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DivChaser Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 02/04/2012 11:07 pm Anyone have much knowledge on the Polar Year coins? I have searched the forum and google and I cannot find much as to whom released what denomination and the mintage. There was an ebay seller that I had purchased from before, and he is a good guy, just getting started and does not take great pictures. I was watching his auctions, and he listed two polar year coins. One is a 1.5 Euro coin, 92.5% silver with Paul Emile Victor on the reverse Second is a 1000 Won North Korean Coin, with arctic animals on the reverse. 99.9 Silver Both are proof, with a COA. I scored them both for $30, so I figured it was hard to miss, as long as they were legit. Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 02/04/2012 11:51 pm I know that So.Georgia & So.Sandwich Islands, being close to the Antarctic, had a 2 pound coin in 2007 for the International Polar Year. The reverse featured expedition of Shackleton. And they had a few more coins with Shackleton. In this article, closer to the bottom, they talk about coins struck in Canada. Report this Post to the Staff
DivChaser Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 02/05/2012 01:01 am svslav - thanks for the link. I had found similar info this morning, but good to see it corroborated. When I first started looking them up, I thought it was pretty cool that multiple countries agreed to cooperate on this type of thing. I was also surprised that one of those countries was North Korea. I thought I had read that the mintage on those two coins I mentioned were at 5,000, but that does not sound right. I would think the demand and documentation would be much higher with something that limited. I will keep searching, this might be a fun set to complete depending upon the total numbers. Report this Post to the Staff
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