Worldwide
Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 651 |
WBCC
Newsmail 651 Volume 15, January 31, 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. The WBCC and WMF 2009 in Berlin (Part-3).....by
Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point
Every year the WMF has a convention catalog. It can be loaded at: http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/pdfs/WMF_2009_Fair_Catalogue.pdf At the World Money Fair I will try to compose a "Live" report of the Fair on friday evening. Maybe with picures. The WBCC WMF Team at the WBCC Booth K-4 will be: * Frans Dubois, Netherlands * Max and Carlo Aiello, Italy * Jack Hepler, USA *
Alexei Malykh, Russia
* Martin Peeters, Netherlands The
following WBCC members
did let me know they will come to Berlin:
* Jacek Stącel, Poland *
Darek Matyja, Poland
* Gerhard Schon, Germany *
Wolfgang Schuster, Austria
*
Bruce Tupholme, Portugal
Because I'm in Berlin at the WMF, next week's WBCC Newsmail 652 will be composed by Cliff Anderson, USA, so if you have Bi-metallic news please E-mail Cliff at: cliff38@earthlink.net During the the fair there is a Liva cam from the Fair Floor. Take a look at: http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/english/visitorservice/livecam.html 2. Bi-metallic 2 Dollar
2009 in WMF Mint Set...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
The Royal Canadian Mint will
issue a Mint Set 2009 with a Bi-metallic 2 Dollar 2009 in a WMF Mint
Set. Offcourse Mint Set is available at the World Money Fair in Berlin.
3. Bi-metallic 2 Euro's 2009 from
Germany...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
The Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2009 from Germany commemorate
Saarland will be available with all the 5 mintmarks at the World Money
Fair in Berlin
4. Bi-metallic 500 Yen 2008 from
Japan...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
The first 3 Bi-metallic 500 Yen 2008 of Japan
"47 Prefectures coin progam" will be available at the WMF in Berlin
5. Bi-metallic 25 Euro 2009 from the Swiss
Mint...by Martin Peeters. Netherlands
A many years the Swiss issues a 25 Euro. The 2009 dated
Bi-metallic 25 Euro will be available at the World Money Fair in Berlin
6. Bi-metallic 10 Franken 2009 from the
Swiss Mint...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
Also available at the WMF Berlin, the 2009 issue of the
Swiss Mint Bi-metallic 10 Franken
7. Bi-metallic MTT from
Poland...by Jacek Stącel, Poland
I send you scan new bimetalic
tokens from city Zakopane 2 x 10 Dutkow ( 10 zloty ) 2009.
dim 27 mm 8. Bi-metallic from
Roman times...by Tom Passon, Editor Muntkoerier, Netherlands
Romans had Bi-metallic coins too! In Auction 43-44 of
Teutoburger Münzauktion, 9. Bi-metallic
Quiz Game #651.........by Jack Hepler, USA
The Jamaican Tourist Bureau extols the virtues of this island nation. There are beautiful beaches, waterfalls, exotic music, and warm sunshine. However, there is a creature shown on the Jamaican Bi-metallic 20 Dollars one would not like to meet in the wild. What is it? a. Snake b. Shark c. Alligator d. Lion 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 #650 Neither Petroglyph nor Bioglyph seems to satisfy the definition of art work using stones to outline a figure. A "mosaic" of sorts may be a better description of what is be found on a Bi-metallic coin. What may be seen is the design of a hummingbird or colibri. This actual, real-life artwork may be seen as a very large image (over 100 meters long) on the desert of which country? a. Peru b. Australia c. Saudi Arabia d. Mexico The correct answer for Quiz #650 is a Peru. 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 #649 Quiz Game winner is Leandro Delvecchio WBCC member #336. There were eight players in this game. 10. 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
City of Zakopane tokens
* Germany 10 year specimen 2 Euro from issuing cities * Ireland 2007 Treaty of Rome specimen 2 euro
"See
you" in two weeks, ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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