American Darkside

Weiss

It doesn't get much more convoluted than this



1942 1/10th Gulden



Check this out: Minted by the US Mint in San Francisco for the government of the Netherlands, for use in the Dutch East Indies. Denominated in Dutch Gulden and the Indonesian Roepiah (Rupiah, Rupee). Written in Dutch, Arabic, and Javanese.



And it's super tiny--just 1.25 grams @ 15mm:

lordmarcovan

"American Darkside" could be a pretty big subset. These are neat. There were of course many other foreign coins struck by the US Mint over the last century and a half or so, and some like this even bear US mintmarks.

ricko

That is unique... I did not know about these - knew of others, but not this one. Thanks... Cheers, RickO

Weiss

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

"American Darkside" could be a pretty big subset. These are neat. There were of course many other foreign coins struck by the US Mint over the last century and a half or so, and some like this even bear US mintmarks.

Yep, you can clearly see the "S" San Francisco mintmark opposite the the palm tree privy mark!



Add to this that the Japanese occupied Indonesia in early 1942. What a strange little coin with a fascinating history.

amwldcoin

There is actually a book about Foreign coins struck by the US Mint!

Jackthecat1

There were many different fascinating foreign coins struck at US Mints, the most recent being the Icelandic Leif Ericson 1000 Kronur struck at Philly along with the US Commemorative Silver Dollar.

asheland

I believe Hawaiian coins from 1883 and Panamanian coins are, too.

asheland

I like the title, BTW

CoinZip

johnny9434

thats a first for me as well. its kinda neat to see that

NumisOxide

Neat! The 1944 Belgium 2 francs were made by the US mint, struck on steel cent planchets.

Weiss

Here's another related piece: 1944 Dutch 10 cents, 1.4 grams of .64 fine silver. This was struck by the Mint in Philadelphia. Note the acorn privy mark beneath the 1 in the date. Denver struck the same piece but the guides say nearly the entire mintage was melted. Too bad this wasn't a "D" instead. Those list for $15,000 in MS60!