TEUTOBURG
FOREST BATTLE ON THREE SQUARE COINS FROM PALAU
TWO
COLORED HEART-SHAPED SILVER COINS CONTAINING JEWELS
PALAU
2009 PEARL COIN
This official 2009 Palau
Pearl coin is titled “Jewels of the Sea” The 25
gram sterling silver Proof 5 Dollar coin includes a genuine pearl
embedded in shell colored background. The obverse features the arms of
Palau. The coin is 38.6mm in diameter and has a mintage of
just 2500 pieces. The Pearl series is very popular with
collectors and always sells out.PUTULSK
METEORITE COIN
FROM COOK ISLANDS
A huge comet
detonated over
Pultusk, Poland on January 30, 1868, showering the area thousands of
small meteorites. Luckily there were no known injuries or
destruction. A small piece of the famed Putulsk meteorite is
contained in this 38.6mm sterling silver Proof coin from the Cook
Islands. The coin is partially plated with palladium, giving
it a
striking two-toned finish. One side features the earth, showing Europe
and an image of the comet in space. The other side pictures
Queen
Elizabeth II. The 2008 dated coin has a mintage of just 2500
pieces.YELLOW TITANIUM BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
COIN
This 36.1mm 5 Dollar
coin from
the British Virgin Islands was struck in an unusual bright yellow
titanium alloy. The 2008 dated coin commemorates the Beijing
Olympics. The reverse features two tennis players hitting a
tennis ball over the Great Wall of China. At the top the five
stars from the flag of China appear next to an image of a
dove. In the foreground the Chinese symbol for lucky number
eight appears on the left and a rat appears on the right, as 2008 is
the Year of the Rat. The obverse pictures Queen
Elizabeth. The coin has a mintage of only 7500 pieces. GOLD
& DIAMONDS COIN HONORS PRINCESS DI
A portrait of Princess Diana
wearing a tiara that includes real diamonds is featured on this
gold-plated 5 Pounds coin from Tristan da Cunha. Each coin
includes 3 to 5 small diamonds embedded into the design. The obverse of
the 2007 dated coin pictures Queen Elizabeth. The coin is
Brilliant Uncirculated It is an unusual coin at a reasonable price.
This
unusual odd-shaped, jeweled, gold on silver coin was issued to
commemorate Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Valencia, Spain in July of
2006. The sterling silver coin pictures the famed Valencia
Cathedral in gold, with seven Swarovski crystal jewels in location of
the cathedrals great stained glass window. The unusual shape
outlines the odd shape of the entrance of the Cathedral, which was
built upon a mosque. The Cathedral contains what is claimed
to be
The Holy Grail, the chalice used by Jesus at the Last Supper.
The
2006 dated coin was struck by the Cook Islands for sale to collectors
in Europe. It is denominated as 5 Dollars and pictures Queen
Elizabeth on the obverse. The impressive looking coin comes
in a
custom hard plastic capsule and has a mintage of just 2500 pieces.
This
unusual silver and gold two-part coin from Nauru features Pope John
Paul II. The coin comes in two parts: a one ounce .999 fine
silver Proof base and a gold plated image of Pope John Paul
II.
The coin is designed so the capsule may be opened and Pope can be
placed in a special slot so that the Pope is standing. Each
piece
is numbered and dated. The reverse of the silver base bears the Nauru
arms. The coin is denominated as 10 Dollars and is dated 2007.
It has a mintage of only 5000 pieces and I expect it to be
popular. It features a popular Pope, it is from a nation that
has
issued few coins, and its two-part design is quite unusual.
Not long
after Somalia came out with their set of six
SILVER-plated
Guitar coins in 2004, a major promoter requested “something different”
that he could promote, so they came out with a limited issue set of six
GOLD-plated Guitar coins. The designs are the same as the
silver-plated version, the only difference is that the coins are
gold-plated rather than silver plated. The designs include the classic
red and white Fender Stratocaster, an American Flag Stars and Stripes
Gibson Flying V, a black Gibson Flying V, a pink star Guitar used by
various rock stars including Gary Glitter and Abba,
a blue
Gibson
X-Plorer and a yellow Klein. The coins are 1 Dollar legal
tender
coins
issued by the Somali Republic (though they never actually circulated in
Somalia). They are approximately 45mm (1.75 inches) long and
are
dated
2004. Only a limited number of the gold-plated version was
issued.
When they were minted the original dies were starting to wear out, so
some coins may show minor die cracks. It is an attractive and
unusual
set of coins. 
Very
rarely does a country make as big of an error as
Italy did on their when they introduced their new bi-metallic 1000 Lire
coin in 1997. The new coin was to celebrate the growing
unification of Europe by showing a map of Europe.
Unfortunately
they made a number of major blunders on the map. Denmark was
shown as part of Germany. East Germany was left off of
Germany. The Netherlands was part of Belgium! After receiving
diplomatic protests Italy quickly introduced a corrected version of the
coin. 
Macedonia
released this attractive commemorative 1 Denar coin in 2000.
It
has a
reported mintage of just 2000 pieces. When it was first
announced
the
coin was supposed to commemorate the National Bank of
Macedonia.
The
legends on both sides of the coin refer to the National Bank of
Macedonia and one side of the coin pictures an ancient Byzantine coin,
which is the logo for the Bank. The other side of the coin shows a 16th
century ornamented cross. Apparently there was not much public
enthusiasm for a coin commemorating the National Bank, so it was then
announced that the coin really commemorates the 2000th anniversary of
Christianity. Either way, it is an attractive low mintage coin that
pictures a coin and a cross. 
A "mule"
coin is a coin struck with dies intended for two
different coins. Recently a small hoard of "mule" 1 Dinar
coins
appeared on the market. The obverse of the coin is from the
commemorative 1 Denar issued in 2000 commemorating 2000 years of
Christianity (KM9). It features an ornamented
cross.
The
reverse is from the regular issue 1 Dinar coin that has was last minted
in
2001 (KM2). Presently it is one of the most affordable "mule"
coins available. I am not sure how long that will last.
MACEDONIA
4 COIN SET FEATURES NATIVE ANIMALSMACEDONIA
ANIMAL COIN SETS COMMEMORATE FAO
In expectation of Kurdistan gaining independence from
Iraq after the
second Gulf War, Kurdish groups in exile authorized the first modern
coins of Kurdistan. When the initial 1 and 10 Dinar coins
were
struck, Kurdish officials discovered that the name of the country was
misspelled using the Arabic alphabet. To the untrained eye,
the
difference is that the correct version has two squiggly marks in the
bottom of the legend on the coin while the error version has only one
mark. Only 300 pieces of each of the error version were
struck. A new die was prepared and a corrected version was
issued. Unfortunately the United States did not allow Kurdish
independence, so this remains a government in exile issue. The 10 Dinar
coins are 39mm in diameter, are struck in copper-nickel and picture a
Persian Fallow Deer. It has a
catalog value of $45.00, however our price is MUCH less. The 1 Dinar
coins
are 27mm in diameter, are struck in bronze-plated zinc (similar to the
U.S.
cent) and picture Saladin on horseback carrying a modern Kurdish flag.
It
has a catalog value of $35.00, however our price is MUCH less.
Also see:
NEW
KURDISTAN COINS
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