I just posted a 1965 1 lira coin from Turkey with a valuation of .00000003760 USD . Read an article from a few years back saying the 1 tiyin from Uzbekistan was the least valuable . It is listed here https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1471.html as .0000011 USD.. Do I own the least valuable coin in the world?
Ray Muniak Retired artist/sculptor . 79 years old. 4 children 10 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren. Also worked as a wood patternmaker (Foundry industry) for 27 years before becoming a full time artist.
The 1 lira coin from Turkey probably was demonized but the other is still legal tender so that coin is the least valuable coin. It seems the description of the 1 lira coin should be updated.
So I am assuming my 10 Kurus of 1967 is even less valuable?
As far as sheer worthlessness goes - perhaps a filler coin of pengo from the 1940s from Hungary or a Zimbabwe 1 cent coin?
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Quote: "jokinen"We should look for the least valuable coin still in regular circulation.
And if we adjust for purchasing power, the US Cent is pretty worthless.
I believe the Japanese 1 Yen coin is regular circulation
South African one cent is still in circulation - it is worth about 0.06 of a US cent.
Russian 10 Kopecks
Mauritian 5 cents
On the other hand, my country has one of the most valuable lowest denomination coins. Our 10 cent piece is worth about 6 Eurocents, 7 US cents and Swiss Rappen and 5.2 British pence!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Quote: "Moneytane"On the other hand, my country has one of the most valuable lowest denomination coins.
Sure, only Cannabis is cheap in the Kiwi land
Where did that come from?
At least we are nuclear free, much to the chagrin of the country you love
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Even 5 kopek coins (roughly 0.08 US cents) still occasionally appear in circulation, though they're much rarer than the 10.
I haven't seen a circulating 1 kopek coin in ages, but they were minted as recently as 2014 (to facilitate currency exchange in newly occupied Crimea).
They were still sufficiently non-rare in the late 2000s that I managed to assemble a (then) full date set from circulation; at the time they would've had a face value of about 0.03 US cents (by now it would have been about half that).
I believe that as of 2014 the 1 kopek was the world's second lowest valued coin minted for circulation (the Philippines 1 sentimo being slightly lower valued; some commemorative coins, e.g. from Belarus, technically had even lower face values, but were not made for circulation).
Last year, Venezuela replaced the 'Bolivar Fuerte' by a new 'Bolivar soberano'. Between the decision of the currency reform and the minting of the first coins, most of the 'centimos' had become obsolete. Eventually only the 50 centimos coin (now € 0.000024) and the 1 Bolivar soberano (now € 0.000049) were minted last year.
The para dates from Ottoman times, when 40 Para = 1 Qirsh/Piastre and 100 Qirsh/Piastres was a Lira under the 1844 decimalisation they had.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Even 5 kopek coins (roughly 0.08 US cents) still occasionally appear in circulation, though they're much rarer than the 10.
I haven't seen a circulating 1 kopek coin in ages, but they were minted as recently as 2014 (to facilitate currency exchange in newly occupied Crimea).
They were still sufficiently non-rare in the late 2000s that I managed to assemble a (then) full date set from circulation; at the time they would've had a face value of about 0.03 US cents (by now it would have been about half that).
I believe that as of 2014 the 1 kopek was the world's second lowest valued coin minted for circulation (the Philippines 1 sentimo being slightly lower valued; some commemorative coins, e.g. from Belarus, technically had even lower face values, but were not made for circulation).
It is the same with Thailand, they often release 1 and 5 satang coins for commemorative sets like the 60th and 70th anniversaries of King Rama IX and a new set for the new king Rama X, but in reality coins below 25 satang do not circulate and realistically now, the 1 Baht (About 5 cents NZ) is their lowest coins.
Is it true too, that generally in most of the Euro zone, the 1 and 2 cent are not really used with the 5 cent being the main base coin.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
