Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collectors Club
Newsmail # 962
 

WBCC Newsmail 962,  January  17 , 2015
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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
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Dear WBCC members and non WBCC members,

Welcome into the World of Bi-, Tri- and Tetra-metallics. I hope you enjoy reading this week's issue of the WBCC Newsmail.

1. Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2015 from Luxembourg......by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands
Official announced the first Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2015 from Luxemborg will be dedicated to 15th anniversary of the enthronement of
Grand Duke Henri. No picture available yet

2. Bi-metallic 25 Euro 2015 from Austria.....by Pabitra Saha, UK
Austria - annual Bi-metallic Silver Niobium coin- 2015 - topic is Cosmology


3. Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2015 from Malta.....by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands
Here a picture of the new Bi-metallix 2 Dollars 2015 from Canada commorate Sir John A. Macdonald

Face value: $ 2
Diameter: 28 mm
Edge thickness: 1.75 mm
Weight: 6.92 grams
Composition:
Outer ring: Nickel Plated Steel multilayer
Central Part: Multiple layers plated brass bronze
Issue volume: Unknown

4. Bi-metallic 5 Euro 2015 from Finland.......by Jacek Stacel, Poland
Finland to issue a Bi-metallic 5 Euro 2015 on Satakunta province, depicting beaver on its dam, issuedate February 9.


5. Bi-metallic Quiz Game #962.....…by Jack Hepler, USA
A Russian Bi-metallic 10 Roubles coin issue in 2012 honors the town of Belozersk in Vologda Oblast. 
Name the lake where this town is located.
See these coins and others at the WBCC website:  http://wbcc-online.com
Please send your answer to: heplerj@juno.com

WBCC Quiz Game Prize
A Bi-metallic prize will be awarded each month. The player who has the most correct answers in a month will be the winner. 
If there is a tie, a random drawing will be conducted to select a winner. 
The December prize is a circulated Bi-metallic 20 Pesos of Mexico or other suitable coin.

Bi-metallic Quiz question #961
The Bi-metallic Zacatecas State 100 Pesos coin issue in 2003 shows the State Coat of Arms as does all coins of this series. 
The coin design shows four heavily armor clad soldiers and the image of the Holy Mother. 
Above the Holy Mother’s image is a banner showing what Latin motto?
Answer: Labor Vincit Omnia.

6. Super Quiz #36…………by Jack Hepler, USA
There are at least seven countries with Bi-metallic coins incorporating the image of a bridge. 
Name four and the body of water under the bridge.

Answer to Super Quiz #35
There are countries with monarchs as head of the state.  They do not have bimetallic coins as yet.  They are completely surrounded by countries having bimetallic coins.  Name at least 2 of these non-bimetallic countries.
Swaziland and Liechtenstein.  There were other non Bi-metallic countries with kings but were partially surrounded by water.
There were two players in this game.  The winner is Gabor Toth, WBCC member #80

7. New Bi-, Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images...by Rod Sell, WBCC Webmaster
The new Bi-, Tri-, or Tetra-metallic images are shown at:
http://wbcc-online.com/new-releases/new-images.html

"See you" next week,
Martin Peeters, Focal Point of the Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club wbcc@hotmail.nl

The Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club (WBCC) was established September 14, 1996 and is the very first
Worldwide Collectors Club using the Internet.  Goal of the WBCC is exchange Bi-, Tri-, and Tetra-metallics and
exchange knowledge about Bi-, Tri-, and Tetra-metallics

WBCC Organisation:
WBCC Webmaster: Rod Sell, Australia, 
rodsell@rodsell.com
WBCC DoCu-Centre: Frans Dubois, Netherlands, dubois.f@wxs.nl
WBCC Research Centre: Paul Baker, UK, 85@wbcc.fsnet.co.uk
WBCC Developement Centre: Jack Hepler, USA, heplerj@juno.com

WBCC Public Relations Centre: Max Aiello, Italy,  wbcc73@gmail.com
WBCC Focal Point ANA Conventions: Ray Lockwood, USA, sunrayofmarion@aol.com
WBCC Focal Point: Martin Peeters, The Netherlands, wbcc@hotmail.nl
 
The WBCC will attend the following future International events:
* 44th World Money Fair, January 30 - February 1 1915, Berlin, Germany
http://www.worldmoneyfair.de/wmf/en/
* Open Day, Royal Dutch Mint, June 13, 2015, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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