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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting coins.
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1980 January 25
India
INDIA '80 International Stamp Exhibition.
50-paise stamp depicts several coins;
1-rupee stamp depicts 2-anna copper coins of 1774.
Catalog numbers: Scott 853-854
Approximate value: US$1.85 (Scott 2010).
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1980 March 5
Luxembourg
14th century coins.
2-franc stamp depicts John the Blind on a silver coin;
5-franc stamp depicts Saints Gervase and Protais on a silver grosso coin;
6-franc stamp depicts an Easter lamb on a gold coin;
20-franc stamp depicts crown and arms on a silver grosso coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1003-06; Scott 635-38; Yvert 953-56; Stanley Gibbons 1040-43
Approximate value: US$2.00 (Scott 2010).
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1980 April 28
Monaco
1.50-franc stamp depicts 1649 Honoré II silver ecu.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1427; Scott 1234; Stanley Gibbons 1448
Approximate value: US$0.55 (Scott 2010).
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1980 June 10
Yugoslavia
Third century Roman coins.
2-dinar stamp depicts Emperor Trajan Decius coin;
3.40-dinar stamp depicts coin of Aurelianus;
4.90-dinar stamp depicts coin of Probus;
10-dinar stamp depicts coin of Diocletianus.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1838-41; Scott 1477-80; Yvert 1722-25; Stanley Gibbons 1934-37
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1980 (month unknown)
Syria
35-piaster stamp depicts coins in scene from Ali Baba and the Fourty Thieves story.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1485; Scott 891
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1980 August 11
Greece
22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
8-drachma stamp depicts a Temple coin of Olympia;
14-drachma stamp depicts a coin of Delphi;
18-drachma stamp depicts a coin of Olympia;
20-drachma stamp depicts a Cos coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1362-1365
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1980 October 9
Denmark
1.30-krone stamp depicts frisian sceat of the 9th century;
1.40-krone stamp depicts a silver coin of Valdemar the Great and Absalom, 1157-1182;
1.80-krone stamp depicts a gold 12 mark coin of Christian VII, 1781.
Catalog numbers: Scott 672-674
Approximate value: US$1.55 (Scott 2010).
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1980 October 25
China (Republic)
10th anniversary of National Savings Day.
2-yuan stamp depicts ancient coin and coin banks;
12-yuan stamp depicts a coin being deposited in a savings bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2214-2215; Stanley Gibbons 1327-1328
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1980 December 3
Tonga
32 seniti on 12-seniti airmail postage stamp depicts 75-pa'anga coin depicting Queen Salote III.
Catalog numbers: Scott C296
Approximate value: US$2 (Scott 2010).
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1980 December 27
India
150th anniversary of the Government Mint in Bombay.
35-paise postage stamp depicts four coins.
Catalog numbers: Scott 885
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1981 March 5
Luxembourg
4-franc stamp depicts Philip IV on a patagon coin;
6-franc stamp depicts Empress Maria Theresa on a 1775 12-sol coin;
8-franc stamp depicts Emperor Joseph II on a 1789 12-sol coin;
30-franc stamp depicts Emperor Francois II on a 1795 72-sol coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1025-28; Scott 651-54; Stanley Gibbons 1060-63
Approximate value: US$1.80 (Scott 2010).
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1981 March 17
Israel
Energy Conservation.
2.60-agorot postage stamp depicts a symbolic coin dropped into a light bulb.
Catalog numbers: Scott 774
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1981 May 8
United States of America
150th anniversary of Savings and Loans in America.
18-cent postage stamp shows three US coins (buffalo five cent, Barber ten cent, Indian head one cent) dropping into a savings bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1911
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2018).
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1981 May 22
Greece
Second anniversary of the World Association for International Relations.
21-drachma postage stamp depicts an ancient coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1395
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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1981 (month unknown)
Morocco
25-, 50-, 80-centime, and 3-dirham postage stamps depict coins of Morocco.
Catalog numbers: Scott 403A,405A,406A,524C
Approximate value: US$2.60 (Scott 2010).
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1981 (month unknown)
Syria
Exhibits from National Museum Damascus.
75-piasters stamp depicts Abdul Malik gold coin;
500-piasters stamp depicts Umar B Abdul Aziz gold coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 922,924
Approximate value: US$1.30 (Scott 2010).
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1981 November 21
Argentina
100th anniversary of the peso coin.
2000-peso stamp depicts 1881 Patacon coin;
3000-peso stamp depicts 1881 Argentine Oro coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1539-40; Scott 1327-28; Stanley Gibbons 1726-27
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1981 November 27
India
Kashi Prasad Jayaswal (1881-1937), historian.
35-paise postage stamp depicts a coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 944
Approximate value: US$0.35 (Scott 2010).
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