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New Member
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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Jozef Murgas - the 150th anniversary of the birthMaterial: Ag 900/1000 Diameter: 34[mm] Weight: 18[g] Quantity: Standard 3 400 Proof 6 300 Edge: PRIEKOPNIK BEZDROTOVEJ TELEGRAFIE Emitent: SNB Issue: 20.1.2014 Designer: Ivan Rehak Mint: Mint Kremnica Please could you write your opinion about this silver coin from Slovakia ? I think it is beautiful coin from our state mint. 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I think I know who this new person is. Welcome to the to Coin Community, Erik. Nice to see you here and Yes, I do like that coin very much. Steve  |
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Valued Member
Canada
470 Posts |
He deserves a gold or platinium version,silver cheapens his achievements as a visionary/futurist/actor.
The reverse design can be interpreted as his thinking center, right between the eyes.(his nose and eye-glasses on the obverse make up the reverse design).
A well thought out design for the conceptual thinkers among us.
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New Member
 Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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Thank you very much Mr. Steve. It is nice to hear my friend  Edited by Erik16
01/25/2014 05:01 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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New Member
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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The coin was issued 20/1/2014. This year it will be just one 10 euro coin from state mint of Slovakia.
Jozes Murgas was slovakian but he lived in U.S. a long time. Here is some information for american friends.
He contributed to wireless telegraphy.In 1905, Murgas achieved radio transmission between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pennsylvania, distance of 20 miles (30 km).
The tone system is the use of two signals of different frequencies, i.e. Murgas substituted the "dot" of the Morse code with a higher tone and the "dash" with a lower tone (this is the 1904 patent "The way of transmitted messages by wireless telegraphy").
Thomas Edison paid remarkable attention to Murgas's experiments and he is said to have informed G. Marconi of Murgas's success. Murgas's lab in Wilkes-Barre was visited by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905.
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Valued Member
Canada
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well for me it's a lot of details to focus on at the same time imo
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A very beautiful and unique design.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
532 Posts |
Very nice coin. Thanks for sharing and Welcome~!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going to need this for my "Coins with Eyeglasses" collection!
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's interesting design wise  and welcome -MV |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 It is a very interesting coin indeed. For me, it has a little too much going on but I can see why people are attracted to it. |
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New Member
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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Thank you very much all. I have one in my collection and I am very proud for it. I am glad you like it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like all coins. However, I'm not a big fan of coins with people's faces on them, regardless of who they are. Guess I'm a little tired of our US coins with a bunch of dead presidents on them. I really like the reverse of that one though. Even the Obverse is sort of different with all that line work, not just a person's face. Interesting coin. Never got used to the metric system so I had to translate the 34mm into inches so I could figure out how big it is. |
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