Some common texts which can identify the origin

or family of a coin
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Coin Text

Country

A (large, ornate)

Finland or Russia

ACORES

Azores

AFERIKA BORWA

South Africa

AFRIKA - DZONGA

South Africa

AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE

French West Africa

ALGERIE

Algeria

APKTNKYLOnb

Spitzbergen

AZERBAYCAN

Azerbaijan

BALLIVIE INSVLE DEGERNEREVE

Bailiwick of Guernsey

BAYERN

Bavaria

BELGEN

Belgium

BELGES

Belgium

BELGIQUE

Belgium

BELGISCH CONGO

Belgian Congo

BHMAY

Mongolia

bocHA

Bosnia

BOHMEN UND MAHREN

Bohemia and Moravia

BRITANNIARUM

Great Britain

BRITT

Great Britain

BRODRAFOLKENS

Sweden

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND German Fed Republic

BURKINABE

Burkina Faso

C (large, ornate) IX or X

Denmark or Sweden

CABO VERDE

Cape Verde

CAMBODGE

Cambodia

CCCP

Russia

CESKA

Czech Republic

CESKOSLOVENSKA

Czechoslovakia

CHERIFIEN

Morocco

CHON

Korea

COLONIAR BRITAN

British West Indies

COM

Kyrgyzstan

COMORES

Comoros

CONGO BELGE

Belgian Congo

COTE D'IVOIRE

Ivory Coast

CTOTNHKN

Bulgaria

CYM

Uzbekistan

D.G.REG.F.D.

Great Britain

DANMARK

Denmark

DANSK AMERIK

Danish West Indies

DANSK VESTINDIEN

Danish West Indies

DEGERNEREVE

Guernsey

DEUTSCH KIAUTSCHOU CEBIET

Kiau Chau

DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA

German East Africa

DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE

German Democratic Republic

DEUTSCHER LANDER

German Federal Republic

DEUTSCHES REICH

Germany

DEUTSCHLAND

German Democratic Republic

DOA

German East Africa

DOMINICANA

Dominican Republic

EAST INDIA COMPANY

British India or Straits Settlements

EESTI VABARIIK

Estonia

EIRE

Ireland

EIREANN

Ireland

EMPIRE CHERIFIEN

Morocco

ESPANA

Spain

ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST

West African States

F (large, ornate) VII

Denmark

FERENCZ JOZSEF

Hungary

FILIPINAS

Philippines

FOSTERLANDET

Sweden

FRANCAISE

France

FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS

French Somaliland

FUJAIRAH

Al-Fujairah

FUN

Korea

GABONAISE

Gabon

GRONLANDS

Greenland

GUINE

Portuguese Guinea

GV (crowned)

Sweden

H (large, ornate, crowned)

Russia

HELVETIA or HELVETICA

Switzerland

HIBERNIA

Ireland

HRVATSKA

Croatia

ISLAND

Iceland

JUGOSLAVIJA

Yugoslavia

KA3AKCTAH

Kazakhstan

KERAJAAN BRUNEI

Brunei

KIBRIS CUMHURiYETi

Cyprus

KRYOLITHBRUD

Greenland

LATVIJA

Latvia

LEON

Asturias & Leon

L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGO

Congo Free State

LETZEBURG

Luxembourg

LIBAN

Lebanon

LIBANAISE

Lebanon

LIETUVA

Lithuania

MAGYAR

Hungary

MAKEAOHNJA

Macedonia

MALAGASY

Madagascar

MAROC

Morocco

MOCAMBIQUE

Mozambique

MOHLOn

Mongolia

N (large, ornate)

Finland

NED

Netherlands

NEDER INDIE

Netherland East Indies

NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN

Netherland Antilles

NORGE

Norway

NOUVELLE CALEDONIE

New Caledonia

NOUVELLES HEBRIDES

New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

NUEVA GRANADA

Colombia

OESTERREICH

Austria

OESTERREICHISCHE

Austria

OST

German Empire

OSTERREICH

Austria

PA3MbHHbIN 3HAKb

Russian Caucasia

PERUANA

Peru

POCCNN

Russia

POLSKA

Poland

POLSKIE

Poland

PONTIFICIO

Papal States

PREUSSEN

Prussia

QUITTUNG UBER

Lodz Ghetto (Poland)

QUOC-GIA VIET-NAM

South Viet Nam

R (large, ornate) IX or X

Denmark

R (large, ornate) VI

Norway

RF (large, ornate)

France

SACHSEN

Saxony

SALOTE TUPOU

Tonga

SCHEIDE MUNZE

German states

SCHEIDMUNZE

Austria

SHQIPERI

Albania

SHQIPERISE

Albania

SHQIPNI

Albania

SLOVENIJA

Slovenia

SLOVENSKA

Slovakia

SO'M

Uzbekistan

SUKARNO

Irian Barat or Riau Archipelago

SUOMEN TASAVALTA

Finland

SVERIGES

Sweden

SYRIE

Syria

TATAPCTAH

Tatarstan

TAUFA' AHAU TUPOU

Tonga

TbBA ARAT RESPUBLIK

Tannu Tuva

TCHAD

Chad

TIMOR-LESTE

East Timor

TNNNH (backward N's)

Uzbekistan

TUNISIE

Tunisia

TUPOU

Tonga

VEBA

Bulgarian leva

VIET-NAM CONG-HOA

South Viet Nam

VIET-NAM DAN-CHU CONG-HOA

North Viet Nam

W (crowned)

Netherlands

YANG

Korea

YEN

Japan

YKPAIHA

Ukraine

Z.A.R.

South Africa

ZHONGGUO RENMIN

China

ZU3UUSUJ

Armenia

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