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Bi-Metallic Collectors Club Newsmail # 719 |
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WBCC
Newsmail 719 Volume 16, May 22, 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
Welcome into the World Of Bi-, Tri- and Tetra-metallics. I hope you enjoy reading this week's issue of the WBCC Newsmail. 1. A new WBCC member......by Martin Peeters, WBCC Focal Point Name: Karol Swierzbin (WBCC member #516), Poland a. proof (in sterling silver with gold plated centre; in
“proof” sets; for collectors) b. specimen (in base metals; usually only issued in sets;
for collectors) c. uncirculated (in base metals; in sealed sets; for
collectors; this quality used to be called “proof-like” or “brilliant
uncirculated”) d. business strikes (in base metals, for circulation) After I’ve sent you earlier pictures of the 2010 “toonies” in the first three qualities (finishes), heres time images of the 2010 toonie in the quality “business strike”.
This week I received another coin I had bought through eBay (for little money). It is a 1999 (date struck very weakly) French Bi-metallic 2 Euro 1999. There are several things that indicate the coin is a fake: a. the coin is underweight by 0.60 g (7.86 g instead of
8.46 g).
b. the coin is about 0.15 mm too large in diameter (25.90
mm instead of 25.75 mm). c. the coin is only slightly magnetic while the real coin
is magnetic. The stars and 2’s on the edge of the fake coin are not centred which causes the bumps along the rim of the side with RF. I imagine the coin was struck first and then the coin was rimmed. Are other fake French 2 Euro coins known? A
new Bi-metalic MTT from Poland, the city of Katowice. This will be the series - technique
monuments.
6. Bi-metallics from Italy and The Netherlands.......by Paul Baker, UK Do we know this one... "This coin was distributed with the Italian Micky Mouse,
called Topolino." Also... Home page... http://www.jezuss.nl/index.htm 7. Bi-metallic Fantasy Euro's in Ebay.....by Jose
Luis Ramirez, Spain
Saw in Ebay: Two Bi-metallic 1 Euro fantasy coins from Hungary: http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400122830586 http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400122830101 The metals are not the same in the inner/outer rings in both coins, there are not date or mint mark (below the year) You can see here the original coin here (my webpage). The date and mintmark are in the bottom side of the coin. This coin are dated 2004, there are other sets dated 2003. http://www.monedas-bimetalicas.com/images/Hungria%201E%202004%20Specimen-a.jpg 8. Bi-metallic from
Andorra in Ebay....by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands
A Tri-metallic from Andorra you
don't see onften in Ebay:
A Tri-metallic Andorra 5 Dinar
1999 commemorate the Millenium
9. Encased piece in
Ebay...by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands
An Encased piece you don't see
often in Ebay:
Encased 1964 - Metropolitan New York Coin Convention 10. Encased piecee in
Ebay....by Martin Peeters, The Netherlands
New to me, this encased piece in
Ebay.
This week
continues the quiz series called, "Whose Face".
12. WBCC Super Quiz #15...by Jack Hepler, USA The March Super Quiz was about Switzerland's three
beautiful Bi-metallic 10 Francs coins that featured three of the
highest mountains in the Alps. The mountains so honored were the
Matterhorn Cervin, Jungfrau, and Piz Bernina. The May question is
about the location. Which mountain is the most easterly and which
is the most westerly of the three mountains?
The April Super Quiz(#14) Game winner was John Veltmeyer.
There were six players in the Super Quiz the month of April.
Super Quiz 12 winner Meir Sapir.
Super Quiz 13 winner Gaurav Singh
13. 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 *
Italy error 1983 500L
* Hungary fantasy bimetallics * Poland MTT from Katowice * France fake 2 euro * Lynn Mass. medal * Argentina bicentenary "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. 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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