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NIUE CELEBRATES PRINCESS DIANA 
The marriage of
Prince Charles,
the Prince of Wales, to Lady Diana Spencer was called a fairytale
wedding. Great Britain issued this 38.5mm copper-nickel 25 Pence coin
in 1981 to commemorate royal wedding of Prince Charles to Lady
Diana. Pictured on one side are the busts of Charles
&
Diana. The other side pictures Queen Elizabeth. The
marriage, which started with such promise, ended in divorce and Diana’s
subsequent death in a tragic automobile accident. The coin
has
always been popular with admirers of Lady Di as well as coin
collectors. We also have some sealed original mint bags of 20
Charles & Diana Royal Wedding coins.
Elvis
Presley is featured in this copper-nickel 1 Crown
from Gibraltar. His birth and death dates are on either side of his
young bust, and a guitar is beneath the bust. The coin commemorates his
career in the cinema, as well as him as a singer.
The
obverse features Queen Elizabeth. The 1996 dated coin is
38.8mm
in diameter and is Brilliant Uncirculated.
A pair of wedding rings and
Champaign glasses are featured on these Cameroon 7500 Franc coins dated
2006. Below the rings is a blank area where you can
engrave names, initials or dates to honor your engagement, wedding or
anniversary. The reverse features an elephant head and a map
of Africa. The 30mm coin is available both in silver-plated
or gold-plated brass. It is an interesting
“customizable” coin.
This large
size (36mm) pure nickel commemorative was
struck in 1988 to honor the massive non-violent uprising in the
Philippines on February 22-25 1986 which forced the corrupt Ferdinand
Marcos regime from power. It depicts the brave unarmed
Filipinos
storming a military tank. The obverse depicts the Philippine
arms. The coin is Brilliant Uncirculated.UNITED
STATES SILVER PESO FOR THE PHILIPPINESWWII
PHILIPPINE GUERILLA CURRENCYUNUSUAL
PHILIPPINE CURRENCY
After many
years of discontent
under Dutch rule, the Belgian independence movement was ignited by a
riot that had been sparked by the performance of a patriotic opera on
the night of August 25, 1830. Belgium celebrated its 150th anniversary
of independence from the Netherlands in 1980 with these silver-clad 500
Franc coin. One side pictures the five kings that ruled the
country since gaining its independence. The other side
features
the denomination and a map of the country. Because Belgium
has
two official languages, French and Dutch (Flemish), there are two
versions of the coin, one with French legends and one with Dutch
legends (pictured).
ATTRACTIVE
SOMALIA COIN SETMULTI-COLORED MOTORCYCLE COINS FROM
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
SOMALIAGUITAR
COINS FROM THE SOMALI REPUBLIC
SOMALILAND
COIN SET
In
early 2007 the United
States Defense Department issued an espionage warning about Canadian
coins with suspicious "nano-technology" that contained radio frequency
transmitters were being used to track U.S. defense
contractors.
The report turned out to be a major embarrassment to the
government. The coin in question turned out to be a regular
issue
2004 Canadian colored Poppy quarter. The Poppy quarter was
the
first colored coin issued for general circulation in the
world.
Apparently the person filing the report was not familiar with the coin,
and the report was not properly investigated before the warning was
released. (It makes me wonder about intelligence reports
about
terrorists.) The 25-cent coin commemorates the Veterans who
served in the Canadian armed forces. Featured on the reverse is a red
poppy. The Poppy is the symbol of remembrance, based on the
Lieut. Col. John McCrae timeless World War I poem "In Flanders
Fields" The Poppy is stamped in pressurized ink and has a
fluorescent security coating. Queen Elizabeth is on the
obverse
It is an attractive and historic coin, but I really doubt that a spy
would try to track someone from the United States with a Canadian coin
that would most likely soon be spent.Click
Here for 2008 CANADIAN ARMISTICE
POPPY COIN
In
2006, Canada issued their
second colored coin for circulation. The 25 Cent coin is
intended
to raise the awareness of breast cancer. The reverse of the
coin
pictures a pink ribbon. Queen Elizabeth is on the
obverse.
The coins was honored "Most Technologically Advanced Circulation Coin"
by the World Mint Directors Conference and as the "Best New
Coin"
by the International Association of Currency Affairs,
Canada issued this
circulating multi-color commemorative 25 cent coin picturing a red
poppy in 2008 to honor the 90th anniversary of the Armistice agreement
that brought World War I to an end. The design is similar to
the famed 2004 Poppy coin,
which was the world’s first circulating color coin, and which the
United States Department of Defense mistook for a “nano-technology” spy
coin. The 2008 coin has different legends, and utilizes an
improved technique for affixing the color. <-- PREVIOUS
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