| Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail #303 |
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WBCC Newsmail 303, Volume 7, June 1, 2002
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear WBCC members and Non WBCC members, And for now I hope you enjoy reading this weeks WBCC Newsmail !! 1. A New WBCC Member ... by Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point We have a new WBCC member. Let me introduce him to you. Name:Joakim Wiklander (WBCC member #263), Sweden --Remark WBCC Focal Point: Joakim is the first WBCC member from Sweden. So
we have now members from 46 countries. 2. My New E-mail Address ... by Ron LaSpisa, USA Please read my new E-mail address: Ron LaSpisa, (WBCC member #235), USA 3. The WBCC Encasement Celebration Project ... by Rod Sell, Australia The first of our WBCC encased euros have been sent to members who have
ordered them. The first encased euros were from Austria & Ireland. Also available were
Australian Test Tokens which are the same size as the 2 Euro coins and the
Sisal kit which shows the stages of manufacture of these encased items.
Now being encased are euros from Portugal and Spain. The euros from Spain
are available in 4 different dates from 1999 to 2002. For more information on these items have a look at our encased euro page, which also lists the number produced.
Encase Project. 4. Bi-metallic Euro Service by the WBCC ... by Frans Dubois and Martin Peeters Some time ago Martin and myself started the 'Bi-metallic Euro-project' for
those members that were interested in the Bi-metallic 1 and 2 euro coins of
the 12 European countries that started with the euro in January 2002.
Now that we are already some months later in 2002 almost all of the coins
are ready to be send to the persons that subscribed for these 24 coins. The
24 WBCC members who ordered the set of 24 Bi-metallics E-mail me this week,
for conformation. When all Bi-metallic 1 and 2 Euro are available in the
next week you will receive a note in which we can tell you the totall costs
included registrated mail. After having received the money we can start to
send the parcels. If you have any questions about this project, email: Martin or Franz. 5. Bi-metallic Medal from Turkey ... by Martin Peeters, Netherlands If you look into the New Images section of the WBCC Website you will find a
picture of a Bi-metallic medal from the Turkish Mint. According Tugrul
B.Unal, director of the Turkish Mint, is the Issuing date of the mentioned
medallion is 15 January 2001. Date of issuing has no special meaning. The
medallion itself has. Inner part is the three times scale of the first
golden coin minted on the name of the conqueror of Istanbul, Sultan Fatih.
Outer frame indicates that the date of the mintage of this coin is the
establishment of the Turkish Mint which is 1467 and both sides are
identical. 6. Bi-metallics in Ebay ... by Martin Peeters, Netherlands I saw some unusual Bi-metallic offered on Ebay. These you don't see often:
* Costa Rica Bi-metallic Token, City of Cartago? * Morocco Pair of Bi-metallic Coins! * Bi-metallic Finland UNC 5 Euro Coins * Czech Republic 50 Korun 1993 - Bi-metallic * Euro Spanien Testmünzen
(Euro Spain Testcoins including Bi-metallic 1 and 2 Euro) Also offered in:
(Euro Spain Testcoins including Bi-metallic 1 and 2 Euro) Ebay in Germany has a special section for Bi-metallics (and coloured coins): eBay Germany. Please notice on this: You can use the same userid and password as in Ebay
USA, but for bidding you have to use for example 5,00 instead of 5.00 (comma
instead of dot). 7. WBCC Bi-metallic Quiz Game #303 ... by Jack Hepler, USA Anne Cormac was born March 8, 1700, in County Cork, Ireland. She was the
daughter of a prominent lawyer and his wife's maid. Scandal forced her
father to flee Ireland with his lover and daughter in disgrace, but the
family found refuge in the Carolinas. There Cormac amassed a fortune and
bought a large plantation. When Anne was sixteen, a sailor named James
Bonny married Anne in an attempt to steal the plantation, but Anne's father
instead disowned her. Bonny then took Anne to New Providence in the Bahamas.
Anne Bonny then gained prominence in her husband’s earlier profession and is
featured on a pattern Tri-metallic coin of Cuba. You may see an image of
Anne on the WBCC website. What was Anne Bonny’s profession? Answer to Bi-metallic Quiz Game question #302. 8. New Bi- or Tri-metallic Images ... by Rod Sell, Australia The new Bi and Tri-metallic images shown at: New Images. 9. WBCC Auction 44 Last Day ... by Rod Sell, WBCC Auction Provider Auction 44 is now in it's last day. The 52 items are listed in numerical
order to make biding easier. The items can be seen at: Auction 44. Please email me your bids to me: Rod Sell, today. 10. TWOB-41 Posponed ... by Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point TWOB-41 (The World Of Bi-metallic catalog) issue date for June 1st has
posponed till August 1st 2002. This will be the last time it is possible to
receive TWOB by mail. After August 1st 2002 TWOB will be send only as an
attached Excel file by E-mail. The reason is that costs are getting higher
to send it by mail and most of the WBCC members receive TWOB already by
E-mail. "See you", next week, |