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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting coins.
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1997 February 19
Korea (South)
100th anniversary of the modern banking system in Korea.
150-won postage stamp depicts two coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1916; Scott 1897; Stanley Gibbons 2231
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1997 April 3
Ireland
75th anniversary of the Irish State.
52-pence postage stamp depicts Irish currency.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1057
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2010).
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1997 April 3
Ireland
1000th anniversary of Irish coinage.
32-pence postage stamp depicts the first minted Irish coin of 997.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1059
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1997 June 12
Estonia
50-kroon postage stamp depicts a 1-kroon coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 327
Approximate value: US$8.50 (Scott 2010).
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1997 June 17
United Arab Emirates
Sharjah heritage.
50-fil postage stamp depicts coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 549; Scott 572; Stanley Gibbons 561
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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1997 July 3
Monaco
700th anniversary of the Grimaldi dynasty.
1-franc postage stamp depicts tiny coins being made;
7-franc postage stamp depicts coin of Charles III.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2024j
Approximate value: US$3.70 (Scott 2010).
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1997 July 12
Lithuania
1.20-litas stamp depicts coins of the 15th century.
Catalog numbers: Michel 646; Scott 580; Stanley Gibbons 650
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1997 July 24
Spain
2000th anniversary of the Roman colony of Elche.
32-peseta stamp depicts an ancient Roman coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 3341; Scott 2902; Yvert 3074; Stanley Gibbons 3439
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1997 August 6
Dominican Republic
100th anniversary of the country's first peso coin.
2-peso postage stamp depicts 1897 1-peso coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1257
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1997 August 6
Netherlands Antilles
85-cent stamp depicts 2.5-cent plaka coin;
175-cent stamp depicts 5-cent stuiver coin;
225-cent stamp depicts 2.5-gulden fuèrtè coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 930-32; Scott 812-14; Stanley Gibbons 1254-56
Approximate value: US$6.10 (Scott 2010).
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1997 October 28
Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic)
Old coins of Cyprus.
25,000-lira stamp depicts 1861 Abdül Aziz gold lira;
40,000-lira stamp depicts 1808 Mahmud II gold rumi;
75,000-lira stamp depicts 1566 Selim II gold lira;
100,000-lira stamp depicts 1909 Mehmed V gold besibirlik.
Catalog numbers: Michel 457-460; Scott 442-445; Stanley Gibbons 451-454
Approximate value: US$3.30 (Scott 2010).
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1997 November 19
Uruguay
Shanghai '97 International Stamp and Coin Exhibition.
3.50-peso postage stamp depicts 1-peso coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel B81; Scott 1694a; Yvert BF65; Stanley Gibbons MS2329
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1997 December 18
Peru
100th anniversary of gold libra coin.
10-sol postage stamp depicts Peru 1897 gold libra coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel Bl-11; Scott 1172
Approximate value: US$18 (Scott 2010).
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1997 December 23
Israel
2.10-shekel postage stamp depicts a coin of the Bar-Kokhba war.
Approximate value: US$1.25 (Scott 2010).
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1998 April 11
Malaysia
20-cent stamp depicts a coin of Trengganu 1793-1808;
30-cent stamp depicts a coin of Kedah 1661-87;
50-cent stamp depicts a coin of Johore 1597-1615;
$1 stamp depicts a coin of Kelantan 1400-1780.
Catalog numbers: Michel 685-88; Scott 655-58; Stanley Gibbons 679-82
Approximate value: US$1.30 (Scott 2010).
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1998 April 30
Poland
Israel '98 World Philatelic Exhibition in Tel Aviv.
90-grosz stamp depicts Israeli stamp that depicts two coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 3713; Scott 3405; Stanley Gibbons 3743
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1998 May 12
Uruguay
Bicentennial of Swiss Republic; International Topical Philatelic Exhibition in Nueva Helvecia.
3.50-peso stamp depicts 1-euro coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel B84; Scott 1722b; Stanley Gibbons MS2438
Approximate value: US$0.75 (Scott 2010).
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1998 May 29
Latvia
800th anniversary of the City of Riga.
10-santim postage stamp depicts coins of 16th and 17th century Polish and Swedish kings;
40-santim postage stamp depicts 1930 5-lat coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 468,471
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1998 June 18
Estonia
25-kroon postage stamp depicts a 1-kroon coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 345
Approximate value: US$4.75 (Scott 2010).
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1998 June 19
Germany (Federal Republic)
50th anniversary of the deutsche mark.
110-pfennig postage stamp depicts a 1998 1-deutsche mark coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2007
Approximate value: US$0.90 (Scott 2010).
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1998 June 27
Argentina
250th anniversary of the creation of the Argentine Postal System.
75-centavo postage stamp depicts a 1-peso coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2418; Scott 2003b; Stanley Gibbons 2592
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1998 July 29
Venezuela
60th anniversary of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
200-boliviano postage stamp depicts coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 3223; Scott 1590e; Stanley Gibbons 3479
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1998 October 28
Italy
Europe Day.
