that's one. What other nations have made small silver coins for roughly the value of 5 of their smallest denominations? Perhaps a silver 5 centavo, silver 5 penny, silver 5 pfenning, etc...?

mrpotatoheadd

CollectorBob

You'll be amazed at how many countries minted the type of kinds you like:.

Scroll down and enjoy! World Small Silver

bidask

Check out mexican gold pesos too.

Rickc300

The German Empire minted 20 pfennig silver coins from 1873-1877 which at the time traded for about 4.6 cents on the dollar if memory serves me correctly (I'm sure someone will come along and give us the correct trade value soon)... Anyway, I have a couple of pretty well circulated duplicates if you are interested in trading for one. I'm always looking for interesting duplicate coins others may have to trade...


Edited to add, 100 Pfennigs equaled 1 Mark so a 1/5 of the Mark would be 20 Pfennigs...
Rick

ProofArtworkonCircs

British silver 3d pieces (originally worth about 6 cents) are about 5 cent silver size.

Cladiator

Ok this is what I've got so far, can anyone add more?

Canada Silver 5 cent
New Foundland Silver 5 cent
Hong Kong Silver 5 cent
Guatemala Silver 5 centavo
Mexico Silver 5 centavo
Mexico Silver ½ real
Colombia Silver 5 cent
Panama Silver 5 centesimo
Straits Settlements Silver 5 cent
Germany Silver 20 pfenning
England Silver 3d
Russia Silver 5 kopek
Netherlands Silver 5 cent

bidask

Don't forget maundy coins.

ProofArtworkonCircs

We may have to ask Cladiator on that one. Maybe a 1d Maundy is TOO small.
Yet, you are right. We should probably include the 2d and possibly the 4d.

Daltonista

India half-rupees, or maybe quarter-rupees?
Aussie, NZ, and SA 3d's too, and British West Africa 1913-19.
Burma 1/4-rupee 1852.
British Guiana, 1/8-guilder.
Cyprus, 3 piastres, 1901.
Newfoundland - 5 cents.
New Brunswick - 5 cents.
Mombasa - 2 annas.
Rhodesia (1952 only) and Southern Rhodesia - 3d.
Anchor Money - 1/16 dollar.
Many Chinese small silver, and Indian States.
Lots more...check German States in Craig or Krause!

Bjorn

I think it was 4.2 marks to the dollar before WWI, so a 20 pfennig piece would be 1/21 of a dollar, so just under 5 cents.

I also have a Indian coin from Mewar that's half the diameter of a current day British penny (will post the picture later)

FilamCoins

The 10 Centavo is the smallest silver denomination in the USPI series. The 5c is copper-nickel.

IloiloKano

<< <i>The 10 Centavos is the smallest silver denomination in the USPI series. The 5c is copper-nickel. >>



However, US-PI coinage was established by US law to be exchangeable for US (Mainland) Currency at 2 for 1, so the US-PI Ten Centavos had a value of Five Cents. That should make it (technically, at least) a half dime; should it not?

ColinCMR

you could also add New Brunswick 5cents, minted only in 1862 and 1864, a bit of a chellenge in a nicer grade

mayor1

Japan 5 Sen silver.

spoon

This is one area that I collect spasmodically... tiny coppers are cool too

Here's what I can think of off the top of my head, there are really tons that fit in this category. Just staying pretty tightly in the +/- 16mm range:

Australia - 3 pence
Canada - 5 cents
- New Foundland - 5 cents
Denmark - 2 or 3 RBS? and later 10 ore
something from Ethiopia?
France - 20c and 1/4F
Germany - 20 pfenning
- most 1 kreuzers and groschen, pre-Unification
Great Britain - 3 pence
- Ceylon - 10 cents
- Honduras - 5 cents (under Vicky only)
- Hong Kong - 5 cents
- India - 2 annas
- Mauritius - 10 cents (Vicky only & pricey!)
- Straits Settlements & Malaysia - 5 cents
- Sarawak - 5 cents (pricey!)
- South Africa - 3 pence
- West Africa - 3 pence
Iran - kran/rial/idontremember
Japan - 5 sen
Netherlands - 5 cents
- Antillies - 1/10 Gulden
- East Indies - 1/10G
- Curacao - 1/10G
New Zealand - 3p
Norway - 2 or 3 skilling and 10 ore
Portugal - 50 reis
Russia - 5 kopek
- Finland - 25 pennia
Sweden - 10 ore
Thailand - some fraction of a baht, a fuang?


And then there are the slightly smaller 1/4 reales from most South American countries, which I really wish I had started collecting a few years ago since it seems these tiny suckers have been steadily rising in price toward something more in line with their true scarcity. Also, if you really want to go off on a tangent, there are tons of different Islamic coins, mostly hammered, that fit into this category and are usually cheap and interesting.

If you're willing to graduate to slightly larger silver, the 50 centimes-sized coins have a lot of nice variety too.