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Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 652 |
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WBCC Newsmail 652 Volume 15, February 7, 2008 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 this week assisted by Cliff Anderson 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-4).....by Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/pdfs/WMF_2009_Fair_Catalogue.pdf
The
WBCC WMF Team at the WBCC Booth K-4 will be: *
Alexei Malykh, Russia As
of this week, the following WBCC members said they will attend the
WMF in Berlin: * Jacek
Stącel, Poland
* Jeff Starck, USA * Darek
Matyja, Poland
* Frans Dubois, Netherlands * Wolfgang
Schuster, Austria
* Jack Hepler, USA * Bruce
Tupholme, Portugal
* Alexei Malykh, Russia * Martin
Peeters, Netherlands 1a. Live from the World Money Fair Berlin…by
Martin Peeters The first
day of the fair is very busy, and everyone wants the (Bi-metallic)
coins, especially from Germany, Japan Mint and Luxembourg. There are
long lines at the booths of these mints.
Souvenir of the Colonial Exposition 1931 held in Paris, France. Aluminium frame with a 5 centimes 1930 type Lindauer. Obverse: Horseshoe with text AVEC MOI JAMAIS SANS L’SOU (With me never without a nickel) and a four leave clover. Seen in Numismatique et Change, No. 401, February 2009, page 19. 3. Counterfeit bimetallics
-- Jose L. Ramirez http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110339138535 http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110339137670 Carr’s original designs are as follows. <>The fakes, apparently minted in China, are these. <>Numismatic
designer Daniel Carr wrote: “In early 2009, a seller in
Hong Kong sold the coins shown below on eBay (item numbers 110339138535
and 110339137670 ). These are unauthorized copies of coins that I
originally minted several years prior to 2009 (but with a "2009" date).
The Chinese counterfeits have obvious similarities and differences. The
most notable difference being the poorly-defined details, especially
the "Mr. Bill" representation of the Astronaut's face. Note that the
copies have the designers initials ("DC") on both sides and the "D"
mint mark on the obverse - just like the genuine article. The
counterfeits are reportedly larger than the originals - 35mm in
diameter rather than 30mm. The fakes appear to have a white metal
center (probably nickel). There are two different types of forgeries -
one with a brass-colored outer ring and one with a copper-colored outer
ring. The type I produced was 30mm in diameter with a 999 silver center
(1/4 troy oz) and a brass outer ring (with satin and proof-like
finishes). In 2008 I sold out of my mintage of these and have not
offered any for sale since then. I
just put up an alert on my web site regarding them:
http://designscomputed.com/coins/fakes.htm Unfortunately, nobody in the government seems interested in stopping Chinese piracy.”
Ramirez also noticed some recent bimetallic Cabinda coins on eBay that might also have been counterfeited. See
Ramirez’s own bimetallic catalog at http://www.alfonso.saussol.name/catalogo/Catalogo%20de%20bimetalicas%20gratuito.pdf. And
his webpage is at http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/index.htm. 4. New Belgium bimetallic
-- Grzegorz Stateczny (WBCC member #462) 2 Euro
Belgium 2009 5. Bi-metallic Quiz
Game #652.........by Jack Hepler, USA The image of
a Spalax is found on a Russian Bi-metallic 50 Roubles. The
6. New Bi-,
Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images...by Rod Sell, WBCC Webmaster The new
Bi-, Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images shown at: Poland 2 tokens from city
Szczyrk 1 Pound "See you"next week, Martin Peeters, Focal Point of the Worldwide Bi-metallic
Collectors Club 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: * 38th World Money
Fair, February 6 to 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany, http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/english/index.html
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