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WBCC
Newsmail 698 Volume 15, December 26, 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. Best Wishes...........by Martin Peeters, WBCC
Focal Point
Dear WBCC and non WBCC members let me start with:
Geseënde
Kersfees en 'n voorspoedige Nuwe jaar (Afrikáans)
Gëzuar
Krishtlindjet e Vitin e Ri (Albanian) Kamgan
Ukudigaa (Aleut) اجمل التهاني بمناسبة الميلاد و حلول السنة الجديدة(Ajmel altehani bemonasebt almīlad wa helol alseneh aljedīdah) (Arabic) Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ (Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund) (Armenian) Tezze
iliniz yahsi olsun (Azerbaijani) Zorionak
eta urte berri on (Basque) З Новым годам
i Калядамi
(Belarusian) Честита Коледа! Щастлива Нова Година! (Bulgarian) (shèngdàn kuàilè xīnnián kuàilè) (Chinese) Sretan
Božić! Sretna Nova godina! (Croatian) Veselé
vánoce a šťastný nový rok (Czech) Glædelig
jul og godt nytår (Danish) Prettige
Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig NieuwJaar! (Dutch) Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year (English) Bonan Kristnaskon
kaj feliĉan novan jaron (Esperanto) Häid
Jõule ja Head Uut Aastat (Estonian) Hyvää
joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta (Finnish) Joyeux Noël et
bonne année (French) გილოცავთ შობა-ახალ წელს (giloc’avt’
šoba-axal cels) (Georgian) Frohe Weihnachten
und ein gutes neues Jahr (German) Schöni
Wienachte und e guets neus Jahr (German Swiss) Καλὰ Χριστούγεννα καὶ καλὴ χρονιά! (Kalá hristoúgena ke kalí hroniá) (Greek) חג מולד שמח ושנה טובה (Chag
Molad Sameach v'Shanah Tovah) (Hebrew) Kellemes
karácsonyt és boldog új évet (Hungarian) Gleðileg
jól og farsælt nýtt ár (Icelandic) Selamat
Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru (Indonesian) Buon
Natale e felice anno nuovo (Italian) (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu) (Japanese) Жаңа жыл құтты болсын!
(Kazakh) Жаратканнын туысымен Жана Жылыныз кутты болсын ( QISmaS
botIvjaj 'ej DIS chu' botIvjaj (Klingon) meli
kliseumaseu jal ji naego saehae pog manhi pateuseyo) (Korean) Natale
hilare et annum faustum (Latin) Priecīgus
Ziemassvētkus un laimīgu Jauno gadu (Latvian) Linksmų
Kalėdų ir laimingų Naujųjų Metų (Lithuanian) Среќен Божик и
среќна Нова година (Macedonian) Mirary
noely sambatra Arahabaina tratrin'ny taona vaovao (Malagasy) Il-Milied Ħieni u s-Sena t-Tajba (Maltese) Танд кристмас ба шинэ жилийн мэнд хyргэе (Mongolian) God
jol og godt nyttår (Norwegian) سال
نو مبارک كریسمس
مبارک(kerismas
mobārak sale no mobārak) (Persian) Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! (Polish) Feliz
Natal e próspero ano novo (Portuguese) Crăciun fericit şi
un an nou fericit (Romanian) С Рождеством и c Новым Годом! (Russian) Manuia le Kerisimasi, ma le Tausaga Fou (Samoan) Nollaig
chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ùr (Scottish) Veselé
vianoce a Štastný nový rok (Slovak) Vesel
božič in Srečno novo leto (Slovenian) ¡Feliz
Navidad y próspero año nuevo! (Spanish) Heri ya krismas heri
ya mwaka mpya (Swahili) God
jul och gott nytt år (Swedish) Соли Наватон Мубарак (Tadzhik) สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส และสวัสดีปีใหม่
(souksaan
wan Christmas sawatdii pimaï) (Thai) (losalazashidele)
(Tibetan) Kilisimasi
fiefia mo ha ta'u fo'ou monū'ia (Tongan) Yeni
yılınız kutlu olsun (Turkish) Веселого
Різдва і з Новим Роком (Ukrainian) Chúc
Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ và Chúc Năm Mới Tốt Lành
(Vietnamese) Nadolig
llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda (Welsh) אַ
פֿרײליכע ניטל און אַ גוטער נײַער יאָר(A
freylikhe nitl un a guter nayer yor) (Yiddish) Sinifesela uKhisimusi oMuhle noNyaka oMusha oNempumelelo (Zulu) 1. Bi-metallic 10 Rupee 2009 Error…..by AdityaKulkarni, India I recently got an error 10 Rupees Bi-metallic of India
dated 2009,a nice example of off-center strike.The coin has been struck
at Noida mint (mint-mark :Dot under date), as usual. Here a scan of the coin. I would like to share this piece with other WBCC members :-)
2.
Bi-metalic 2 Euro 2010 from France...by Frans Dubois, The Netherlands3
In
2010 France will issue again a commemorate.Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2010
depicting Charles de Gaulle.
Spain real image of
the new Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2010 commemorate Historic Centre City Cordoba
Cordoba is one of the sites and
cities from Spain that are in the world heritage list of the UNESCO. The Spanish Mint starts a 2 €
commemorative series about the Spanish World Heritage Sites
info from: http://pulifil.es/
4.
Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2008 from Germany...by Martin Peeters, The
Netherlands
The 2 Euro 2008
from Germany with minthouse letter F for Stuttgart, commemorate
Hamburger Michel has 2 versions.
One
with the old Europe chart
and
One with the new
Europe chart
In the series: "The Russian Federation (each 10.0000
pieces) 32 Vononezh Region 33 Republic of Buryatiya In the series: "Ancient Towns of Russia" (each 5.000
pieces) 30 Yelets, Lipestsk Region 31 Solikamsk Perm Krai 8.
Bi-metallic Fantasy Euro from Germany..........by Jose Luis Ramirez, Spain
I have obtained
this Bi-metallic 10 Euro fantasy coin dated, 2010. The coin
commemorates the 20th aniversary of the reunification of Germany.
9. Bi-metallic Fantasy Medals from Germany..........by Jose Luis Ramirez, Spain I have obtained
these 3 Bi-metallic medals from Germany. The 3 medals have a common side.
* Dresden (Sachsen
state)
* Mainz
(Rheinland-Pfalz)
* Hessen state 10. Encased
Rappahannock Area Coin Club...by Jack Hepler, USA
The Rappahannock
Area Coin Club, in conjunction with the Virginia Numismatic Association
has produced the Second and Third issues of the encased 2009 Lincoln
Cents.
11. Unusual
Encased piece in Ebay...by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands
An unusual Encased
piece is offered in Ebay
1938
Good When Caught Short Encased Coin Lucky Penny
12.
Bi-metallic Quiz Game #698...........by Jack Hepler, USA
This week continues
the quiz series called, "Whose Face".
Whose face appears on the 1990 Bi-metallic Portuguese 100 Escudos? 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 #697 A Bi-metallic Thailand 10 Baht commemorative dated 2543 (CE2000) shows the face of a woman. What is this woman's name? The correct answer to Bi-metallic Quiz Game question #697 is Somdej Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani. But she is known as "Princess Mother". All those who answered "Princess Mother" will receive credit for a correct answer. 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 #696 Quiz Game winner is Keith Beaumont, WBCC member #168. There were eight players in this game. 13. 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?
14. 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 * Zambia 5000 Kwacha bimetallics
* South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands fantasy
medals
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: * 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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