Tiffibunny
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I will take the 50 rouble coin! I have the perfect home for it here in Indiana. Got any idea how many they made and the cost of the coin?
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Jesus, that looks too big.
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Latest from Belarus 60th Anniversary of WWII Victory 20 and 50 Roubles. The 50 is 2 oz of silver.
20 Roubles
50 Roubles
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Now that Dutch 10 euro coin, I like it. What is a little strange is that is only says "2005", and not "1980 - 2005" or something like that. But I guess everybody in NL knows what the coin is about :-) This technology (Minted Photo Image) produces great results, and the way the motto applies to both the coin and the country/monarchy is neat. While the Dutch circulation coins are IMO somewhat dull, the KNM has been quite innovative as far as commem designs are concerned ...
Christian
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Yes, it is. I was looking at it the other evening with a magnafying glass. When it is titled some, it vaguely resembles anything but a bunch of "dots"; turn it flat and Ta-daa, there is a face! Quite neat.
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I'd need some time to get used to it.
Hey, why don't you loan it to me and I'll return it when I've adjusted?
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That's wierd. I don't know if I really like it or not. I liked the VanGogh and an original Queen Beatrix that was dots. But ???
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I still have it in my desk in front of me... but then again, I have plenty of coins in my desk in front of me...
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Yes, it sure is. I often take a look at it.
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That's a great design.
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Thanks Christian.
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Another great beauty!
Is it possible to have an explanation of the design?
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Latest "gem" from Belarus...
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1992 Poland 50000 Zloty Silver Proof Commemorating 200 Years of the Order of Virtuti Militari
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Yep, I love it :verycool: It wasn't even too expensive, only 35 euros.
Its a pitty that I have only this one... :wink:
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This commemorate three centuries of Romanow dinasty,isn't?
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For new, NCLT-commemoratives, no I don't collect them, but for older coins which entered circulation and do really depict something worth to celebrate, YES I DO :yum:
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Ahhh, so that explains it! I have often wondered why the Belgian gold/silver bi-met ECU that I have can be found in the Krause, but the Netherlands ECU I have is not listed there.
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Yep, I love the ballet piece myself. Haven't decided if I'm going to pick it up yet or not.
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Must admit that I do not particularly like that one, but I just read at rcc that another coin from Belarus became the World Coin News "Coin of the Year" 2003: the 10 ruble Belarussian Ballet commem. Now that one I do find attractive:
http://www.nbrb.by/Natiobank/NBRBCoins.eng...last0425_s.html
The "Narochansky National Park" 20 ruble coin, with the two swans, also won an award:
http://www.nbrb.by/Natiobank/NBRBCoins.eng...last0424_s.html
Mintages are similarly low. Guess they don't really want many people to have those ;-)
Christian
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Right, the ECU was the predecessor of the euro, so to say, created in 1979 and replaced by the EUR in 1999. In that system, the national currencies had "semi-fixed" exchange rates, much like what we have with ERM-II (Euro, Danish krone, Estonian kroon, etc.) now.
The "external value" of the euro on 1-Jan-1999 was exactly the same as that of the ECU the day before, ie. that changeover had no effect on ECU based contracts or purchases. Some countries that were in the old currency system, however, were not in the new one, and vice versa. So the internal "weight" and "value" of each national currency involved had to be adapted. But not quite that dramatically ;-) : The ECU-Gulden central rate in March 1998, for example, was about 1:2.23 while the EUR-NLG rate is about 1:2.20 ...
Actually, a few (very few!) ECU coins were legal tender in the issuing country. The Belgian issues, for example, were. Don't know, though, how many Belgians used those coins to buy, say, milk or fruit at supermarkets.
Christian
Do you collect commemoratives?
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