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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting coins.
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1960 March 24
Spain
5-peseta stamp depicts a Murillo painting of children counting coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1176; Scott 930; Stanley Gibbons 1342
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1960 (month unknown)
Italy
30-, 40-, and 70-lira postage stamps depict a Syracusean coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 785,786,786A
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1960 July 6
Israel
7-agorot postage stamp depicts a Judean coin of 66-70 AD.
Catalog numbers: Scott 171A
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1960 July 19
Colombia
150th anniversary of Colombia's independence.
5-centavo stamp depicts Colombia 1811 2-reales coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 719; Stanley Gibbons 1035
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1960 July 20
Colombia
150th anniversary of independence.
1-peso airmail stamp depicts two coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel B19; Scott C386d; Yvert B19; Stanley Gibbons MS1047
Approximate value: US$0.65 (Scott 2014).
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1960 August 16
Cyprus
Stamps of 1955 overprinted for new republic.
25-millieme postage stamp depicts a coin of Paphos;
500-millieme stamp depicts four coin devices of Cyprus;
1-pound stamp depicts four coin devices of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire, and Venice.
Catalog numbers: Scott 189,196-97; Stanley Gibbons 194,201-02
Approximate value: US$67.60 (Scott 2014).
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1960 August 29
Ecuador
Achievements of President Camilo Ponce Enriquez: monetary stability.
30-centavo stamp depicts two coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1051; Scott 674; Stanley Gibbons 1179
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1961 January 19
Peru
1st National Numismatic Exposition, and 300th anniversary of first dated coin (1659) minted at Lima.
1- and 2-sol airmail stamps depict 1659 Lima coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 597-98; Scott C166-67; Yvert 160-61; Stanley Gibbons 845-46
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1961 February 25
Bulgaria
1-lev postage stamp depicts Tsar Assen coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1216; Scott 1148; Yvert 1059
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1962 June 1
Switzerland
10- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts 1732 Obwalden half-thaler;
20- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts circa 1653 Schwyz ducat;
30- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts 1659 "Steer Head" Uri Batzen;
50- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts Batzen Nidwalden.
Catalog numbers: Michel 751-55; Scott B314-17; Yvert 693-93; Stanley Gibbons 663-67
Approximate value: US$3.20 (Scott 2010).
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1963 July 15
Tonga
First gold coinage of Polynesia.
1-, 2-, 6-, 9-pence, 1-shilling 6-pence, and 2-shilling postage stamps depict a 1/4-Koula coin.
10-, 11-pence, and 1-shilling 1-pence airmail stamps depict 1/2-Koula coin.
2-shilling 1-pence, 2-shilling 4-pence, and 2-shilling 9-pence airmail stamps depict 1-Koula coin.
15-shilling airmail official stamp depicts a 1962 1-Koula coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 128-39,D17; Scott 128-33,C1-6,CO7; Stanley Gibbons 129-40,O17
Approximate value: US$14.65 (Scott 2010).
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1964 June 1
Switzerland
10- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts Zurich copper coin;
20- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts Basel doppeldicken;
30- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts Geneva silver taler;
50- + 10-centime semi-postal stamp depicts Bern gold half florin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 796-99; Scott B335-38; Yvert 731-4; Stanley Gibbons 692-95
Approximate value: US$1.60 (Scott 2010).
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1964 June 10
Greece
Byzantine Art Exhibition.
1-drachma postage stamp depicts a Bulgaroctonus coin of Emperor Basil II.
Catalog numbers: Scott 788
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 (month unknown)
France
10-, 25-, and 50-centime postage stamps depict a Gallic coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1096,1098,1099
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2014).
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1965 March 1
Malawi
First coinage of Malawi.
3-pence postage stamp depicts 6-pence coin;
9-pence postage stamp depicts 1-shilling coin;
1-shilling 6-pence postage stamp depicts 1-florin coin;
3-shilling postage stamp depicts half crown coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 23-26; Scott 22-25; Yvert 22-25; Stanley Gibbons 232-35
Approximate value: US$1.40 (Scott 2010).
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1965 March 18
Tonga
1-shilling 3-pence on 1-shilling 6-pence, 1-shilling 9-pence on 9-pence, 2-shilling 6-pence on 6-pence, 5-shilling on 1-pence, 5-shilling on 2-pence, and 5-shilling on 2-shilling postage stamps depict 1/4-Koula coin.
2-shilling 3-pence on 10-pence, 2-shilling 9-pence on 11-pence, 4-shilling 6-pence on 2-shilling 1-pence, 4-shilling 6-pence on 2-shilling 4-pence, and 4-shilling 6-pence on 2-shilling 9-pence airmail stamps depict 1/2-Koula coin.
30-shilling on 15-shilling airmail official stamp depicts 1-Koula coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 140-45,C11-15,CO8; Stanley Gibbons 151-161,O12
Approximate value: US$88.80 (Scott 2010).
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1965 June 10
Cameroun
Promoting Federal Postal Savings banks.
9-franc stamp depicts a coin being dropped in a country-shaped map;
20-franc stamp depicts several coins being dropped in a coin bank shaped like a cacao pod.
Catalog numbers: Michel 430,432; Scott 415,417; Stanley Gibbons 384,386
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2014).
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1965 July 9
Tunisia
Festival of Popular Arts in Carthage.
5-, 10-, and 75-millime stamps depict a Carthaginian coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 644-46; Scott 448-50; Yvert 589-91; Stanley Gibbons 610-12
Approximate value: US$0.70 (Scott 2010).
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1965 July 19
Ghana
Promoting the introduction of decimal currency.
5-pesewa stamp depicts a 1965 5-pesewa coin;
10-pesewa stamp depicts a 1965 10-pesewa coin;
25-pesewa stamp depicts a 1965 25-pesewa coin;
50-pesewa stamp depicts a 1965 50-pesewa coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 212-215; Stanley Gibbons 377-380
Approximate value: US$3.15 (Scott 2010).
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