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WBCC
Newsmail 648 Volume 15, January 10, 2009 Composed
with help from members of the
Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club (WBCC), and weekly published by: Martin Peeters, Netherlands, Focal Point of the WBCC Past Newsmails can be found at http://www.wbcc-online.com/newsmail/wbccnews.html Dear WBCC members and non WBCC members, 1. New WBCC
member.......by Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point
We have a new member. Let me
introduce him to you:
Name: John Robinson (WBCC member #476), USA
Country: USA E-mail: JohnJRobinson@juno.com Age: 71 Profession: Retired Hobby: Circulating coins including many Bi- and Tri-metallics, Goal: Enjoy learning about coinage of the world and the countries issuing them How did I know about the WBCC: Believe I first learned about WBCC in WorldWideCoins magazine. 2. Bi-metallic 100 Escudos
1989 Essai from Portugal.......by Tolga Taner, Turkey
Here is a scan of the
Bi-metallic 100 Escudos 1989, Essai, from Portugal
3.
Bi-metallic
Pattern 100 Som 2004 from Uzbekistan........by Micheal Kaplan, USA
Here
is a
picture of a Bi-metallic Pattren 10 Yil 2004 commemorate 10 years
currency.
--Remark WBCC Focal Point: An
earlier
published in WBCC Newsmail another Pattern was showed,
also dated 2004. I wonder what is the diffence between these two.
5. Bi-metallic medal from Germany..........by
Jose
Luis Ramirez, Spain
I have obtain this Bi-metallic medal that looks the same as
was showed in the WBCC 643 Newsmail item 8.
Still the design is different but looks bigger number 2
in the reverse, like in the 2 Euro coins.
6.
Bi-metallic Fantasy Euro from
Cyprus...by Jose Ramirez, Spain
I have got this Bi-metallic Fantasy
Euro's from Cyprus
40 milimeters, 28 gramms, Mintage: 30.000
pieces
7. Bi-metallic Fantasy Euro's from Vaticane
City.........by Jose Luis Ramirez, Spain
I have obtained a set named "Year of Saint Paul" dated 2009,
but the Fantasy Euro's are not dated.
The Bi-metallic 1 euro Fantasy was used in a set dated 2005, in this year the Bi-metallic 2 Euro Fantasy has the same design that the 1 Euro. 8. Bi-metallic
Quiz Game #648........by Jack Hepler, USA
The Bi-metallic 50
Schilling coins of Austria show nine shields. Incorporated in the
design of these shields are eight eagles. The 1996 coin shows on the
other side, Heinrich 1, clothed in armor, carrying a flag and riding a
horse. How many eagles appear on the flag?
a. Three b. Four c. Five d. Six See this coin and others at the WBCC website: http://wbcc-online.com Please send your answer to: heplerj@juno.com Answer to Bi-metallic Quiz Game question #647 In Quiz Game #557, men were shown fishing on the Bi-metallic Five Kwacha coin of Malawi. How many fish may be found in the nets of the fishermen? a. Three b. Four c. Five d. Six The correct answer for Quiz #647 is d. Six. WBCC Quiz Game Prize A Bi-metallic prize will be awarded for the correct answer. If more than one member gets the correct answer, a random drawing will be conducted to select a winner. The #646 Quiz Game winner is Barry Murray WBCC member #411. There were four players in this game. 9.
New Bi-, Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images...by Rod Sell, WBCC Webmaster
The new
Bi-, Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images shown at:
http://wbcc-online.com/new-releases/new-images.html * Poland
1 Funt Szczyrecki
* Uzbekistan 2004 100 Som * Europa Medal * Vatican 2009 Year of St. Paul Medals * Germany 2009 20th Anniversary end of the Wall Medal * Cyprus 2009 fantasy 10 euro
The Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club (WBCC) was
established September 14, 1996 and is the very first Worldwide
Collectors Club using the Internet. WBCC Organisation: The WBCC will attend the following future International
events: * The World Money Fair, February 6 to 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/english/index.html * Open Day of the
Royal Dutch Mint, Saterday June 13, 2009, Utrecht, The Netherlands http://en.knm.nl
* 6th Coin Event
Numismatica Herentals, December 13, 2009, Herentals Belgium, www.numismatica-herentals.be
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