Archive for April, 2009
When Is A Coin No Longer A Coin?
Submitted by Ancient Coin Cleaning And Restoration
Is the coin I have attached to this article still a coin in spite of its deterioration? If so, at what point in the process of deterioration does the object cease to be a coin? If the coin remains for years in the same place until we have only [...]
Australia 20 cents 2009 - Service Nurses
Submitted by World Coin News
New circulating commemorative:
“Australian Service Nurses”
(information by Pat Clay)
LINK: Royal Australian Mint
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Weight: 11.30 g
Diameter: 28.52 mm
Mintage: Unlimited
Designer: W. Pietranik
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Austria 5 euro 2009 - Tyrolean Resistance Fighters
Submitted by World Coin News
New silver commemorative:
“Tyrolean Resistance Fighters 1809″
LINK: Austrian Mint
LINK: Euronumis
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: silver .800
Diameter: 28.50 mm
Weight: 10.00 g
Edge: nine-sided, plain
Designers: Helmut Andexlinger and Thomas Pesendorfer
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PhotoPlus Free Editor Has PS Like Features?
Submitted by Ancient Coin Cleaning And Restoration
I fully acknowledge that the following PhotoPlus 6 Free article was developed by the freewarezoom.com staff. I take no credit for writing the article. The program is free and I think all our coin photography members should take a good look at the program before purchasing a photo editor. [...]
Austria 10 euro 2009 - Basilisk of Vienna
Submitted by World Coin News
New silver commemorative:
“The Basilisk of Vienna”
(information and image by P.K. Saha)
LINK: Austrian Mint
LINK: Basilisk info
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: silver .925
Diameter: 32.00 mm
Weight: 17,30 g
Edge: plain
Designer: Thomas Pesendorfer
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Penny Coin Photo Contest
Submitted by Ancient Coin Cleaning And Restoration
This is a close to last minute notice to join out “Penny Coin Photo Contest” at our group, CoinPhotography. We are a Yahoo group and it appears we are growing rapidly. We invite all to join our CoinPhotograpy group and join the in the contest fun.
You will need to [...]
India 10 rupees 2006 & 2008 - First bimetallics
Submitted by World Coin News
(images by Shabbir Disawala, Jacek Stacel and Ashwin Lobo)
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Japan 500 yen 2009 - Nagano
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New bimetallic commemorative:
“Japan prefectures: Nagano”
LINK: Japan Mint
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Poland 2 zlotys 2009 - 2 more coins
Submitted by World Coin News
New circulating commemoratives:
“Animals of the World: European green lizard - Lacerta viridis”
“180 Years of Central Banking in Poland”
LINK: National Bank of Poland
LINK: Polish State Mint
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Nordic gold, CuAl5Zn5Sn1
Weight: 8.15 g
Diameter: 27.00 mm
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Slovakia 2 euros 2009
Submitted by World Coin News
New bimetallic circulating commemorative:
“17 November - Day of the fight for freedom and democracy - the 20th anniversary”
LINK: Central Bank of Slovakia
(image from Jacek Stacel)
SPECIFICATIONS
External ring: CuNi
Center disc: 3 layers, Ni-Brass, Ni, Ni-brass
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Width: 2.20 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
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Russia 10 roubles 2009 - Kalmykiya & Vyborg
Submitted by World Coin News
2 new bimetallic circulating commemoratives:
“The Russian Federation: Republic of Kalmykiya”
“Ancient Russian Towns: Vyborg”
LINK: Bank of Russia
(information and images by Peter Kaminsky)
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New service: short Coin News in Twitter
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