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1 cent coin (Juliana)

The 1 cent coin from the Netherlands features the portrait of the Dutch monarch, Queen Juliana. The bronze 1c coin was known as a ‘Cent’. It was the lowest value coin in the Netherlands.

You get: £0.00005

1 NLG = £0.0050000000

1 Greek Drachma coin (Constantine Kanaris)

This 1 Greek Drachma coin features a Greek corvette sailing ship from the Greek War of Independence. The portrait on the coin is that of Constantine Kanaris, Greek Prime Minister, admiral and politician.

You get: £0.00016

1 GRD = £0.0001600000

1 Italian Lira coin

The 1 lira coin from Italy has almost no value and was not commonly in use from the 1990s onwards. It features a weighing scale and the cornucopia, also known as the horn of plenty. It weighs less than a gram and is made of aluminium.

You get: £0.00003

1 ITL = £0.0000300000

10 Pesos coin Colombia (laurel wreath)

This 10 Columbian Pesos coin features its value surrounded by a laurel wreath on the obverse, and Colombian coat of arms on the reverse side. The $10 COP piece is made of nickel brass, has a diameter of 17mm and a weight of 2.6 grams.

You get: £0.00040

1 COP = £0.0000400000

10 sen coin Malaysia (First series)

The coin of 10 sen is the equivalent of $0.10 Malaysian Dollar, later renamed to Malaysian Ringgit. On the cupronickel $0.10 piece is an image of the Malay Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur.

You get: £0.00798

1 MYR = £0.0797900000

20 Cents coin Hong Kong (Queen Elizabeth II)

This twenty cents coin from Hong Kong features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The brass-nickel 20c piece from Hong Kong has a mass of 2.59 grams and a diameter of 18.01mm.

You get: £0.01071

1 HKD = £0.0535600000

20 Cents coin Singapore (First series)

The cupronickel coin of 20 Singapore cents from the 1st series has a swordfish on the reverse side. The coin weighs 5.66 grams and has a diameter of 2.36 centimetres.

You get: £0.05992

1 SGD = £0.2995900000

5 mils coin Malta

The coin of 5 mils has a value equivalent to 0.005 Maltese Lira. The aluminium coin has a scalloped shape and features a traditional Maltese lampstand.

You get: £0.00010

1 MTL = £0.0200000000

5 pennia coin Finland (copper)

The coin of 5 Finnish pennia has a simple design with a stylised handshake on the obverse side and coin the cross of Saint Hannes on the reverse. The copper 0.05 FIM coin weighs 2.6 grams and measures 18.5mm across.

You get: £0.00013

1 FIM = £0.0025000000

50 Centimes coin Algeria (Science)

This coin of 50 centimes features on its reverse, a laboratory flask with a book and a sun behind it.

You get: £0.00085

1 DZD = £0.0017000000

British cartwheel penny

Cartwheel pennies are private issue coins, minted by the British industrialist Matthew Boulton. They weren’t backed by a government but they contained their face value in copper. As a result these penny coins are large and very heavy, an impressive 28.3 grams! For this reason the Matthew Boulton copper pennies were known as ‘cartwheel pennies’.

You get: £0.00313

1 GBP = £0.7500000000

Irish predecimal sixpence coin

The Irish predecimal sixpence coin is the equivalent of 1/40 of a pound. The Irish text on the 6d coin reads ‘reul’ and ‘Eire’. The cupronickel sixpence piece from the Republic of Ireland has a mass of 4.53 grams and measures 21mm across.

You get: £0.01763

1 IEP = £0.7050900000

1 Belgian Franc coin (Ceres)

Belgium’s old 1 Franc coin shows the Roman goddess Ceres facing left, next to a cornucopia ‘horn of plenty’. The reverse side of the copper-nickel 1 Fr coin shows a crown above an oak branch with two acorns.

You get: £0.00050

1 BFR = £0.0005000000

1 penni coin Finland (aluminium)

This coin of 1 penni was Finland’s lowest value coin, equivalent to 0.01 markka. The symbol on the reverse side of the aluminium 1 penni piece is the looped square or ‘hannunvaakuna’, also known as Saint Hannes cross or Gorgon loop. Its use in Scandinavia goes back to ancient times over 1000 years ago, when … Continued

You get: £0.00003

1 FIM = £0.0025000000

10 Cents coin Hong Kong (Queen Elizabeth II)

This 10 cents Hong Kong coin has the portrait of Queen Elizabeth wearing a tiara crown. The nickel-brass coin weighs 1.85 grams and measures 17.5mm across.

You get: £0.00536

1 HKD = £0.0535600000

10 cents coin Mercury silver dime

The silver Mercury dime features a young goddess Liberty wearing a winged cap. On the back side of the old 0.10 USD coin is a fasces, which is a bundle of wooden rods, and olive branches.

You get: £0.57900

1 USD = £5.7900000000

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