INTERESTING STUFF

AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF INTERESTING OR HISTORIC WORLD COINS AND CURRENCY

This Interesting Stuff Catalog includes hundreds of interesting, historic and unusual items. Included are world coins, currency, tokens and medals, from ancient times to the present. It emphasizes "the story behind the coin or note".

As we stock most items in quantity, the pictures are of a typical representational piece taken from stock.

INTRODUCTION & PAYMENT TERMS

INDEX TO THIS CATALOG
Some of our customers said it would be easier to find what they wanted if everything was listed on one page, so we have added an on-line index. It includes the coins, notes and other items in this Interesting Stuff catalog and is sorted by country or area. It provides a brief description of the item, and a link to the page that lists the item (you may have to scroll down the linked page to find the item).

RECENT ISSUES
New coin issuing nations and new issues from around the world.

FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES PATTERN EURO COINS
Attractive gold and silver Essai coins, many from nations that have previously issued few or no coins.

COINS OF THE POPE AND THE VATICAN

THE EURO
Coins and coin sets of the Euro member nations, incuding the 2 Euro commemorative coins.

THE GROWING EUROPEAN UNION
Coins of the new European Union members and selected pattern Euro coins.

INTERESTING COINS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Harry Potter coins, commemorative coins of Mongolia and Argentina, Convertible Pesos from Cuba, and other interesting people and things on coins.

UNUSUAL COINS
Odd shapes, unusual materials, major design errors and other unusual coins.

COINS OF ISLAND NATIONS
Coins from small island nations from around the world.

COINS OF MICRO-NATIONS
Coins of the The Grand Duchy of Avram, Purple Shaftieuland, Seborga, New Island, Sealand, Atlantis, and other self-declared nations that are very difficult to locate on a map.

COINS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Hand struck fantasy coins of North America, including Viking issues of Vinland and coins for French settlements in Alabama and Louisana. Also Camelot coins featuring King Arthur. These are unusual modern creations of historical coins that never actually were issued.

COINS OF MIDDLE EARTH
Coins based on the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT.

ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL COINS
Roman, Islamic, Celtic, European and others. Includes well as coins of Saladin, Ghenghiz Khan and other historical figures.

HISTORIC OLD COINS
Some interesting and historic coins from the past 200 or so years.

1800 YEARS OF IRAQ COINS & CURRENCY
A selection of coins and notes from ancient times to the present. Trace the rise and fall of Baghdad through its coins. Includes Saddam banknotes and United States Occupation banknotes.

1000 YEARS OF AFGHANISTAN COINS
Coins from a long troubled land.

COINS & CURRENCY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
Historic and modern coins and notes from Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other places frequently in the news.

2200 YEARS OF COINS OF INDIA

2400 YEARS OF CHINESE COINS and CURRENCY
Includes ancient coins to modern issues.

COINS and CURRENCY OF JAPAN
With an emphasis on issues of the Shoguns.

400 YEARS OF RUSSIAN COINS AND CURRENCY
From Ivan the Terrible to the latest issues of the Republic

NATIONS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
A selection of coins from nations that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union

COINS AND CURRENCY OF FORMERLY COMMUNIST EASTERN EUROPE
Includes pre-communist, communist and post communist coins of the former Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.

GERMAN COINS AND CURRENCY
Includes issues Inflation issues, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, East Germany and the Federal Republic

WORLD WAR II ERA COINS & PAPER MONEY
Historical coins and notes from this historical period.

VIETNAMESE & SOUTH EAST ASIAN COINS & CURRENCY
Coins of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

DEAD NATIONS
Coins of countries that no longer exist.

MONEY FROM AFRICA
Though many African nations have trouble with their economy, they produce some of the most attractive coins in he world.

New RARE ULTRA-LOW MINTAGE AFRICAN COINS
Rare bi-metallic and silver coins with mintages of only 5 to 25 pieces!

WORLD COIN SETS
An interesting and educational way to learn about the world.

SILVER COINS OF THE WORLD

BI-METALLIC COINS
Bi-metallic coins are one of the hottest areas of collecting world coins.

MULTI-COLOR COINS
Pretty and colorful coins from various countries.

THE COIN ZOO (coins with animals)

GOING PLACES
Coins showing ships, airplanes, trains and automobiles

SPORT AND OLYMPIC COINS
Including World Cup Soccer Issues.

