Below is a list of words that may help you identify the origin of a coin. The coin identifier may be helpful as well, it shows pictures of design elements which indicate the country of origin.
| Coin Text | Country |
| AÇORES | Azores |
| ɅEBA | Bulgaria |
| AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE | French West Africa |
| ALGERIE | Algeria |
| ΔPAXMAI | Greece |
| APKTИKYГOɅb | Spitzbergen |
| AZƏRBAYCAN | Azerbaijan |
| БAHK POCCИИ | Russia |
| BAYERN | Bavaria |
| БЪЛГAPИЯ | Bulgaria |
| BELGEN | Belgium |
| BELGES | Belgium |
| BELGIQUE | Belgium |
| BELGISCH CONGO | Belgian Congo |
| БHMAY | Mongolia |
| БocHa | Bosnia |
| BÖHMEN UND MÄHREN | Bohemia and Moravia |
| BRITANNIARUM | Great Britain |
| BRITT | Great Britain |
| BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND | German Federal Republic (West Germany) |
| CABO VERDE | Cape Verde |
| CAMBODGE | Cambodia |
| CCCP | Russia |
| ČESKA | Czech Republic |
| ČESKOSLOVENSKA | Czechoslovakia |
| CHERIFIEN | Morocco |
| COM | Kyrgyzstan |
| COMORES | Comoros |
| CONGO BELGE | Belgian Congo |
| COTE D'IVOIRE | Ivory Coast |
| ČSFR | Czech Slovak Federal Republic |
| CTOTИHKИ | Bulgaria |
| CỶM | Uzbekistan |
| D.G.REG.F.D. | Great Britain |
| DANMARK | Denmark |
| DEGERNEREVE | Guernsey |
| DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA | German East Africa |
| DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE | German Democratic Republic (East Germany) |
| 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 |
| EMPIRE CHERIFIEN | Morocco |
| ETABLISSEMENTS FRANCAIS DE L'OCÉANE | French Oceania |
| ETAT FRANҪAIS | Vichy France |
| ESPAŇA | Spain |
| ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST | West African States |
| FILIPINAS | Philippines |
| FRANCAISE | France |
| FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS | French Somaliland |
| GABONAISE | Gabon |
| GRǾNLANDS | Greenland |
| GUINÉ | Portuguese Guinea |
| HELVETIA | Switzerland |
| HELVETICA | Switzerland |
| HIBERNIA | Ireland |
| HRVATSKA | Croatia |
| ISLA DE PASCUA | Easter Island (Chile) |
| ISLAND | Iceland |
| JUGOSLAVIJA | Yugoslavia |
| KA3AKCTAH | Kazakhstan |
| KERAJAAN BRUNEI | Brunei |
| KIBRIS CUMHURiYETi | Cyprus |
| KYIIPOΣ | Cyprus |
| LAZARETO | Columbia (leper colony) |
| LATVIJA | Latvia |
| LETZEBURG | Luxembourg |
| LIBAN | Lebanon |
| LIBANAISE | Lebanon |
| LIETUVA | Lithuania |
| MAGYAR | Hungary |
| MAKEДOHИJA | Macedonia |
| MALAGASY | Madagascar |
| MAROC | Morocco |
| MOÇAMBIQUE | Mozambique |
| MϴHГϴ | Mongolia |
| NEDERLANDEN | Netherlands |
| NEDERLANDSCH INDIE | Netherland East Indies |
| NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN | Netherland Antilles |
| NORGE | Norway |
| NOUVELLE CALEDONIE | New Caledonia |
| NOUVELLES HEBRIDES | New Hebrides (Vanuatu) |
| OSTERREICH | Austria |
| P.C.Ф.C.P. | Russia |
| PERUANA | Peru |
| POLSKA | Poland |
| POLSKIE | Poland |
| POLYNESIE FRANCAISE | French Polynesia |
| PONTIFICIO | Papal States |
| PREUSSEN | Prussia |
| QUÔC-GIA VIỆT-NAM | South Viet Nam |
| REPUBLIQUE FANҪAISE | France |
| RF | France |
| SACHSEN | Saxony |
| SCHEIDE MUNZE | German states |
| SHQIPERI | Albania |
| SHQIPERISE | Albania |
| SHQIPNI | Albania |
| SLOVENIJA | Slovenia |
| SLOVENSKÁ | Slovakia |
| SO'M | Uzbekistan |
| SUID AFRIKA | South Africa |
| SUKARNO | Indonesian provinces of Irian Barat & Riau Archipelago |
| SUOMEN TASAVALTA | Finland |
| SVERIGES | Sweden |
| SYRIE | Syria |
| TATAPCTAH | Tatarstan |
| TEҢГE | Kazakhstan |
| TIMOR-LESTE | East Timor |
| TНИИИH | Uzbekistan |
| TUNISIE | Tunisia |
| TUPOU | Tonga |
| VIỆT-NAM CỌNG-HOÁ | South Viet Nam |
| VIET-NAM DÂN CHÚ CỘNG HÒA | North Viet Nam |
| УKPAΪHA | Ukraine |
| ҶУMҲУPИИ TOҶИKИCTOH | Tajikistan |
| Z.A.R. | South Africa |
| ZU3UUSUJ | Armenia |
| ישךךאל | Israel |