Ken P's Coins on Postage Stamps

Coin Mercantile, Inc. Rare Modern World Coins for Investors and Collectors.

A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting coins.

1900-1953	1954-1959	1960-1965	1966-1968	1969-1971	1972	1973-1974	1975	1976
1977	1978-1979	1980-1981	1982-1986	1987-1989	1990-1992	1993-1996	1997-1999	2000-2001
2002-2003	2004-2005	2006	2007-2012

1954 January 5

Israel

Four postage stamps depict various ancient Judean coins.
Stamp denominations are 80, 95, 100, and 125 prutot.

Approximate value: US$0.80.

1954 January 15

Greece

1000-drachma postage stamp depicts a coin of Alexander the Great.

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1954 (month unknown)

Italy

13-lira postage stamp depicting a Syracusean coin.

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1954 March 20

Italy

25-lira postage stamp depicting a Syracusean coin.

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1954 May 15

Greece

2400-drachma airmail postage stamp marking the 5th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic treaty.
The stamp depicts a coin of the Amphictyonic League.

Approximate value: US$1.40.

1954 December 28

Italy

Two postage stamps depict a Syracusean coin.
Stamp denominations are 100 and 200 lira.

Approximate value: US$0.40.

1955 March 15

Italy

25-lira postage stamp depicting a Syracusean coin.

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1955 August 1

Cyprus

25-milliemes postage stamp depicts a coin of Paphos;
500-milliemes stamp depicts four coin devices of Cyprus;
1-pound stamp depicts four coin devices of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire, and Venice.

Catalog numbers: Scott 174,181-82

1955 (month unknown)

Greece

2-drachma postage stamp depicts a coin of Alexander the Great.

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1955 August 20

Greece

Two postage stamps marking the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the first school of philosophy on Samos.
The 2- and 5-drachma stamps depicts a coin of Samos.

Approximate value: US$2.40.

1956 (month unknown)

Greece

Two postal tax stamps for archaeological research in Macedonia.
50-lepta stamp depicts Zeus on a Macedonian coin of Philip II;
1-drachma stamp depicts Aristotle on a coin.

Approximate value: US$0.80.

1956 (month unknown)

Italy

15-lira postage stamp depicts a Syracusean coin.

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1956 July 28

Argentina

2-peso postage stamp commorating the 75th anniversary of the Argentine Mint.
Stamp depicts 1881 1 peso coin.

Catalog numbers: Michel 638; Scott 650; Stanley Gibbons 885

Approximate value: US$0.20.

1956 October 1

China

Two postage stamps, 4- and 8- fen, promoting savings, depict ancient coins.

Catalog numbers: Scott 299-300

Approximate value: US$1.20.

1957 March 5

Colombia

25th anniversary (in 1956) of Agrarian Savings Bank of Colombia.
1-centavo and 5-centavos stamps depicts depositing coin in a savings bank.

Catalog numbers: Scott 670,671

1957 (month unknown)

Italy

6 lira postage stamp depicts a Syracusean coin.

1958 January 6

Bermuda

9-pence postage stamp depicts early hog coin of Sommer Islands.

Catalog numbers: Scott 154

Approximate value: US$3.50.

1958 June 20

Germany

20 pfennig postage stamp marking the 19th anniversary of German currency reform.
The stamp depicts a 5-mark coin.

Approximate value: US$0.35.

1958 December 18

Chile

100th anniversary of the Savings Bank for Public Employees.
10-peso stamp depicts symbolic coin dropping into a savings bank.

Catalog numbers: Scott 304

1958 (month unknown)

Italy

Three postage stamps depict a Syracusean coin.
Stamp denominations are 1, 50, and 90 lira.

Approximate value: US$0.60.

1959 March 24

Greece

Ten postage stamps depicting ancient Greek coins.
10 lepta stamp depicts a Zeus and eagle coin;
20 lepta stamp depicts an Athena and owl coin;
50 lepta stamp depicts a nymph Arethusa and chariot coin;
70 lepta stamp depicts a Hercules and Zeus coin;
1 drachma stamp depicts a Helios and rose coin;
1.50 drachma stamp depicts a Griffin and square coin;
2.50 drachma stamp depicts an Apollo and Lyre coin;
4.50 drachma stamp depicts a Apollo and labyrinth coin;
6 drachma stamp depicts a Aphrodite and Apollo coin;
8.50 drachma stamp depicts a ram's head and incuse squares coin.

Approximate value: US$3.85.

1959 (month unknown)

Greece

2.50 drachma postage stamp depicts a coin of Alexander the Great.

Approximate value: US$0.30.

1959 (month unknown)

Italy

Two postage stamps depict a Syracusean coin.
Stamp denominations are 100 and 200 lira.

Approximate value: US$0.40.

1959 November 4

Tunisia

First anniversary of the Central Bank of Tunisia.
50-millimes stamp depicts a coin.

Catalog numbers: Michel 548; Scott 365; Yvert 501; Stanley Gibbons 510

Approximate value: US$0.65.

1959 December 1

Portuguese India

Twenty postage stamps depict coins from the Reign of Manuel I (1495-1521) up to the Republic.
5-, 10-, 15-, 30-, 40-, 50-, 60-, 80-centavos;
1-, 1.5-, 2-, 2.5-, 3-, 4-, 4.4-, 5-, 10-, 20-, 30-, 50-escudos.

Catalog numbers: Michel 567-82; Scott 598-617; Stanley Gibbons 693-708

Approximate value: US$13.00.

1959 December 20

Italy