800-lira postage stamp shows a coin as part of the design.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2267
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1999 January 5
Netherlands
Introduction of euro currency.
80-cent postage stamp depicts a 1-euro coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1704; Scott 1019; Stanley Gibbons 1929
Approximate value: US$0.25 (Scott 2010).
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1999 January 14
Sweden
4.5-kronor stamp depicts Gustav Vasa daler;
5-kronor stamp depicts Carl XIV John riksdaler.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2093-94; Scott 2319-20; Stanley Gibbons 211-12
Approximate value: US$1.40 (Scott 2010).
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1999 January 18
Monaco
Monaco '99 International Philatelic Exhibition.
3-franc postage stamp shows a stamp-like design depicting a gold coin, and the coin wall of the museum.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2111
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 February 10
Bulgaria
120th anniversary of 3rd Bulgarian state.
180-leva postage stamp depicts stack of 13 1-lev coins, and two older coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 4374; Scott 4065d; Stanley Gibbons 4229
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1999 February 19
Greece
International Year of the Ocean.
500-drachma postage stamp depicts a silver tetradrachm of Antigonos Doson, 229-221 BC.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1930
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 March 1
Guyana
$300 postage stamp depicts characters from Walt Disney's film Robin Hood throwing gold coins.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3378
Approximate value: US$5.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 March 8
Luxembourg
Introduction of the euro.
"A" (16-franc) postage stamp depicts a 1-euro coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1002
Approximate value: US$0.60 (Scott 2010).
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1999 March 10
New Zealand
Millennium - Nostalgia.
$1.50-postage stamp depicts old coins.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1583; Stanley Gibbons 2243
Approximate value: US$1.75 (Scott 2010).
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1999 April 5
India
Promotion of marine heritage.
Two 3-rupee postage stamps depict a small coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1744-1745
Approximate value: US$1 (Scott 2010).
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1999 April 29
Ireland
Introduction of the euro as a single European currency.
30-pence postage stamp depicts a 1-euro coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1179
Approximate value: US$6 (Scott 2010).
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1999 May 13
Australia
100th anniversary of the Perth Mint.
$2 postage stamp depicts a gold sovereign.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1824; Scott 1758; Stanley Gibbons 1881
Approximate value: US$3.75 (Scott 2010).
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1999 May 30
Croatia
150th anniversary of the minting of the Jelacic kreutzer coin.
2.30-kuna postage stamp depicts 1849 kreutzer coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 394a
Approximate value: US$1.37 (Scott 2010).
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1999 May 30
Croatia
5th anniversary of the Croatian kuna.
5-kuna postage stamp depicts a 1-kuna coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 394b
Approximate value: US$1.38 (Scott 2010).
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1999 June 1
Albania
10-leke stamp shows two coins of before 278 BC;
20-leke stamp shows four coins of 168-380 BC;
200-leke stamp shows three coins of 280-623 BC;
310-leke stamp shows one coin of 168-197 BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2692-2694, B119; Scott 2593a-c,2594; Stanley Gibbons 2737-2739, MS2740
Approximate value: US$11.50 (Scott 2018).
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1999 June 11
Norway
14-kronor stamp depicts a speciedaler of King Christian IV.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1226
Approximate value: US$1.00 (Scott 2010).
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1999 June 15
China (Republic)
50th anniversary of the new Taiwan dollar.
5-yuan postage stamp depicts several coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2535; Scott 3250; Stanley Gibbons 2571
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1999 June 18
Estonia
100-kroon postage stamp depicts a 1-kroon coin.
Catalog numbers: Scott 363
Approximate value: US$17.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 (month unknown)
Bolivia
Potosi Tourism.
1-boliviano postage stamp depicts an 1827 Bolivian coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1420; Scott 1081; Stanley Gibbons 1493
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1999 July 3
Monaco
Stamp, coin, postcard show in Fontvieille.
3-franc postage stamp depicts the obverse of a coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2469; Scott 2138; Stanley Gibbons 2426
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 August 12
Armenia
PhilexFrance 99; Cilician ships.
170-dram stamp depicts ancient coin(s);
250-dram stamp depicts ancient coin;
250-dram stamp (with PhilexFrance 99 emblem) depicts ancient coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 357-59; Scott 594-596; Stanley Gibbons 413-15
Approximate value: US$5.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 August 13
Greenland
5.75-krone postage stamp depicts Viking coins.
Catalog numbers: Scott 353
Approximate value: US$2.10 (Scott 2010).
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1999 September 1
Israel
Stamp Day.
5.35-shekel postage stamp depicts a 250-mil 1948 Israel postage stamp that depicts ancient Judean coins.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1379
Approximate value: US$2.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 September 26
Monaco
Jubilee Bourse.
6.50-franc postage stamp depicts a 100-franc coin.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2475; Scott 1239; Stanley Gibbons 2429
Approximate value: US$1.50 (Scott 2010).
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1999 October 18
Spain
International Congress of Money Museums in Madrid.
70-peseta stamp depicts coins on a table.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3018; Yvert 3223; Stanley Gibbons 3611
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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