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The obverse of the 2020 5 euro.  And the reverse of the aforementioned 2020 10 euro.  |
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Fantastic  |
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The Polar Zone coins - 2021This is the final coin in the series.  It shows a leopard seal diving and swimming through cold water surrounded by an iceberg and iceshelf. The Ice berg is visible above and below water. It is an etheral scene of the frozen poleward extremities where there has been limited to no human impact. A closer exmination shows an ice sheet in front of a larger jagged edge, either bare rock or glacier ice falling into the sea, signifying how global warming is destroying this unique environment. The ring colour is various shades or purple and violet to express the extreme cold of this region. Its so cold that what little precipitation falls is always snow. There are also extremes in daylight and night, there is up to 6 months of continuous day and 6 of night, but even at the edges of this zone, at least 2 or 3 months are in darkness. Natalie Tekampe again designed this scene and the otherside again shows the German eagle and the date now being 2021. The coin was again released in September and again with the last of the 10 Euro series being "The sea" (Cue Triggersmob - showing it).  Coins left to right - A, D, F, G, J, (No colours provided on the Numista page as of yet - but I say shades of violet) Mintages again were 600k + 80k proof life per mint and the coin was released some time in early Septmber. It concluded the series of 30 coins. Numista page - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces284824.htmlBundesbank Page - https://www.bundesbank.de/en/tasks/...-zone-805064 (Englisch) Some more stuff to come!
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Cue Triggersmob - showing it Your wish is my command. :) Obverse of the 2021 5 euro.  Obverse of the 10 euro.  |
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Thanks, guess I know what I can ask Redlock for next.
Steve can we see the other side of them please?
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Reverse of the €10 2019 (Luft/Air)  Reverse of the €10 2021 (Wasser/Water)  The polymer ring of all 15 coins (3 designs x 5 mints = 15 coins) is the same: clear/translucent The outer ring is different though. --silver/Air (coin does not contain silver) --copper-red/Land --blue/Water The colour in triggersmobs photo is misleading. The outer ring is blue. It's Niob niobium plated. Edited by redlock
08/03/2022 1:45 pm
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"Niob" is the German name for the element. For English speakers, we call it "niobium".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I am calm about the 5 euro coins. The 10 euro coins with the image of air, water, and earth shocked me. They are very beautiful.
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"Niob" is the German name for the element. For English speakers, we call it "niobium". Language error fixed.  |
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Language error fixed. How does that song go? I say tomato, you say Tomate.  |
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Those coins are beautiful and hopefully if I find an extra $100 note, would love t get a set hint hint.
Is the polymer in them translucent like the 5 Euro ones?
Thanks for the photos.
Never heard of Niobium, was that named after the Niobids?
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Thanks for the extra pics Redlock, I didn't have pictures on file.
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Never heard of Niobium, was that named after the Niobids? Close, their momma... "Its name comes from Greek mythology: Niobe, daughter of Tantalus..."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobium |
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The sincerest form of flattery?  |
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