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Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 697 |
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WBCC
Newsmail 697 Volume 15, December 19, 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. World
Money Fair 2010...by Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point
The World Money
Fair 2010, the World's bigest Coin Show, held in Berlin from January 29
till 31, 2010, now available
the Floorplan
and the exhibitors list
If you look
carefully you can read the Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club booth
is located yust near the entrance.
2. The WBCC
at the Coin Show Herentals, Belgium...by Martin Peeters, WBCC
Focal Point
Last Sunday
December 13th Frans Dubois and myself attended the 6th edition od
Numismatica Herentals in Belgiumand here are some pictures of this event
Frans
Dubois and Martin Peeters
WBCC
member Eddy Maes from Belgium and Frans Dubois talking about
Bi-metallics
Chairman
of the Coin Show Rudy Dillen is very happy with some gifts from
the WBCC
Frans
Dubois hands over some gifts to Aldermen of the City Herentals Ms.
Ingrit Ryken and she is happy too.
Overview
of the floor of the Coin Show with many dealers from several countries
and many collectors
3. Bi-metallic 2 Euro
2010 from Portugal....by Frans Dubois, The Netherlands
Portugal
will issue a commemorative Bi-metallic 2 Euro on October 5, 2010
for the 100th anniversary of the Republic Mintage: UNC,
2.000.000 pieces 4.
Bi-metallic 5 Bolivianos 2010 from Bolivia....by
Antonio Barrena Mateo, Spain
Here a picture of a
Bi-metallic 5 Bolivianos 2010 from Bolivia Estado Plurinacional De
Bolivia, Multicountry State of Bolivia
5.
Bi-metallic 1 and 2 Euro 2010 from Vatican City...by Martin Peeters,
The Netherlands
According the
Vatican City Philatelic and Numismatic Office (UFN) they will issue the foloowing Bi-metallics:
* Bi-metallic 1 and
2 Euro 2010, in anual BU and Proofs set
* Bi-metallic 2
Euro 2010 commemorate The Year OF Priests
Look also at:
6. Bi-metallic 500 Dirham 2009 from Morocco…by
Max Wehr, Germany Marokko will issue a new Bi-metallic 500 Dirham (Ag/Au) 2009
commemorate 50th anniversaire de la création de Bank
Al-Maghrib
7. Bi-metallic MTT from
Poland....by Stanislaw Bulawski, Poland
Here is a new
Polish Bi-metallic MTT from Warsaw Mint
7 Dukatow
fortunately
Diam 27 mm, ring -
brass, center K-N
8.
Bi-metallic Coca Cola Tokens....by Antonio
Silva, Brasil
Refering to WBCC
Newsmail 693 item 12 about the Bi-metallic Coa Cola tokens form Brasil
I find these
pictures, SA token has only one side. FZ = Fortaleza / Ceara
Here are more
pictures
This week continues the quiz series called, "Whose Face". A Bi-metallic Thailand 10 Baht commemorative dated 2543 (CE2000) shows the face of a woman. What is this
woman's name?
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 #696 The Bi-metallic 2001 One Euro of Monaco bears two faces. One is the face of Prince Rainier III. Whose is the other face?
The correct answer to Bi-metallic Quiz Game question #696 is Crown Prince Albert II. 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 #695 Quiz Game winner is Allen Kwon, WBCC member #472. There were eight players in this game. 10 . The
Super Quiz Question 10..... by Jack Hepler, USA
There
are nine bridges in Budapest crossing the river that passes though the
city. One is pictured on the Hungarian Bi-metallic 200 Forint dated
2009.
What
is the name of this bridge?
When
traveling by boat from north to south, how many bridges in Budapest
would you pass before reaching this bridge?
What
is the span (distance) between the bridge pillars?
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: * 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 http://www.worldmoneyfair.ch/wmf/english/index.html
*
10th Northern Coin Event 2010,
Saturday September 18, 2010, Assen, The Netherlands, www.muntmanifestatie.nl
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