The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 9, February 27, 2005, Article 13

LONGEST WORD ON A NUMISMATIC ITEM

Another recent topic has been long words on numismatic items,
which led to the mention of a number of lengthy place names,
including, as Ron Haller-Williams wrote, a hill in New Zealand
called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Martin Purdy of New Zealand writes: "That's the abbreviated
version! The full name is:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

It's less than the 85 letters that it appears to have, since Maori,
like Welsh, treats certain digraphs as single letters - in this
case ng and wh.

And no, I don't think it's ever appeared on a numismatic item, but
I would welcome correction ..."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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