OLYMPIC, SOCCER &
SPORTS COINS
BASKETBALL COIN FROM LITHUANIA
To honor the 2011 European Basketball Championships held in Lithuania,
Lithuania designed this commemorative 1 Litas coin to look like a
basketball! Both sides of the coin have a basketball-like pattern.
The obverse pictures Vytas, the White Knight who is the
symbol of Lithuania within the basketball design. The legend
on the reverse legend honors the games. It is an interesting and unique
coin design. The 22.3mm copper-nickel coin is dated 2011 and
is Brilliant Uncirculated.
Item LT-BASKETB LITHUANIA 1 LITAS 2011 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS BU $3.75
CANADA HONORS
OLYMPIC SPEED SKATER
CINDY KLASSEN
Cindy
Klassen won an unprecedented five medals in the 2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin. Canada honored her on this 2009 dated circulating
nickel-plated steel 25 cent coin. The reverse features her
skating, her name and the date 2006. The obverse depicts
Queen Elizabeth.
Item CA-KLASSEN CANADA 25 CENTS 2009 CINDY
KLASSEN,
BU $2.00
CANADIAN
LUCKY LOONIE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS DOLLARS
Canada
issued this circulating multi-sided 1 Dollar coins leading up to the
2010 Vancouver Olympic games. Each of the three coins
features the Vancouver Olympics Logo and a different picture of loon on
the reverse. The coins are called "Lucky Loonies".
The first issue, dated 2004, features a loon swimming
peacefully on a lake. The second issue, which came out in
2006, features a loon taking off from a lake. The third
issue, dated 2008, pictures an athletic-looking loon landing on a lake.
The 2010 issue of each coin.
Item CA-OLYDOL04 CANADA 2004 OLYMPIC DOLLAR
BU $4.75
Item CA-OLYDOL06 CANADA 2006 OLYMPIC DOLLAR
BU $4.75
Item CA-OLYDOL08 CANADA 2008 OLYMPIC DOLLAR
BU out
Item
CA-OLYDOL10
CANADA 2010 OLYMPIC DOLLAR
BU $4.75
SCARCE
SOCCER COINS FROM CAMEROON
To commemorate the 2006 World Cup Soccer Games in Germany, two versions
of the 2006 nickel-plated iron 1500 Francs coins were issued by
Cameroon. The coins are quite similar. They both
depict a player kicking a ball into the Brandenburg Gate and a map of
Africa on the obverse, and an elephant head and a map of Africa of the
reverse. The only difference between the two is that one
version has a small Brandenburg Gate “privy mark” behind the player and
the other does not. The coins have a mintage of only 5000
pieces each.
Item CM29-NP
CAMEROON 1500 FRANCS SOCCER KM29 WITHOUT
“privy
mark” UNC.
$19.95
Item CM30-PRIV
CAMEROON 1500 FRANCS SOCCER KM30 WITH “privy
mark” UNC.
$19.95
Item CM-BTH
BOTH OF THE ABOVE BRANDENBURG SOCCER COINS,
UNC.
$35.00
POLAND
GOLD ON SILVER WORLD CUP SOCCER COIN
Poland
this gold-plated
sterling silver Proof 10 Zlotych in 2006 to commemorate the World Cup
Soccer games. One side features a player kicking the
ball. The other features the Polish arms set against a goalkeeper’s
net. The center portion of the coin is plated in .999 fine
gold.
The coin is 32mm in diameter and has a mintage of 80,500 pieces.
Item
PL-10Z06
POLAND 10 ZLOTYCH 2006 SOCCER
GOLD ON
SILVER
PROOF $39.50
POLAND CELEBRATES
THE
2008 OLYMPICS
Poland
issued this commemorative 10 Zlote
coins in 2008 to honor the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The
32mm
sterling silver Proof 10 Zlotych has a square center hole, echoing the
traditional square holed Chinese cash coin. The coin contains .4205
troy ounces of silver. A windsurfer is
on
the reverse. The obverse shows the a portion of the Forbidden
City, the logo of the Polish Olympic committee.