BARGAIN AND BULK LOTS
Bulk and wholesale lots to help start or build up your world coin or world currency collection

TOKENS, MEDALS AND OTHER NEAT STUFF
Our own medals and tokens, Arnold California State Quarters, Military Medals, Wooden Nickels, Bread tokens, Missouri Ozark Chits and other neat stuff.

ODD & CURIOUS MONEY
This stuff does not look like our concept of money,
but is it any crazier than buying stuff with just a piece of paper printed up by the government?

WORLD PAPER MONEY

MILLION DOLLAR BILLS
You and your friends can be Millionaires with our $1,000,000 Bills!

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS
Gifts of the wisemen: Gold Frankincense and Myrrh, Million dollar bills, as well as other gift ideas - available all year around.

SILVER STRIKE BROTHEL TOKENS FROM NEVADA

ORDERING INFORMATION

SECURE ON-LINE ORDERING PAGE

INTRODUCTION & PAYMENT TERMS

This is an expanded on-line version of our popular Illustrated Catalog of World Coins and Currency. Taking advantage of the capabilities of the World Wide Web, we are able to offer a much larger selection than will fit in our regular printed catalog, including new items as they become available as well as limited stock items that would not otherwise be worthwhile to list.

In our illustrated catalog we emphasize the romance, history and social significance of the coins. Included are a wide variety of moderately priced items, including ancient to modern world coins, paper money, primitive money, tokens, medals and related items, most of which are pictured. We hope you enjoy perusing our offerings. Please e-mail us at orders@joelscoins.com if you have any questions or comments, or would like the latest "paper" version of this catalog.

Some abbreviations used:

AG=About Good, G = Good, VG = Very Good, F = Fine, VF = Very Fine, XF = Extremely Fine,
U = Unc. = Uncirculated, BU = Brilliant Uncirculated, CU = Crisp Uncirculated, PF = Proof
Catalog value are based on the 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause & Mishler.

Some notes to help you use this on-line catalog

From the Table of Contents you may click on the section of the catalog you wish to view. I avoid the use of frames as it crowds the screen too much.
Within a section you may click on outlined images for an enlargement so to better see the detail.
Images are taken from actual items in stock and are typical of the item you would get. It is unlikely you would get the exact coin or note pictured.
To Order you may cut and paste the description line into an e-mail, or you can just type out the the item number and/or description. Orders are filled by humans, rather than computers, so we the exact format is not important. (One of these days we will get on-line ordering, but we can only handle one thing at a time.)
There is a lot of material here, you may want to order a few things now, bookmark this page, then come back and read more of the catalog later.
Unless otherwise indicated, most items are designed to be shown actual size when you print the catalog. Depending on the monitor you are using however, items may look bigger or smaller. In order to give you a idea of the actual size on your monitor I have included the following scale to judge by.

ORDERING INFORMATION

For coin and currency orders delivered to the U.S. and its possessions: please include $3.00 postage for orders under $50, $4.50 for orders $50 to $100 an $7.50 for orders of $100 to $600. Free shipping on coin and currency orders going to a U.S. address for orders over $600. Please include $5.00 for postage on all orders of coin books and $8.00 for orders of coin supplies.
For coin and currency orders going to CANADA airmail postage without insurance for coin and currency orders under $50 is USD 3.00, for orders for $50 to $100 postage is USD $4.50. Registered Airmail is recommended for orders over $100. The rate depends on the weight of the package. Minimum cost is $10.00. Postage for books, supplies, and Gifts of the Wisemen boxes will depend on the weight of the package.
For other countries postage is based on costs: $3.00 will cover about 5 average coins to most countries by regular airmail. Registered Airmail usually costs at least $11. Global Priority Mail is available to some countries at a cost of $5.25 for a small envelope that can weigh up to about 1700 grams. Insurance or Registered is not available on Global Priority Mail, so Global Priority Mail is sent at your risk. Let me know if you have any particular requirements for customs. Please e-mail me at: orders@joelscoins.com for exact rates based on your order.
California residents add 7.25% sales tax.
All prices in US dollars.
3 weeks return privileges.
All items carry a lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
For on-line orders you may e-mail your order to us at orders@joelscoins.com or use our Secure on-line Credit Card Order Page. Use the address or phone numbers at the bottom of this page for mail, fax or phone orders.

Payment may be made by personal check or a money order in US dollars drawn on a US bank, Postal Money Order in US dollars, AMERICAN EXPRESS, VISA, MASTERCARD, or PAYPAL.