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I had to sneak one more in here... this is a favourite of mine, being a geologist who has done research for gold exploration.  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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 Austria, 2 euro, 2012 - 10 Years of Euro Currency This is a "common commemorative", meaning that it commemorates an event that's relevant to the entire Eurozone, not just one or two of its member nations. Because of this, every Euro-issuing nation was required to issue a coin with this design in 2012. Here's some interesting trivia: in Luxembourg, the Grand Duke's face is required by law to appear on every coin, no exceptions. So what to do when the ECB tells you that you must issue a coin with this design on it? After all, you can't change the design of the "common" 2-euro side, and the design of the other side has been mandated from above. Where are you going to put the Grand Duke? So they came up with a really fun, innovative solution: put a lateral image in the center. From one angle, you see the Euro sign - from another angle, you see the profile of the Grand Duke. Problem solved. Unfortunately, I don't yet have one of these. |
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2012 Sovereign (re-design):  |
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Too fast ......... should be more than 24 hrs Got busy with work yesterday, and totally missed being able to post my 2013 coins.  Edited by denco7
01/23/2015 10:48 pm
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Probably my biggest quarter ever. (scratches are on the plastic cover)   |
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Two National Park quarters from circulation.... Denali and Acadia.   Edited by scottk
01/24/2015 01:01 am
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And more pocket change:   This one does not have the standard reverse design but commemorates the CHOGM (Commomwealth Head Of Government Meeting) 2011 in Perth, Western Australia. |
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Haha...
Some nice pocket change exhibits.
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Some nice pocket change exhibits. There are quite a few Dollar and 50 Cent commemorative coins which are circulation issues, also can find the odd 20 Cent commemorative piece. Since I more or less abandoned my world coin collection in the 1990s (still filling some gaps and keeping at least one per year), there is not much else but pocket change I can post here for some time. |
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2011 Silver Britannia (proof)  |
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Greek one euro...   |
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The famous UK 2011 Olympic football 50p explaining the 'offside' rule!  Edited by NumisRob
01/24/2015 2:13 pm
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