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Netherlands
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Received this coin from the Dutch mint today.. It's a 5 euro coin with subject 100 year this mint building.. I think it's the first coin ever with a QR code on the reverse.. (the code is scanable with a smartphone with a QR-reader) You can pay with this coin in the Netherlands..   |
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United States
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That's actually kind of cool. Legal Tender to boot. What exactly comes up when you scan the code? Is it authentication of the coin, mint information, or something else? It actually brings up this web site: http://www.q5g.nl/en(hope the link is okay) I was able to scan the phot with my Droid. Edited by omahaorange
07/02/2011 11:41 am
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Germany
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The idea is nice, and the design is interesting too. The KNM (Dutch Mint) actually has a whole series of videos about how this coin "came into being", from the first talks about the issue to "brainstorming" meetings, the two competing designers, etc. But as for the function as a means of payment - uh. First of all, unlike the, errm, real euro coins (including commems such as the Erasmus Deuro), those collector coins are legal tender in the issuing member state only. Also, as far as I know, none of the three versions (gold, silver, base metal) was issued at face value ...
Christian
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 Netherlands
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@ chrisild, as far as I heard, there are possibilities to get them at face from rolls.. I'm just a world coin collector what collect my € coins from circulation.. So not that well informed.. This was indeed the first Dutch 5 Euro coincard what was not available at face.. I bought them to keep my collection of dutch coincards complete.. As the "van Gogh" ones gave me a profit of 3000% so I had a little room to play...  and I think a can make some profit on this one after a few years, not that much but more then a bank rate... |
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Australia
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I guess that it just another way of getting a bullion coin recognised as legal tender, to add extra legitimacy to the coin. If that is the case, there would still be little incentive to actually use it in a commercial transaction. Still much like legal tender bullion coins the World over. Most Perth Mint coins fall in this category. OK to get them at face, provided that there is still seignorage for the Dutch mint. That would add legitimacy too, I guess. The potential for profit later on would depend on the number issued, and the demand for them in the aftermarket. |
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Germany
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In the good old days ;) until the end of 2007, those "circulation quality" coins were actually silver pieces, available at face value. Then that got too expensive, so starting in 2008 the Royal Dutch Mint has made silver-plated copper coins and issued them at face. People who wanted silver had the option to buy the (larger) proof version, but at least you could still get one version without having to pay a surcharge.
The new Muntgebouw coin however ... well, it sure is interesting, also because a coin that is about the mint was designed by somebody who works there. (Juanjo Sanchez is primarily an engraver; as far as I know, Dutch collector coins are usually designed by "external" artists.) From what I have heard, this new piece cannot be had at face. Now if this is a one-time exception (after all, the previous "Schilderkunst" issue did not cost anything extra), I am inclined to skip it. If future issues will also cost more than face, however, I will think about this again ...
Christian
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United States
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how do you tell what it's made of would like to get one to collect looked at site, played game ,( fun )translated to english, but couldn't tell for sure?  |
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Germany
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but here is an example where you can get the coin at face Now that is interesting. A friend of mine in NL had told me he could not get these at face value; maybe that applied to post offices then. Well, under these circumstances I will try and get one (I am in DE but will ask my friend about that offer). Thanks for the pointer! Christian |
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United States
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Well, I guess that is kind of cool. I am some what of a luddite though. Never really got the QR code thing, but I don't have a phone that can use it. Just seems like an ephemeral technology in my opinion. Wish I could know what they would think of it in 200 years. Or even 2000 years.
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Germany
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This may not be "the" technology of the 21st century :) but it is a nifty thing to have. You can even create your own code (here https://www.qrstuff.com for example) and have it printed, say, on a business card. Now on a coin you may say it is a gimmick, but in this case the coin sure got a lot of attention also because of this code element. The designer Juanjo Sanchez himself is at least as proud of the six-fold latent image (multi-view minting technology) that he created for this coin. Some videos - and since Juanjo speaks English here, you will understand him even if you don't understand Dutch ... Here he explains the design elements (direct link to "his" part in the video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O61Y...lpage#t=187sThis short video explains the latent image and what it says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_zhX3b9qMIAn interview with/portrait of the designer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCpwehEL6BE(Click the links on the right.) Christian Edited by chrisild
07/05/2011 1:10 pm
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