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Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 666 |
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WBCC
Newsmail 666 Volume 15, May 16, 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 at the Open Day of
the Royal Dutch Mint...by Martin Peetersm WBCC Focal Point
Like every year the WBCC will be
present at the Open Day of the Royal Dutch Mint in the Dutch city
Utrecht. The date is Saterday June 13. So if you are in the Netherlands
and in Utrecht that day, just visit the WBCCC booth at the Royal Dutch
Mint.
2. Bi-metallic 500 Trenge 2009
from Kazakhstan...by Pat Clay, USA
Kazakhstan has announced the issue of
another commemorative bimetallic 500 Tenge coin. It shows the docking
of the Soyuz and Apollo space ships. The composition is tantalum in a
silver ring. 4000 will be minted in proof. Images can be seen at:
http://www.nationalbank.kz/?uid=3FE3E1E8-802C-E8F0-E355D9C9BE6B92A7&docid=432&SWITCH=eng 3. Bi-metallic coins from North-Korea......by Allen Kwon, South-KoreaKorea has been national division, South-Korea and North-Korea. I wish that peaceful unification of North and South Korea quickly. Now, I introduce you two Bi-metallic coins, 1Won and 7Won. North-Korea has issued only two Bi-metallics. Common obverse design is Jung's Gymnasium and reverse is socialistic symbol. Mr.Jung was famous as economic man of Korea, the president of Hyundai. Althouh he was born in North-Korea, worked at South-Korea his whole life. He tried to improve economic interchange between North and South Korea. So, North-Korea built this Gymnasium to commemorate him. The center of 7won is composed of silver and ring is bass. 1won is composed of aluminum and bass. Diameter is 40mm. 4. Bi-metallic English market token......... by Cliff Anderson, USA Here
is another of those odd shaped tokens from the London market
Covent Garden. This was made for M.
M. Proctor who was a potato vendor, right up into the
1940s. Imagine having this one in your pocket!
5. Bi-metallic token in
Ebay...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
Never saw this Bi-metallic token
before. In Ebay:
Who knows more about this one? Please
let met know at: wbcc@home.nl
6.
Tri-metallics from Somalia in Ebay...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
You don't see these ogten in
Ebay: Tri-metallic 250 Shilling 2000
7. Bi-metallic medal from Rome in Ebay...by
Martin Peeters, Netherlands
ROMA 1887 POPE LEONE XIII RARE BIMETALLIC MEDAL
8. Bi-metallic Quiz Game #666...........by Jack
Hepler, USA
In
2005, Finland issued a 2 Euro to commemorative the 50th Anniversary of
The Tree of Life is portrayed on the Bi-metallic one and two Euro of France. How many leaves are shown on the Tree of Life and what is the significance of that number? Give the designer's name and nationality.
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 * Kazakstan
2009 500 tenge
* Pope Medal * GB Proctor Market token * Singapore Studebaker See You Next Week. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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: * Open Day of the Royal Dutch Mint, Saterday June 13, 2009,
Utrecht, The Netherlands http://en.knm.nl
* 9th Northern Coin Event 2009, Saturday September 19, 2009, Assen, The Netherlands, http://www.muntmanifestatie.nl * 6th Coin Event Numismatica Herentals, Sunday December 13, 2009, Herentals Belgium, http://www.numismatica-herentals.be * 39th World Money Fair, January 29 to 31, 2010 in Berlin, Germany |