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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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This is the new contest: Bi-metalic coins world wide* Examples:  -   -   -   -   -   -  Rules: One coin per country. You can post as many you want! The participant with the maximum amount of points would win. The contest starts tonight at 8 P.M (Jan 26th) and will finish in 3 days,from now : Jan 29th at 8 P.M Good luck to every one!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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2002 2 pounds - XVII Commonwealth games - Northern Ireland.  2018 Singapore 1 dollar 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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I have one imaged.  
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Bd251 the French coin is actually trimetallic, not bimetallic.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Quote: Bd251 the French coin is actually trimetallic, not bimetallic. Ok ...1/2 point... 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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2000 Spain  
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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1987 Italy  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: Bd251 the French coin is actually trimetallic, not bimetallic. You are right. I thought that it would still be considered bimetallic since the core and outer ring are the same metal. Apparently that's not the case.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Participants Scores triggersmob = 2 points bd251 = 2 1/2 points. jbuck = 1 point. keith12 = 2 points
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Pillar of the Community
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Metal me baby!   Morocco - 5 Dirhams ?   Botswana 5 Pulas   Thailand 10 Baht - the new king Rama X
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Pillar of the Community
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Some more for you   Israel 10 shekels (Face Value about $4 New Zealand Pesos)   Poland 2 Zlotyich   Italy 1000 Lire
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Australia
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Quote: You are right. I thought that it would still be considered bimetallic since the core and outer ring are the same metal. Apparently that's not the case. I'm confused on this issue too. If you look at the definition of trimetallic, it means a coin made of the 3 metals. So the French coin would fit that description, but then so would a lot of the coins we call bimetallic.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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One of my favourite ones and close to home   PAPUA new Guinea - 2 Kina 2008, a huge 34mm slab of a coin!  New Zealand 1994 - 50 cents one off Bimetallic That makes 12 points for me!!!
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