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Here's a topic. Many coins feature or commemorate some kind of a landmark or an event. Have you been/visited/attended any of those. For US collectors one obvious example would be a Lincoln Memorial (not for me, though, I haven't been to DC). Any others? And as a Darksider collector I'm interested in what fellas from other parts of the world have to say.
With the events, it has to be that you were present there (say, at a coronation), not just watched it on TV.
Warning in advance, I have quite a lot to post here, but I'd like to see other people experiences.
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My first (but not in chronological order) example. Moscow State University. Been there, the Math Department is placed on 12th through 16th floors. Featured on 1979 USSR one ruble commemorating 1980 Olympics.  |
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I'll go on. Vilniaus University. Had a very pleasant one-week visit in 1983. Featured on 2004 Lithuania 1 litas.  |
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Absolutely! Here's the image,  |
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UK Landmarks St Paul's Cathedral  Paddington Train Station (coin shows part of the roof structure)  Ken |
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Not me but my wife was living in Namibia when this coin was issued for collectors:  This coin was issued for Namibia's 5 Year Independence. Before 1990 the country was known as South West Africa. Ken |
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Been to the Alamo many many times! "Remember the Alamo"!  |
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Lincoln Memorial in early '70's.  |
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The change from Marcos to Cory Aquino in 1986, a very tense time I experienced first hand. I remember it was roughly 3pm and I was looking at three buildings from afar, admiring the nice green shrubbery at their grounds, only when the shrubs and greenery moved did I realized it was soldiers and tanks....many ..   |
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Wow, Nic, that's some experience! Well, next of mine is the Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Tamerlane made this city the capital of his (Persian) empire. I visited the place quite a few times as I grew up in the region. Featured on 1989 USSR 5 rubles  |
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This is a fun post svslav ..... I'll have some when I get home from work.
David
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One more for me. The only pantheistic temple I've visited, Garni in Armenia. Featured on 1994 Armenia 25 dram.  |
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