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Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 706 |
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WBCC
Newsmail 706 Volume 16, February 20, 2010 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, Name: Norman
Watson (WBCC member #511), USA E-mail: ndwdhw@comcast.net Webpage: www.worldcoinsandstuff.com Age: 47 Profession: retired Hobby: World coins and tokens especially Bi- and/or
Tri-metallics Goal: to be
able to educate others on the historical importance of coins and
banknotes Against: dishonest
and greedy coin dealers and dealers of banknotes as well as
counterfeiters How did you know about the WBCC: web search
Name: Maddy Raghavan (WBCC member #512), Australia
E-mail: madhavanrag78@gmail.com
Male
Age: 30
Profession: IT Security Professional
Hobby: Bi-metallic/Tri-metallic legal tender coins from the
World (circulated/proof), Gold /Silver coins from the World. Specially
keen to collect bi-metal/tri-metals containing gold/silver.
Goal: Treasure rich collection of coins bearing special
metal properties - bi-metal/tri-metal/gold/silver
Against: re-strike coins
How did I know about the WBCC: Internet Research
2. Bi-metallic 5 Bolivianos 2010 from Bolivia...by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands Here is a scan of the Bi-metallic 5 Bolivianos 2010, Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
3. Bi-metallic 2 Euro 2002 error from San Marino.....by Allen Kwon, South-Korea San Marino, Bi-metallic 2
Euro "2002 have Initials of the engraver, "ELF INC." Special piece with "ELF INC
4. Bi-metallic 1 Lats 2004 from Latvia.....by Allen Kwon, South-Korea A strange Bi-metallic 1 Lats coin from Latvia.it is not Niob coin like normal 1 Lats. Both have same design but detail is some different. I directly requested judgment at Latvia Bank. Head, Coin Division of Latvia Bank responsed that it is fake clearly. 5. Bi-metallic Fantasy Crown.....by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands You don't see this often in Ebay:
SCARCE GIBRALTER EDWARD VIII BI-METAL FANTASY CROWN
6. Bi-metallic Control and other Tokens...........by Michael Ayrapetov, USA In new (2007) Website of Van Brook (VB) I found text with 40
Bi-metallic Control tokens - CT tokens. URL is:
You also can see in this Website images of Bi-metallic Car
Wash, Arcade and Amusement, Vending and Export tokens. URL is:
* Bi-metallic CarWash Tokens:
* Bi-metallic Arcade Tokens
* Bi-metallic Export Tokens
7. Bi-metallic Trade tokens....by Joel Anderson, USA Holabird-Kagin's upcoming Western
State Token Society (WESTS) token auction held on March 12 in
Sacrament, California includes some Bi-metallic tokens, including
two from Chatanika, Alaska (lots 100 & 101)
8. Bi-metallic MTT from Poland....by Jacek Stącel, Poland The
first in 2010 with a series of Bi-metallic MTT Poland - Torun Nicolaus
Copernicus
issue
19 .02. 2010
Issue 30.000 pieces diameter 27 mm issuer: Mint of Poland 9. Bi-metallic Quiz Game
#706...........by Jack Hepler, USA
This week continues the quiz series called,
"Whose Face".
Whose face appears on the 1997 Bi-metallic Two Pounds of Gibraltar? (I realize this is not normal circulation coin but it is very popular among collectors.) 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 #705 Whose face appears on the 2002 Bi-metallic One Euro of Austria? The correct answer to Bi-metallic Quiz Game question #705 is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 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 #704 Quiz Game Prize winner is Tom Galway, member #68. There were eleven players. 10. WBCC Super Quiz #12...by Jack Hepler, USA
The cross and crosslets of Llantrisant is the mintmark appearing on the Bi-metallic coins of which country? In which year did this mintmark first appear on a coin of this country? Answer to WBCC Super Quiz #11 Name at least six Bi-metallic issuing countries through which the Tropic of Capricorn passes. The correct choices are: 1. Argentina 2. Australia 3. Botswana 4. Brazil 5. Chile 6. Mozambique 7. South Africa The winner will be announced next week. klick on
"English" text and then Bimetal
You will find
a lot of Bi-metallics.
"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. 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 Auction/Sales Pages Provider: Rod Sell, rodsell@rodsell.com WBCC DoCu-Centre: Frans Dubois,
Netherlands, dubois.f@wxs.nl
WBCC Public Relations: Cliff Anderson, USA, cliff38@earthlink.net WBCC Research Centre: Paul Baker, UK, 85@wbcc.fsnet.co.uk WBCC Developement Centre: Jack Hepler, USA, heplerj@juno.com WBCC Focal Point ANA Conventions: Ray Lockwood, USA, sunrayofmarion@aol.com WBCC Focal Point: Martin Peeters, The Netherlands, wbcc@home.nl WBCC Website: http://wbcc-online.com
The WBCC
will attend the
following future International events:
* Open Day
of the Royal Dutch
Mint, 2010, Utrecht, The Netherlands
* 10th
Northern Coin Event
2010, September, 2010, Assen, The Netherlands, www.muntmanifestatie.nl
* 7th Coin
Event Numismatica
Herentals, December, 2010, Herentals Belgium, www.numismatica-herentals.be
*
40th World Money Fair,
January, 2011, Berlin, Germany
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