cowhodan Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 A set of 8 coins from "The Republic of Cabinda" has appeared on ebay, what do you think of them? Just metal pieces like all the pattern euros that have appeared or real coins from a new place like the Nagorno Karabakh coins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaincoffee Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 My guess is that the FLEC may have produced this currency as part of its independance campaign against Angola. Not sure you could spend it anywhere. Pretty sad story, and a pretty nasty place to be. It is one of the less publicized stories of African politics/war/atrocities, but I suppose things have to be beyond awful to get much press when you are in competition with the horrors in neighboring countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 They're quite interesting. Nice designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I like fish.....so I like those coins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I see a lot of bimetal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josemartins Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 They seem a complete fantasy set to me (not even a FLEC fund raiser monetary issue), there isn't such thing called "Banco de Cabinda" and 1945 is what? The birth year of the guy who made up this set??? (60th FAO anniversary, yeah, right, nice excuse...) Jose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 There's some interesting bimetals in that set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseluis13 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 They are not coins, are medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Here's a little more on these Cabinda Coins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josemartins Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Here's a little more on these Cabinda Coins That's nice, but if it was a legitimate issue then the grammar would be correct, no singular/plural "mix ups"... ("Cinco escudos convertível" ) Jose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxalx Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 See this 2 websites: http://www.cabinda.net/CNB.htm http://cabindacoins.weblodge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 What is more funny is about this: The Cabinda National Bankcabinda@gmail.com gmail??? A National bank using gmail??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Just metal pieces like all the pattern euros that have appeared or real coins from a new place like the Nagorno Karabakh coins? These are just as real as the "coins" of Nagorno-Karabakh. Most propably they have absolutely nothing to do with the Cabinda region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Most propably they have absolutely nothing to do with the Cabinda region. This is my opinion too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 These are just as real as the "coins" of Nagorno-Karabakh. I believe that Nagorno-Karabakh is in the Krause catalog. Is Cabinda in there as well? What is Krause's criteria for entry into the catalog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I believe that Nagorno-Karabakh is in the Krause catalog. Is Cabinda in there as well? What is Krause's criteria for entry into the catalog? The civil war can be a criteria, there are plenty of civil wars issues in Krause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 I believe that Nagorno-Karabakh is in the Krause catalog. Is Cabinda in there as well? What is Krause's criteria for entry into the catalog? I have no idea about their criterias. I'm just saying that being listed in the Krause catalog doesn't necessarily mean that they are real coins. See the new Spitzbergen tokens for example. Only issues of 1946 and 1993 are real, later ones are pure bs. They have been removed from the newest edition. Nagorno-Karabakh coins are only little medals which have never circulated as money in Nagorno-Karabakh - and surely never will. The small denominations of Congo DR and North-Korea look like being minted in the same place and designed by the same designer. They are also made purely for collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Nagorno-Karabakh coins are only little medals which have never circulated as money in Nagorno-Karabakh- and surely never will. The Schön catalog of world coins does not have a Cabinda entry but has Nagorno-Karabakh. It differentiates though: The N-K aluminum and brass issues dated 2004 and made by Mincovna Kremnica (SK) are listed first. Then it has various issues in a Pieces with fictitious face values section: silver and gold "coins" dated 1998-2004 and made by "Solidarity Mint" Los Angeles (US). The latter were most likely made for collectors outside Nagorno-Karabakh only. Now whether those 2004 base metal pieces actually circulate there ... well, I doubt it. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 What is more funny is about this:The Cabinda National Bankcabinda@gmail.com gmail??? A National bank using gmail??? lol...it's funnier if you swap out the country/e-mail service. The Central Bank of the Philippines philippines@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 1989 Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Sorry to hijack this thread but I'm rather interested in these coins from NIGHTINGALE ISLAND & GOUGH ISLAND lower down on that same link http://www.joelscoins.com/new2.htm#cabinda Speaking of odd coins :http://www.joelscoins.com/oops.htm#tv Underneath the coins in the link: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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