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¼ Shaft

¼ Shaft - obverse¼ Shaft - reverse

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Features

Pretended issuer Purple Shaftieuland
Type Fantasy coins
Year 1970
Value ¼ Shaft
Currency Shaft
Composition Brass
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
70222
References X# M3
Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes).

Obverse

Four quarter shaft segments.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PURPLE SHAFTIEULAND
1/4 SHAFT

PURPLE SHAFTIEULAND
1/4 SHAFT

PURPLE SHAFTIEULAND
1/4 SHAFT

PURPLE SHAFTIEULAND
1/4 SHAFT

Engraver: Bob Kolosa

Reverse

Motto at center surrounded by ruler's name above and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHIEF WEESKEE ROOYOO KISSIEUTIEU
IN
FORINADE
WE TRUST
1970

Translation: In foreign aid we trust

Engraver: Bob Kolosa

Edge

Plain

Comments

These coins were made as a humorous way of expressing contempt towards all the non-circulating legal tender (NCLTs) and commemorative coins that were (and still are) being minted specifically for collectors.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1970  1 000

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