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Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 675 |
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WBCC
Newsmail 675 Volume 15, July 18, 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. Bi-metallic 10 Baht 2009
from Thailand...by Jacek Stącel, Poland
This is a new image of the king on
2009 (BE 2552) Bi-metallic circulation coin (KM -227) King
Rama IX.
2. Bi-metallic 2 and 3 Euro
2010 from Slovenia...by Jacek Stacel, Poland
Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2010 from Slovenia
commemorating 200 years botanic garden in Ljubljana
Here are
pictures of Bi-metallic 2 and 3 Euro 2010 from Slovenia
Bi-metallic 3 Euro 2010 from Slovenia
3. Bi-metallic 2
Euro 2010 from Spain...by Jacek Stacel, Poland
Spain
from 2010 begins a new series of Bi-metallic 2 Euro coins - Sights of
Spain. Here is a picture
4.
Bi-metallic 1 and 2 Euro from Spain....by Jacek Stacel, Poland
In 2010,
Spain will revise the design of its national sides in order to comply
with the common guidelines recommended by the European Commission, as
endorsed by the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009. The new
national sides will continue to bear the same effigy of His Majesty
King Juan Carlos I, but the date of issuance will now feature in the
inner part of the coin, together with the mintmark and the name of the
issuing country. The twelve stars in the outer ring will now be
depicted as on the European flag, with no raised section around them.
5.
Bi-metallic 5 Pesos 2009 from Mexico...by Martin Peeters, Netherlands
Refering
to WBCC Newsmail 654, item 3:
Mexico announced a
new series of 37 Bi-metallic circulating commemorative 5 peso coins to
honor the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence from Spain and the
100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920. The coins
are being released from 2008 to 2010.
Here are pictures of 5 Bi-metallics 5 Pesos 2009: They depict:
Andres Mouna Enriquez
Carmen Serdan
Filomeno Mata
Jose Maria Cox
Pedro Moreno
6.
Bi-metallic from Jamaica...by Antonio Barrena Mateo, Spain
Jamaica Bi-metallic
$ 100 Coin, 2008
Olympics Beijing, “Gold Medal Winners”
The Bank of Jamaica has authorised the PobJoy Mint to manufacture a limited number of superb Bi-Metallic Proof $100 coins as a tribute to Jamaica’s outstanding performance at the 29th Olympiad of the modern era. The Olympic Games of 2008 were held in Beijing, China and millions of spectators around the world watched the very best of the world’s sportsmen and sportswomen win a deserved place in sporting history. Jamaican athletes once again displayed excellence in track and field by winning 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals at the same time establishing three World and two Olympic records. The reverse of this exquisite proof Commemorative Coin, modelled by PobJoy Mint engraver, Barry Stanton, displays Jamaica’s seven gold medal winners, cum record breakers, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter(4 x 100m relay), Veronica Campbell-Brown (200m), Melaine Walker (400m hurdles) and Shelley-Ann Fraser (100m). The obverse bears the Jamaica Coat of Arms. Jamaica Bi-metallic
$ 100 Coin, 2008 Olympics Beijing, “Usain Bolt” Jamaican athletes once again displayed excellence in track and field by winning 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals at the same time establishing three World and two Olympic records. The reverse of this exquisite proof Commemorative Coin, modeled by PobJoy Mint engraver, Barry Stanton, captures the “Victor Ludorum” of the Beijing Games (Gold Medals and World Records in 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay) and IAAF Male Athlete of the Year 2008, the Laureus World Sportsman of Year (2008) the dynamic Usain Bolt, in record breaking form. The obverse bears the Jamaica Coat of Arms. Specification
of both Bi-metallics:
Demomination
$100
Alloy
Bi-Metallic .925 AG (Silver) with Gold Plated Inner Core
Diameter
38.61 mm
Wheight
28.28 gr
Shape
Round
Edge
Milded
Minting
issue 5.000
Price $100
7.
Bi-metallic MTT from Poland...by Stanislaw Bulawski, Poland
A new
Bi-metallic MTTs from Warsaw Mint, City Usrzyki Dolne, 7
Bojkow 2009. Here is a picture
This week continues the quiz series called, "Whose Face". Whose face appears on the 1994 Bi-metallic Five Dollars of Australia? 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 #674 Whose face appears
on the 1995 Bi-metallic Five Shillings of Kenya?
The correct answer
to Bi-metallic Quiz Game question #674 is Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi.
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 #673 Quiz Game winner is Davina, WBCC member #491. There were nine players in this game, all of whom had the correct answer. 9. The Super Quiz
Question 5..... by Jack Hepler, USA
The
new Bi-, Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images shown at: * Spain 1 & 2 euro design change
* Spain 2010 2 Euro * Slovenia 2010 2e & 3e * Poland MTT from Ustrzyki * Thailand 10 baht King's new portrait * More Zambia 2009 1000 Kwacha Olympic Officials 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 |