Item PL-10Z08
OLY POLAND 10 ZLOTYCH 2008 OLYMPICS
SILVER KM646 PROOF $39.95
FOR MORE COINS OF POLAND
PLEASE SEE:
POLAND 2 ZLOTE
COMMEMORATIVE SETS
OLD POLISH SILVER COIN OF SIGISMUND III
POLAND HONORS AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMPS
POLAND
WILDLIFE 2 ZLOTE COINS
SHIP
ON OLD AND NEW POLISH COINS
POLAND
HONORS THEIR POPE
SILVER SOCCER
COINS FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Soccer is the favorite sport of South America, so it not surprising
that South American countries issued these silver Proof coins
commemorating the 2006 World Cup Soccer (FIFA) games. From
Argentina is a sterling silver 5 Peso showing a player kicking the ball
on the
obverse and the logo of the 2006 games on the reverse. The coin
contains .8029 troy oz. of silver. The
Paraguay sterling silver 1 Guarani shows a ball going into the goal on
the
reverse and the national arms on the obverse. The 40mm coin
contains .80 troy ounces of silver. The .sterling
silver Uruguay 1000 Pesos shows a stylized goal keeper grabbing the
ball on the reverse and the national arms on the reverse. The
40mm coin contains .8029 troy oz. of silver. All
three coins are dated 2004 and are
PROOF.
Item AR-5P04
ARGENTINA 5 PESOS 2004 SOCCER
SILVER KM146 PROOF out
Item PY-202
PARAGUAY 1 GUARANI 2004 SOCCER KM202
SILVER PROOF $39.50
Item UY-123
URUGUAY 1000 PESOS 2004 SOCCER KM123
SILVER PROOF out
INEXPENSIVE SOCCER
COIN FROM THE CONGO
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
The
Congo Democratic Republic issued
this 2002 aluminum 50 Centimes coin to honor the World Cup Soccer
Championship. The coin shows a player
heading the ball on one side. The other side features a
standing
lion. Both coins are Brilliant Uncirculated.
Item
CD-SOC
CONGO SOCCER COIN, UNC. $1.50
SUMO WRESTLING COIN
FROM TUVALU
Though professional Sumo
tournaments have been going on in Japan for over 300 years, this Tuvalu
50 cent coin is the first coin that I know of to honor the traditional
Japanese sport. The coin commemorates the Grand Sumo
Tournament held in Hawaii in 2007. The object of
the sport is to force an opponent outside of the ring or to have him
touch the ground with some part of his body other than his
feet. As might be expected, Sumo wrestlers tend to be very
large. The coin, struck by the Perth Mint, features an
unusual reverse frosting, so that the devices are bright and the fields
are frosted. The reverse features a large wrestler, and the
Japanese and Hawaiian flags. The obverse pictures Queen
Elizabeth. The 2007 dated coin is 38.74mm in diameter and
comes sealed in a special mint card.
Item TV-SUMO
TUVALU 50 CENTS 2007 SUMO WRESTLING BU
$19.95
BELARUS SILVER
OLYMPIC
COINS

Belarus
has
issued an extensive and very popular series of commemorative coins for
sale to collectors, most with very limited mintages. Belarus
has
not issued any coins for general circulation. Paper money,
rather
than coins, is used in commerce. These two sterling silver
Belarus 20 Ruble coins are 38.6mm in diameter. Each contains .7780 troy
ounces of silver. The 2005 issue
features two Ice Hockey players and was issued for the 2006 Winter
Olympics. It has a mintage of 15,000 pieces. The
2006 issue
has an unusual design that features runners running around the coin in
a circular fashion. It was issued for the 2008 Summer
Olympics
and has an authorized mintage of up to 20,000 pieces. The
national arms is on the obverse of each coin.
Item
BY-OLY05
BELARUS 20 RUBLES 2005 KM133 ’06
OLYMPICS SILVER PROOF $39.50
Item
BY-OLY06
BELARUS 20 RUBLES 2006 ’08 OLYMPICS
SILVER PROOF out
Also see:
BI-METALLIC COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES 2 POUND COIN FROM ISLE OF MAN
INDIA CELEBRATES THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
A
SMELLY SURFER COIN FROM PALAU
SOCHI WINTER OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE COMBINES NEW AND OLD
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